Actor stage tribute to poet Ciaran Carson in Kilmainham Gaol as part of TradFest

Facility at Clonshaugh will be State’s second-largest sewage plant after Ringsend

Accumulated profits at Sunwind Enterprises, co-owned by Dubliner, increased to €2.8m

Review: By the end of a compelling interview, O’Callaghan positively embraces her self-parodying side

Amy Molloy stars in the Welsh play about an unwanted pregnancy in Northern Ireland

Irish Water seeks permission for State’s second-largest sewage plant in

Former RUC officer tells film-maker military behind plot to attack Catholic school in Co Armagh

‘Unprecedented’ crowds enjoy unseasonal weather as Ellie Mac makes Grade One debut

The Newstalk presenter is in jocular mood about wild animals being wiped out

Donald Clarke: Toronto Film Festival has fired the Academy Awards starting pistol

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Irish director Lance Daly has made his Famine film as a revenge tale in the vein of ‘Unforgiven’

Review: Lance Daly’s movie rattles along at the pace of a hungry dog pursuing a healthy rabbit

Journalist Ed Moloney on his interview with the compelling, acidic late IRA woman

The landmark will be given a voice as part of talking statues initiative for Dublin

From the archives: ‘A tantalising and unconventional contemporary thriller which turns unexpectedly romantic’

From the archive: ‘The most important film made in or about Ireland in the first century of film’

As always, Kilkenny’s strong musical tradition is paramount

Jamie Vartan’s set designs transport audiences – and that’s before the crows move in

The theatremaker on Washington DC, Amanda Coogan and 4DX cinema

Opera version of the ‘Odyssey’ and an open-air Shakespeare production will run in August

A museum of the Troubles would contain films, testimonies, murals, flags, weapons and uniforms

Stephen Rea stars in David Ireland’s scabrous comedy; the Abbey’s O’Casey returns

Highlights of Kilkenny Arts Festival announced for the medieval city

Uileann piper ‘bristled’ at being called a purist, funeral told

‘I was always mindful that this is a song cycle,’ says composer Neil Martin of adapting Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Sweeney’s Astray’ for song

‘Black 47’, Lance Daly’s film that addresses one of the most traumatic periods in Irish history, is a story that has barely registered on the big screen before

Bono, Johnny Depp among those feting Pogues singer, who turned 60 on Christmas Day

Week beginning Saturday, December 30th, 2017

The Abbey Theatre’s directors Graham McLaren and Neil Murray on their second programme, forging new collaborations and looking for new forms of theatre

He first came to prominence in TV crime drama Love/Hate. Now he’s making movies with Christopher Nolan, Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell. But in his heart he’s still a lad from inner-city Dublin

Artists played a vital role in the State's formation and since independence have held it to account

A slew of famous voices are bringing 10 of Dublin’s best-known monuments alive

Obituary: The Pulitzer winner captured the fractured American dream

Director Neil Jordan and star Stephen Rea discuss the making of a masterpiece, 25 years on

‘I remember people getting the bus to Dublin just to go to McDonalds. It was regarded as exotic’

Letter to Taoiseach signed by academics and artists urges Government to act ‘without delay’

A focus on Schubert and Stephen Rea performing the work of Oscar Wilde are the main highlights, though the festival features few women in main performing roles