Colm Tóibín: ‘I am much less sociable now, as I don’t drink any more’
For the author of A Long Winter and Ship in Full Sail, inspiration often comes subliminally. But he has also brought his inner self to the surface through therapy
Maureen Kennelly
Former Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly: ‘The Minister saw the opportunity for a scalp. I was an easy target’
The botched IT project abandoned at a loss of €5.3m effectively cost Maureen Kennelly her job. She believes the Government has unfairly discredited her reputation
Potential new names for the Department of Arts: Smacc, Cacs, Scam and – my favourite – DoSac
Rebrand to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport is an artless move that speaks volumes
Arts Council wrote to officials almost 60 times over botched IT project without issue being escalated
Council told to stop spending money on legal cases aimed at recouping some of €6.75m lost on project, Oireachtas committee hears
Arts Council ‘deeply regrets’ Minister’s decision on director’s contract
Minister decides against appointing Maureen Kennelly for further five years
Minister objected to second term for Arts Council director amid fallout over botched IT project
Governing body taking legal action to try to recoup €4m, Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee told
Minister did not consent to second term for Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly, PAC told
Department of Arts ‘should have called it out earlier’, Public Accounts Committee told over Arts Council’s €6.7m botched IT system
Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly to stand down in wake of botched IT contract
Council is due to appear before Public Accounts Committee on Thursday concerning failed €6.7m project
Arts Council takes legal action against contractors in €6.7m IT project
Fury erupted in Government in February when it emerged the council had scrapped plans for a programme joining five existing systems
Cúirt literature festival at 40: ‘There is a sense of an Irish writing culture exploding around the world’
When I was an impoverished student sustained by Pot Noodles, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature introduced me to literature I would not have encountered otherwise
Who’s who in the controversy over Arts Council spending?
Extent of losses from failed IT project only disclosed last summer, statement from Catherine Martin suggests
95 things to look forward to: Matches, movies, plays, pints, pals
By Aisling Bea, Mary McAleese, Richard Ford, Marian Keyes, Tolü Makay, Blindboy and more
A live performance beats livestreaming every time
The continual threat of lockdown makes planning very difficult for the arts
Culture Night 2020 to go ahead with a mix of physical and online events
Event will be held throughout Ireland and across the world on Friday September 18th
Government must take action to prevent total wipeout of arts and culture
As the country reopens, cultural events will be last to come back – if they come back at all
Restarting Ireland: When and how will we ‘get back to normal’?
Optimists say July. Others September. We will return – gradually – to a much changed world
Bringing humanity to the study of bipolar
American psychiatrist and writer Kay Redfield Jamison has been open about sharing her experiences of mania and depression and wants other to do the same
Incantata: Paul Muldoon wrestles with grief at loss of former partner
Paul Muldoon’s long poem in memory of his former partner is premiering as a theatre piece at the Galway Arts Festival with a performance by Stanley Townsend
Can Parnell Square become Dublin’s cultural hot spot?
New Poetry Ireland HQ will add Seamus Heaney library to artistic environment
New Minister, new ideas? 10 priorities for the arts
Heather Humphreys is the new Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Some key people whose work her decisions will affect say where they think she should begin
Irish personalities reveal moments that changed their lives in a new book
About 100 people attended the launch of ‘Life Is For Living’ book
A magnificent tribute to Seamus Heaney
The fearless beauty of his poetry shone out of every aspect of the National Concert Hall celebration
Paul Simon coming to Dublin in April for Heaney tribute
Singer joins the stellar line-up at One City, One Book concert
Director of Poetry Ireland eyes up new abode for bards
A national centre in Dublin that ‘poets would see as their home’ is top of the agenda for Maureen Kennelly
Poet laid to rest under shadow of sycamore trees
Priest says Bellaghy honoured that Heaney had chosen to be interred in his home town
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