Paul Fahy

David Mach’s vehicles explode out of an old print work’s concrete floor, an inflatable moon rises over the street, a sharp new Irish play opens - and that’s before Galway International Arts Festival opens tonight

This year’s festival boasts a full moon, and a garden, theatre, gigs, talks and thoughts

Tom Murphy remembered as festival gears up for Galway 2020

The late playwright’s friends, colleagues and admirers remember the man and his work

Syrian conflict and mother and baby homes among political themes in the two events

Delight at announcement of 2020 title tempered with sympathy for victims of Nice attack

Suede, a new work inspired by Eileen Gray and US model Cameron Russell are also on the July arts festival bill

‘DruidShakespeare’ swept all before it at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards

The event also featured video tributes to Waking the Feminists and the year in theatre

Anne Enright champions short-story writers at Galway International Arts Festival

Wind hampers cetacean’s show but event sees record footfall at visual arts exhibitions

This year’s series brings theatre, music and an eye-catching hot air balloon to the city

Biggest talking point likely to be Patricia Piccinini’s giant Sky Whale, which created quite a stir when it appeared in Melbourne in 2013

Lali Morris to leave after 14 years with recruitment of a replacement to start in November

Broad in scope and well presented, the exhibitions of Galway International Arts Festival reward visitors of all stripes

Former ‘Connacht Tribune’ printworks is festival’s main gallery venue