Fintan O’Toole: Ireland is still defined by the church’s mindset

A vast system of Catholic repression has left Irish society with four toxic habits of mind

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Irish road to modernity has no straight lines

The collective works in our series show how molten and defiant Irish artworks can be

‘It’s as if Saoirse Ronan was born in the theatre’ - Ivo van Hove

Ahead of a visit to Galway, the Belgian director reveals his vision for theatre, his admiration for Ronan and why he insists that actors tell him they love him

Perfect pitch: Soundtracking the beautiful game

From Italia '90 to Euro 2016, finding the music to match the football footage is an art

A Moon for the Misbegotten review

Design outshines performances in Eugene O’Neill’s swansong

‘The voices in our own heads’ – 20 years of Corn Exchange

For its anniversary production, director Annie Ryan settled on a stark Ingmar Bergman drama that does nothing to change the impression of the company as being hard to pin down

Arthur Miller voiced the hopes and fears of ordinary Americans

The celebrated playwright was born 100 years ago today in Harlem, New York

Booze as muse: writers and alcohol, from Ernest Hemingway to Patricia Highsmith

Nobel laureates Faulkner, O’Neill, Hemingway and Steinbeck were alcoholics, as were Brendan Behan, Dylan Thomas, Jean Rhys and many more. Anne O’Neill explores why

Writer who turned to literary forgery as her career as a biographer stalled

Lee Israel: December 3rd, 1939 - December 24th, 2014

Abbey Theatre celebrates rich 110-year history in 110 moments

Interactive website celebrates National Theatre’s achievements

The Judge review: Downey and Duvall lower the bar all the way

Somebody ought to issue a bench warrant against the makers of this corny, endless so-called thriller

Buyer sought for D3 apartment complex

The right direction: unravelling the roles in the theatre awards

When we congratulate directors on a job well done, do we know what we’re congratulating them for?

One of Hollywood’s most admired actors

Philip Seymour Hoffman: July 23rd, 1967-February 2nd, 2014

John Patrick Shanley: ‘I’ve avoided writing as an Irish man most of my life’

The playwright recently won the Eugene O’Neill award amid high jinks at an Irish American gathering

Desire Under the Elms

Nineteenth-century New England comes closer to home in Corn Exchange’s austerely beautiful production of Eugene O’Neill’s tragedy

Whose side is time on, anyway?

Plays are getting shorter. Are we looking at time the wrong way?

Canadian real estate company pays €40m for four apartment developments

Dublin Theatre Festival to highlight ‘Irish artists in the world’

Line-up includes new plays by Frank McGuinness and Eugene O’Neill, and a fresh translation of The Threepenny Opera

Tennessee Williams: A Literary Life, by John Bak

An excellent biography of one of the 20th century’s most brilliant playwrights shows he was on the side of the dreamers of this world

Irish developer Eugene O’Neill bankrupted in Britain

Businessman came to prominence after he backed out of a deal to sell Dublin apartments during boom

Actor and director on both sides of Atlantic

Vincent Dowling: born September 7th, 1929; died May 10th, 2013

€35.5m for 338 apartments in four Dublin schemes

Receivers put residential units on the market at substantial discounts to boom

The Paperboy

Lee Daniels’s follow-up to Precious is not subtle

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