The Covid crisis has created an uncertain time for the culture sector, an area where many people’s incomes are linked to events that have been cancelled, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

From running venues to managing festivals, numerous women are front and centre in the cultural life of the Rebel county. Ellie O’Byrne spoke to some them about progress and challenges

The 31st Cork French Film Festival's opening night film Proxima was the French film nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

Coughlan’s bar and music venue has been awarded Irish Music Venue of the Year at IMRO’s national music venue awards.

Culture will hardly feature in the first head-to-head debate between incumbent Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the challenger, Micheál Martin, on Virgin Media Television tomorrow night.

Alan Foley’s winter production has become a Cork tradition, so much so its annual run has been dubbed ‘Ballet Week’.

The Arts Council loan initiative, which sees works put on display across the country, is proving particularly therapeutic in hospitals — for staff, patients and their families, discovers Helen O’Callaghan.

Karen Cunneen-Bilbow Owner, Fabricate Ireland

Art song occupies a hallowed place in classical music. The combination of poetry and music, singer and pianist striving to enhance the poet’s text is considered by many the pinnacle of musical endeavours.

For the arts, yesterday’s budget will be spelt out by Culture Minister Josepha Madigan at a press conference. Her enthusiasm for transubstantiation didn’t extend to delivering significant extra funds for the Arts Council, out of a Brexit budget.

There are very few areas that reward investment as richly as grassroots arts funding.

Winners of a new bursary scheme for artists, which was announced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Constance Markievicz's appointment as Minister for Labour in the First Dáil, have been revealed.

Sell-out nights for Druid Theatre’s productions of John B Keane’s Sive and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot helped its box office income to climb by 38%, to €1.3m last year.

Skibbereen celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landings on Friday night, with Bridge Street transformed into a wacky lunar landscape populated by astronauts and aliens for the West Corktown’s annual arts festival street party.

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan’s rejection (viz, Sean O’Rourke RTÉ Radio 1, July 8) of a 43-year-old apology together with a statutory Inquiry into the 1976 Sallins mail train robbery/miscarriage of justice case should come as no surprise to me, to my family or to the other families whose loved ones were wrongly accused, beaten in garda custody and imprisoned in connection with it.

The lineup for tonight's Evocations Gala Concert as part of the Cork Choral Festival has been changed.

The woman credited with being the driving force behind the Irish National Youth Ballet for the last 13 years has died unexpectedly, while on holidays in Lanzarote.

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest news from the entertainment world.

The State body says it is deeply aware that many inequities still exist within the arts in Ireland, and a substantial number of people "continue to experience barriers to engaging with and participating in the arts”.

The Arts Council has revealed it has withheld hundreds of thousands of euro in funding for the Abbey Theatre, amid concerns the venue’s direction has resulted in fewer opportunities for Irish artists.

Our Arts Editor selects his highlights of the year...

The festival, which runs from November 9-18, will showcase Irish and international films with a focus on current global issues.

It might be catalogued as ‘Anonymous (2018)’ because curators at one of the country’s leading galleries are unaware of either the identity - or the motive - of whoever is behind the ‘cover-up’ of a male nude in two promotional banners. 

Using arts to support Ireland is fine. Ireland supporting the arts is different, writes Gerard Howlin.

Ken Wardrop impressed with His & Hers, and his latest heartwarming documentary follows a number of piano students and their teachers, writes Esther McCarthy.

Artists are to work with schools in a government initiative to help children explore and develop their creative sides.

The power of music, that great, uplifting, redeeming force remains one of the great mysteries. We know it works, but can only guess, and keep guessing, how it can have such a profound impact on our emotions.

The Arts Council has had to write off an estimated €110,000 in assets because some artworks have gone missing.

IN the shorthand of our time, an art form all but perfected by our American cousins, country music is described as “three chords and the truth”.

The woman who first spoke out against former Gate Theatre artistic director, Michael Colgan, says she is glad he is considering his past behaviour.

Board members and senior staff of arts and culture organisations are to be sent on workshops on bullying, abuse of power, and sexual harassment in the workplace in the wake of the allegations against former Gate Theatre director Michael Colgan

The Gate Theatre received €860,000 in public money in 2017, despite Taoiseach Leo Varadkar describing it as a “private body”.

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called for an independent investigation into allegations of harassment at the Gate Theatre, against its former director Michael Colgan.

A number of women who allege they have been the victims of “abuse of power” at the hands of former Gate Theatre director Michael Colgan have said they will not avail of a confidential email address offered by the theatre to detail their experiences.

The Government has been accused of failing to provide sufficient funding in the budget to promote the Irish language.