LOOKS can be deceiving, that’s for sure. We have walked past Eden Bar & Grill so many times by this stage we have lost count.

St Patrick’s Day, inextricably linked with excessive drinking and anti-social behaviour, is undergoing something of a rebranding. 

Museum lovers can get their fix well into the night tonight, as arts and cultural organisations across the country take part in the ninth annual Culture Night.

Jonathan deBurca Butler asks five culture vultures to give their recommendations for the final weeks of the summer so you don’t miss the best of what’s on offer

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The Bram Stoker Festival celebrates the Dublin-born author of Dracula. This year, horror writer and film critic, Kim Newman, has curated a series of films for the festival.

This year Cork is set to take part in one of the world’s top technology conferences, the annual Dublin Web Summit by running a start-up train from Cork to the event.

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Organisers of the Gathering festival have defended giving a showpiece contract for the first official event in the year-long celebration of Irishness to a UK firm.

Efterklang’s haunting sound is encapsulated on new album Piramida, recorded near the Arctic, says Pádraic Killeen

Quirky Danish band Efterklang play in Dublin and Cork next weekend.

MUSIC NEWS: Lock up your children! David Guetta, and Example headline tonight’s dance event in Marlay Park, Dublin, and as we predicted in the wake of the Swedish House Mafia trouble, the powers that be are queuing up to get tough with those awful young people.

The Dublin Dance Festival showcases innovative performances in diverse venues. It’s for everyone, says Jo Kerrigan

A three-day New Year's festival gets underway in Dublin today.

Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey today called on artists around the world to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

Several events are being organised in Dublin to mark Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce set his masterpiece 'Ulysses'.

The Ireland for Europe group is to launch its national campaign for a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum later today.

Film director Neil Jordan will tonight introduce a Dublin film screening timed to coincide with a major international conference on cluster bombs.

A plan to throw open the doors of dozens of Dublin’s museums, galleries and theatres for one evening will be unveiled today.

Celebrations to mark Temple Bar’s 15th anniversary as Dublin’s cultural quarter continue this weekend with fun for the family.