Donal Dineen: On My Culture Radar
The presenter on Kevin Barry’s magnificence, Eamonn Doyle’s photography, and his admiration of Jessie Buckley
Body and Soul 2019: festival stage times revealed
The programme of 200+ acts extends across 13 stages and venues
10 things to do this June bank holiday weekend
From Bloom and Cat Laughs to Táin hillwalks and marine-themed festivals
Party on for Paddy’s Day: This week’s rock and pop highlights
Drake, Anderson.Paak, Dodi, UB40, Gabrielle and Dr John Cooper Clarke are in town
St Patrick’s Day: 21 events across Ireland for the bank holiday weekend
From Dublin's St Patrick’s Festival to Kilkenny Tradfest and a Co Wicklow slime lab
Fingers crossed for a dry Paddy’s weekend
The Big Day Out expands to three among the myriad of delights for the St Patrick’s Day weekend
St Patrick’s Festival 2019 aims to leave a lasting legacy
This year’s event mixes the old and the new as it explores and revitalises Irish traditions
Welcome to the Minajerie: This week’s big pop and rock gigs
Viv Albertine, Nick Harper, Bastille, Kelsey Lu and a 90s nu-metal/pop-punk double bill
The two bright minds behind inspiring music festival in Doolin
Music Minds focuses on music, music technology and the processes of music making
Body & Soul 2018: stage times revealed
Every stage, every band, every slot for this year's festival, which runs from June 22nd - 24th
It Takes A Village festival: everything you need to know
Tickets, how to get there, and the full line-up and stage times for the first festival of the season
Planning your St Patrick’s weekend events? Better read this
From Dublin’s huge parade to small, quirky events around Ireland
‘All drama is about identity’: Irish artists never truly leave home
Donal Dineen’s ‘Pathways’ highlights success of 10 very different creatives living abroad
It Takes A Village to put on a festival in Trabolgan
How Music Works: Joe Kelly is organising a festival in Trabolgan holiday village in Co Cork in April, aimed at veteran festivalgoers who are fed up of mud, tents and portaloos
Electric Picnic: Final stage times announced
Here are the Salty Dog, Soundome, Casa Bacardi, Comedy, Jerry Fish and Trenchtown lineups
Electric Picnic stage times: here’s the exclusive first look
Stage times for the Main, Body and Soul, Rankin’s Wood and Other Voices stages
Everything you need to know about Another Love Story
A tiny capacity, a big heart, a Shift Shack – is this Ireland’s most intimate festival?
Simma Down: A social club makes the leap to sustainable festival
In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their work in music. This week, social club, promoters and festival organisers Sim Simma
The Irish Times joins Body and Soul festival on the Wonderlust stage
The Irish Times will be partnering with the festival on Saturday with a programme of talks and debates
Greece letter: Walking line between tradition and modernity
Must a small nation loosen grip of the past in order to embrace benefits of the future?
Cheap seats are the future of theatre
Here’s six things we learned at Galway’s arts festivals, including some insights from the Abbey Theatre’s new co-director
‘Uilleann pipes make a comprehensive argument for their own majesty’
Donal Dineen explores the ‘staggering’ sound of the traditional instrument, with the help of rich visuals
Radio: Grim week has tempers rising on ‘Liveline’
Review: ‘The Anton Savage Show’, ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Today with Sean O’Rourke’, ‘Liveline’, ‘Drama on One: 100’
St Patricks Day cultural programme ‘I Love My City’ launched
Colm Meaney interview at screening of The Snapper in Rotunda among scheduled events
Donal Dineen’s best music of 2014
Our Sunken Treasure columnist picks his favourite cuts and acts from the year in music
Here comes Somerville: the atmospheric sounds of a shy talent
Galway native Maria Somerville might be shy in person, but her music carries a deliberate intent
On The Record: U2 and Apple do shock and awe, others do it better
Never nind the hype, here are some examples of music and brands working well together
Hélio Oiticica: a Brazilian iconoclast who burst out of art’s frame
A retrospective of the late artist illuminates his remarkable artistic evolution
Body & Soul reviews: Sun shines bright on stellar line-up
John Grant, Gary Numan, Goldfrapp and Jon Hopkins delight festival crowd
Strong constitution: new ideas for Bunreacht na hÉireann
Eight people involved in the Irish arts have come up with eight ideas for a new Irish Constitution, from protecting artists from poverty to making sure the best artists get funded and supported
Tired of Electric Picnic articles? Tough luck
The Stradbally festival will be around for another decade at least, because once you’ve experienced it it’s hard to leave
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