Arts Council grant of €450,000 covers ‘everything we wanted to do’, says director

This year’s jazz festival has gone back to old habits, with some not-really-jazz headliners

The return of Rodrigo Almonte to his sometime home is also among the highlights

Sinéad Dunphy’s first programme, in October 2018, was widely regarded as a success

Independent cinemas criticise ‘exclusive’ deal with Curzon chain, which has no screens in Ireland

Over 250 feature, documentary and short films to screen over next ten days

New director Sinéad Murphy wants to renew the 40-year-old event without losing the fun

Children recall colourful and often immature times in company of late Aosdána member

Title sponsor Diageo made decision, says festival chair

If you think contemporary art is no laughing matter, a trip to Project might change your mind

Roller derby is a bruising sport played by ‘women who are unafraid and totally outspoken’

In Oil is the Devil's Excrement, artist David Jacques looks at how oil discoveries can hamper a country, as domestic manufacturing and agriculture fade and growth suffers in the long term

Ulster poet had a ‘dramatic, engaged, fruitful literary life right to the end of his days’

A round-up of the best events taking place across the country this weekend