After suffering two losses inside the space of six weeks, Katie Taylor agrees with the suggestion bouncing back to claim gold in Rio would be her greatest achievement yet.

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Dublin is to host a three-day festival to celebrate the ringing in of the new year, it was announced yesterday.

Film Festival signals return of Lasse Hallstrom’s Chocolat

The shortlist for the first Irish Sports Industry Awards was announced this morning.

So, how are you fixed for the Christmas?

In his Newcastlewest play, Kerry writer Dick Walsh is again pushing the ’post-dramatic’ boundaries, writes Padraic Killeen

I keep doing the things that I find to be the most challenging.

The Menu is packing his theatre binoculars with the mother-of-pearl inlay and his most elasticated cummerbund for what promises to be a splendid evening of theatrical and culinary high-jinks at Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre throughout the month of August. 

YOU might remember her from the winter. When the camogie and ladies footballers launched their players union, Aoife Lane was to the front: founder, leader, chairperson.

One of Ireland’s newest theatre companies, Good Dog Theatre, will perform Daniel MacIvor’s challenging and thought provoking ’In on It’ during a six night run at the Smock Alley Theatre from April 20th – 25th.

Cork ladies footballer Valerie Mulcahy has said the reaction to her ‘coming out’ has been overwhelmingly positive.

Engagement with their governing bodies is key for the Women’s Gaelic Players Association, according to chairwoman Dr Aoife Lane.

Burnout. Calendar issues. Fixtures. Money challenges. Michael Moynihan reflects.

An antidote to the January blues is First Fortnight, Ireland’s only arts festival that discusses mental health and its stigma. 

Many female GAA players have felt ‘stressed’ due to their playing commitments, according to the findings of a survey by the new Women’s GPA (WGPA)

The creation of the Women’s Gaelic Players’ Association (WGPA) was driven by the players themselves, chairman Aoife Lane has revealed.

Dublin Writers Festival hit the right note with an engaging programme, says Orlagh Ní Arrachtain.

Back when the Ely Banquet for Barnardos 2014 was first announced earlier this year, it was still a historical throwback.

Being a professional actor means holding onto your own persona despite edging towards someone else’s.

Opening tonight in Dublin’s Smock Alley theatre, A Hundred Years Ago is a new play by RADE, a social project that helps drug users through immersion in the arts.

Jesse Jones says our response to the Celtic Tiger has made prosperity “feel like a dirty word now.”

Victoria Mary Clarke and Shane McGowan pictured at Tosca restaurant’s ‘pop-up’ event at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, in aid of Self Help Africa.

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Four new venues and a subtle change of name have allowed this classical festival to broaden its horizons, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

ALTHOUGH a feature of Dublin life since 1852, the Clarence Hotel was taken over by Bono and The Edge of U2 in 1992.

IRELAND’S artistic hotbed of south Kerry figures prominently in the list of areas to benefit from substantial new arts funding.