Róisín Maher is from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, and is the artistic director and co-founder (with her sister Clíona) of the Finding a Voice concert series in Clonmel on March 6-8.

Eimear Noone, from Kilconnell, a small village outside Ballinasloe, joins Oscar-nominated Saoirse Ronan in representing Ireland at this year's awards.

She’s been “dusted in Dior” and gowned by Gucci, but for her fourth Oscars red carpet walk, Saoirse Ronan could go sustainable.

We are the stories we read, the shows we watch and the films we see. Together they form a big part of our grand cultural narrative.

While Saoirse Ronan is our best hope at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Esther McCarthy looks back at magic Irish moments of previous events

Irish stars may not have featured in the awards at London’s BAFTAS.

Irish composer and conductor Eimear Noone will become the first woman to conduct at the Oscars in February.

Irish star Saoirse Ronan picked up her fourth Oscar nomination today and her Little Woman cheered her on in style.

Saoirse Ronan and Jessie Buckley lead the Irish interest in the 2020 Bafta Awards, with both in the running for Leading Actress at the ceremony.

As the film awards season heats up with the Golden Globes on Sunday, Esther McCarthy assesses this year’s runners and riders.

Ask Audrey predicts good news for 2020, with Cork to bring a double-double back to Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The bad news is that by the end of the year, the Páirc may be a water polo stadium

2019 has been a big year for warm colour and sequins on the red carpet.

The novel resolutely crushes Jo into the shape of a woman, and then a wife and mother, taking away her passion for writing in the process, writes Victoria White

The Oscar-nominated actress is promoting her new film Little Women in which she plays the lead character Jo March.

Ronan is shortlisted for Best Actress in a Film Drama for her role in Little Women.

Saoirse Ronan has revealed that her upcoming role as Jo March in Little Women was one that she fought for.

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has revealed how the American accent she adopts in most of her movies is almost second nature to her.

Cork director John Crowley impressed with Brooklyn and Intermission. Now he helms the film adaptation of bestselling book The Goldfinch, writes Esther McCarthy.

From film to fashion, books to TV, our writers pick the best cultural highlights of the season.

Season three of American Crime Story was announced last week.

New photos released today give the first glimpse of Carlow actress Saoirse Ronan as Jo March in the upcoming Little Women film.

It was a case of The Snapper and the Yapper in Schull today as the Fastnet Film Festival handed the novelist one of two inaugural awards for outstanding contribution to cinema, while at a well-attended noontime Q&A Doyle outlined his thoughts on the creative process, his daily rituals, and the power of dreams.

There are not many film festivals which incorporate a beach-clean, but the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull has always liked to take a novel approach to the silver screen.

Hollywood star Saoirse Ronan arrives in West Cork tomorrow as an estimated 7,000 film buffs are expected to flood into the scenic harbour town of Schull for the Fastnet Film Festival.

Hollywood star Saoirse Ronan is West Cork-bound in a few weeks’ time for one of the country’s most unique film festivals.

Hollywood's Saoirse Ronan is West Cork-bound in a few weeks' time for one of the country's most unique film festivals.

Missing out on an Academy Award does not mean you can’t rule best-dressed lists forever more. Rachel Marie Walsh spotlights the Oscar losers who were best in show.

Mary McGrath is from Ballybrannigan near Cloyne, Co Cork, and is the artistic director of the First Cut Youth Film Festival.

She’s already starred in ‘Brooklyn’ and ‘Fantastic Beasts’, but 2019 will bring even bigger releases for Waterford-born Fiona Glascott. Watch this space, writes Shilpa Ganatra.

Despite having earned rave review for the title role in Mary Queen of Scots.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their cultural picks for the year ahead

Here's your morning bulletin.

After last year’s #MeToo blackout, colour made a striking return to the Golden Globes. While political statements were restricted to Time’s Up bracelets and ribbons, the style statements were more pronounced, writes Carolyn Moore.

From make-ups to break-ups to high-powered weddings, it’s been a busy year in the celebrity world, writes Kelly O’Brien.

"good ol' fashioned Irish pub lock-in"

In film-making, planning foresight is an essential element of the painstaking process between conception and production, writes John Daly.