Samuel Beckett

If he were alive today there’s little doubt rugby fan Samuel Beckett would have been keenly interested in Ireland’s World Cup progress

The Irish actor was capable of threat and pathos, with the ability to boom and to shrink into his large frame

Dublin-born performer made his stage debut at the capital’s Gate Theatre in 1962

Presenting runners with a tribute to Yeats featuring a line he almost certainly never said is an embarrassing travesty for a city that prides itself on its literary heritage

Legacy of French writer and dramatist Antonin Artaud who was detained in Milltown, Donnybrook and Mountjoy is focus of Ranelagh Arts

An Irish Times article on the controversy over the poet’s remains provided the creative spark for young French radio journalist Maylis Besserie

Theatre: As Winnie, the actor makes the location and circumstance of Happy Days seem normal, although sorrow keeps breaking in

The best music, comedy, art and more coming your way this week

A new book explores Dublin’s literary past, an active part of living or working in the city

Maylis Besserie’s novel on writer’s final weeks would benefit from more daring decisions

An Irishwoman’s Diary

An Irishman’s Diary

Sales mark centenary of the 1922 World Congress of the Irish Race

Unthinkable: Philosopher Noga Arikha seeks to make sense of dementia

Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere

Building now being used as temporary accommodation for Ukrainian refugees

Director Lenny Abrahamson and cast talk about adapting the author’s debut novel

An Irishman’s Diary

An Irishman’s Diary

The acclaimed screenwriter is at the frontier of interactive entertainment

Vessels are outside Irish territorial waters, therefore acting in line with maritime law

Village People singing In the Navy would scare off the Russians more than we can

We can change the sense of being trapped inside a familiar story by responding to what we already know

An Irishman’s Diary

Some words of wisdom – and some not so wise – from the world of sport

December 6th to 12th, 2021: The best of the week’s culture events, right around Ireland

Theatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edge

A larg yellow bird's vaccination has been caught up in the culture wars – it’s mad, Ted

Theatre’s funding position has become increasingly difficult, accounts state

Cop26 delegates have the power to create a turning point in the evolution of our species

An Irishman’s Diary

When are they on and what’s on offer? Key facts about 2021-2022 open days

Challenge for Cop26 is that humans have an in-built bias towards optimism

An Irishman’s Diary

An Irishman’s Diary

An Irishman’s Diary

Dublin Theatre Festival: Four talented actors provide good company throughout

Ann Cleare is a sought-after talent and next year sees her opera in Munich about Brexit

Martin and Coveney pay tribute to humanitarian and drug-smuggling interdiction missions

Show that marks 150th anniversary of artist’s birth will see gallery at 60% capacity