“Ah, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me…”

Censorship in Ireland, which was largely overturned 50 years ago, meant the public couldn’t easily get their eyes on work by our best writers, making it a badge of honour, says Donal Ó Drisceoil.

Des Keogh, 81, was born in Birr, Co Offaly, and worked for Guinness for three years before becoming a fulltime actor and presenter in 1963. He’s currently touring in the The Quiet Land by Malachy McKenna, which will run at Cork Arts Theatre from Tuesday, April 11 to Thursday 13.

Gardaí fear there may be further bloodshed over the Christmas period in the ongoing Kinahan-Hutch crime feud in the wake of the murder of Noel Kirwan on Thursday night.

With 62% of our former prisoners re-offending within three years of release it’s obvious that

The composer of Ireland's national anthem is to be remembered in a free public lecture at UCC tomorrow evening. 

Des O’Driscoll looks at five things to do in the world of arts and culture this week.

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A biscuit or a Bard? As the world marks the great writer’s 400th anniversary, Ger Fitzgibbon reflects on how Irish people drawn to his work included rebels holed up in Jacobs during the 1916 Rising.

The struggle for the birth of a child is the work of love while armed struggle for the birth of a nation state is the work of hate, writes Victoria White

After her fun-filled turn in Catastrophe, Cork actress Eileen Walsh returns home in the Abbey’s production of a Sean O’Casey classic, writes Padraic Killeen

FILM TIPS: The revamped version of The Jungle Book is the big draw at cinemas this weekend, and both trailer and early reviews suggest it’s well worth seeing.

The centenary of the Easter Rising has given us an abundance of commemorative

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There’s plenty to look forward to for the week ahead.

Readers with several hours to spare have probably already discovered Making A Murderer, the documentary series on streaming service Netflix which details the (literal) trials and tribulations of Wisconsin man Steven Avery as he battles for justice, and his own freedom, in the US legal system.

The late Brian Friel should have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, according to the director of the Abbey Theatre.

Dance superstar Michael Flatley is selling his beloved Castlehyde mansion but insists that his heart will always be in Ireland.

Mark O’Halloran explains to Padraic Killeen how the central character of Davoren in The Shadow of a Gunman echoes O’Casey’s view of his younger self

Abbey Theatre, Dublin

AN irreplaceable part of Ireland’s patrimony is to be auctioned off in London, though last Saturday President Michael D Higgins presided at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Heritage Council, writes Gerard Howlin.

Mick O’Dea’s new exhibition at Triskel is a preamble to his major show of the 1916-23 period, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Game of Thrones and Champions League soccer are the big tickets in town this week.

A mix of the old and the new are among the books, plays, and films that young teens can study for the first Junior Cycle Student Award in 2017.

Michael Flatley and his family were in their lavish 18th-century home last night as thieves broke in and stole a rhino horn.

The Rising of Bella Casey

THE short daylight hours of the Christmas holidays and of winter in general offer the opportunity for those who enjoy the outdoor world to read up on the finer details of natural history and be replete with knowledge and curiosity when the world reopens to welcome a new spring.

Unknown heroes of the Irish Volunteers have been identified in graves in Glasnevin cemetery as part of a new commemoration.

In honour of the centenary of the 1913 Lockout, the Abbey Theatre is closing out the year with a rare revival of James Plunkett’s play The Risen People.

The Central Bank was warned of potential design and copyright problems before issuing a flawed James Joyce commemorative coin last month — but went ahead regardless.

Forget the doom and gloom about the boom. Barbara Scully reminds us of what we got right during the good times

LETTER-writing is in danger of obsolescence and ‘hard copy’ communication is dwindling rapidly.

The new theatre will offer a venue for professional tours, director Louise Donlon tells Colette Sheridan

FROM relatively humble origins six years ago, Culture Night has become a hugely popular nationwide event.

A new theatre housed in the €30m multi-purpose Tara building at Limerick’s Mary Immaculate College will open with the Abbey Theatre’s production of Sean O’Casey’s Plough and the Stars.

The Plough and the Stars, set around the Easter Rising, is the story of one woman’s efforts to preserve her family, says Carl Dixon