The Crown, The Mandalorian and Ted Lasso are among the fan-favourite TV shows recognised at the Emmys. The nominations for the top awards in US TV were announced on Tuesday, with a strong showing for British talent.

Martha Brennan chats with some of the organisations participating in this year's Cork Pride Festival about progress, visibility, and what more needs to be done

PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey tell Martha Brennan they didn’t expect their off-the-cuff podcast to be such a big hit

Ed Power selects his best albums of 2021, from pop to electronica

The Spanish cabinet passed a draft bill on LGBTQ rights that will seek parliamentary approval to allow transgender people over 16 to freely change their gender and name without doctors or witnesses intervening in the process.

Star of Netflix horror trilogy Fear Street Sadie Sink said the films’ handling of LGBT representation is “groundbreaking”.

The charismatic model Jack Guinness tells Hannah Stephenson about the mental health challenges he's faced and why he is entering a new phase in his life

Despite being locked out from their studio spaces for long periods, this year's graduates have put together an engaging exhibition of their work Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork

Phillip McMahon is developing a dance-theatre piece about what he terms a 'crisis' issue for some gay men. He realises not everyone will welcome the focus on what can be a dark area 

Sorting out Cork people for ages

The Cork singer-songwriter selects some of his cultural touchstones 

From Billie Eilish to Baste BBQ - we've got your guide to what's happening as society reopens in earnest

'You can give up on your city, but your city never truly gives up on you'

Marie Ulven has enlisted the help of the American popstar's brother, and doesn't mind the comparisons, but the proud queer artist is very much forging her own path with debut album, If I Could Make It Go Quiet

Neither of football’s great petrocarbon empires have won the Champions League and now they stand in each other’s way

I was excited to immerse myself in a literary scene that bore thankfully little resemblance to the pretentious coterie I’d had in my head. 2020 had other plans...

...after the pandemic is over and we can go back to venues and festivals, of course

'Four Hundred Souls' is a huge - and intersectional - overview of African American struggle

In music: Mexican Pets and Felonies in archive sessions; rare Aran Islands recordings; Michael Kiwanuka live; chats with The Coral's James Skelly; intros to Gram Parsons and Scott Walker

When we make idols out of golden calves, we can only blame ourselves when they fail us.