Huge tensions between Varadkar and Kathleen Lynch right up until budget day last year

Master florist Lamber de Bie will give a talk on Culture Night at the National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny

The artist’s new exhibition explores the personal and political, ‘the complex, detailed, contingencies of people’s lives’

The wonders and mysteries of the empirical world become jumping-off points for an aesthetic voyage in Grace Weir’s retrospective show 3 Different Nights Recurring

No selfie or Instagram picture can capture the essence of a person the way a painting can. Here, experienced portraitists give some pointers so you can have a go yourself

Nick Miller was inspired by working in the late Edward McGuire’s donated studio

The Belfast painter's work has aged very well

The sense of something fleeting and fading gives exhibitions by Garry, Tjibbe Hooghiemstra and Nick Miller their strength

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar is an unusual politician. He has a high IQ and a small ego. He’s a ‘bit odd’ socially and seldom works a room. He’s a straight talker and a ‘crap liar’. And, of course . . .

Patrick Scott’s early works, seen in his retrospective, cast a spell

Painting of the late Barrie Cooke is selected from shortlist of 12 works

Bits of shark and a barrister’s wig: there is no mistaking Cross’s work

Writer laid to rest yesterday in the company of poets and artists, musicians and singers, a president and, above all, his neighbours

While Sligo is awash with creative types, it’s also a hot spot for surfing royalty

From ancient cave paintings to modern images, the horse and its representation have remained central to art and artists

Some of our best artists have created uninspiring portraits of former leaders

’Emerging Artists’ challenges a cultural fixation on youth