Mary Hannigan runs the rule over the weird and sometimes wonderful in 2020

Events to take place later in December, says Minister for Arts and Culture

Finding Jack Charlton lays bare his remarkable connection with the Irish psyche

Film shows first-hand accounts of former Ireland manager’s struggles with dementia

He knew this because, when he started writing The Commitments, he knew it was good

Publication in plain English marks 40 years of the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)

The actor has fronted a video highlighting the plight of backstage workers in theatre

An Irishman’s Diary

Humour turns our discontents and anxieties into a joke and helps reconcile us to our fate

The director, who has died aged 76, created a diverse range of hits during his career

The director on making The Commitments, keeping tabs on the cast and breaking the record for swearwords in a film

Dublin City Council is buying house for homeless accommodation

Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards

Fatherhood is a kind of makey-up thing, but it has come into its own in lockdown

You could get lost in TikTok. Many have. It’s the only app worth knowing about

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises

Isolation Diaries: The novelist also tells us about his experience of the coronavirus shutdown

Principal venue for classical concerts in Republic records a loss in excess of €41,000

Slim pickings were the order of the weekend, and that’s including the duck

The actor on working with female directors, hating social media, and Thatcher’s legacy

Booker Prize-winning author says while Ireland prides itself on creativity the education system almost actively discourages it

Income from theatre company’s touring in Ireland and Britain jumps eightfold in 2018

Evaristo is first black woman to win prize; Handmaid’s Tale sequel is second win for Atwood

The actor on Brexit and Irishness, her Derry childhood, being independent and Quentin Tarantino

Dublin Theatre Festival productions examine Irish theatre and history from new angles

Barrytown-themed artwork created by local Reach Out Project

Yes, We Still Drink Coffee! is a collection of collaborative essays about overcoming injustice

Striking a balance between surrendering the garden to nature and precision strimming

Roddy Doyle’s stage version of his Barrytown novel gets a few minor millennial tweaks

Despite living in a predominantly wet environment, we are mindful of the water we use

16-year-old Amy Cahill – author of the story My Mammy Lives in a Box – on writing about suicide

We hear about TV’s current Golden Age but Family was as great as anything today

I need to construct a new henhouse and this time I ought to properly consider its design

Roddy Doyle reflects on 10 years of the group, and the importance of encouraging young writers

Mary Raftery was ‘absolutely determined’ to share the stories of institutional abuse

Sally Rooney and Bernard MacLaverty shortlisted for the €100,000 prize

Want well-utilised space and multiuse rooms? Then say hello to the office in the closet

Programme launched for Dublin festival, this year celebrating ‘The Country Girls Trilogy’