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Alanna O’ Kelly beside her piece, A Kind of Quietism. Her site-specific once-off work, Anáil na Beatha, takes place at Schull Workhouse on July 21st. Photograph: Maxwells

Schull to relive Famine experience at workhouse

Heritage
Anna Joyce
July 19, 2018, 06:30

Artist Alanna O’Kelly to create audio-visual one-off performance at Schull Workhouse

Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway show to becom Netflix special

Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway show to becom Netflix special

Music
July 19, 2018, 06:15

Netflix special to be released on December 15th, the day of final onstage performance

Galway International Arts Festival off to a flying, tumbling, crashing, roaring start

Galway International Arts Festival off to a flying, tumbling, crashing, roaring start

Culture
Deirdre Falvey
July 18, 2018, 15:25

Highlights so far? David Mach, Enda Walsh, Sonya Kelly and Museum of the Moon

Diplomat M: Collaboration One (Sound) review – An incomplete vision

Diplomat M: Collaboration One (Sound) review – An incomplete vision

Music
Lauren Murphy
July 19, 2018, 05:00

Huge statue of topless Jeff Goldblum appears in London

Huge statue of topless Jeff Goldblum appears in London

Film
July 18, 2018, 18:30

The new statue depicts the actor in character as Jurassic Park’s scientist

An unsentimental look at a Dublin that will not accommodate its own

An unsentimental look at a Dublin that will not accommodate its own

Theatre
Peter Crawley
July 18, 2018, 14:43

Shelter review: History repeats itself in Cristin Kehoe’s admirably understated drama set in modern Dublin

The ridiculous antics of the moneyed elite

The ridiculous antics of the moneyed elite

Film
Tara Brady
July 18, 2018, 12:23

Generation Wealth review: Documentarian Lauren Greenfield is the David Attenborough of the super-rich

‘Inside Facebook’: Dublin’s disturbing role in turning blind eye to hate speech

‘Inside Facebook’: Dublin’s disturbing role in turning blind eye to hate speech

TV, Radio, Web
Peter Crawley
July 17, 2018, 22:00

Review: ‘Secrets of the Social Network’ undercover investigation exposes Facebook’s Dublin content review unit

Come On Home: A tale of sexual repression and provincial suffocation

Come On Home: A tale of sexual repression and provincial suffocation

Stage
Mick Heaney
July 18, 2018, 11:20

Review: Phillip McMahon's story of a returning emigrant offers few innovations but vivid performances and resonant dialogue

My Broken Brain review: A portrait of people coping with the unimaginable

My Broken Brain review: A portrait of people coping with the unimaginable

TV, Radio, Web
Peter Crawley
July 18, 2018, 12:04

RTÉ’s documentary is as much about coping with neurological disorders as treating them

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Bruce Springsteen performs during Springsteen on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York, in October 2017. Springsteen’s show will be recorded and released as a Netflix special on December. 15th. Photograph: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

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Alanna O’ Kelly beside her piece, A Kind of Quietism. Her site-specific once-off work, Anáil na Beatha, takes place at Schull Workhouse on July 21st. Photograph: Maxwells

Schull to relive Famine experience at workhouse

Artist Alanna O’Kelly to create audio-visual one-off performance at Schull Workhouse

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