What to do with the horses of Darndale?
Grazing in public parks means other uses are being pushed out, and adding momentum to calls for an equine centre and stable club to properly support horse culture in the area.
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Dean: The low hiss of Sorcha Richardson’s rustic sound
The musician says her new album, Draw the Outline, brought her “great solace and peace in writing it. I hope it can do the same for whoever needs it.”
Luke: “Magilligan” is an uneasy prison documentary, with no sign of escape
Ross McClean’s new documentary is playing on Saturday as part of the Irish Film Institute’s Documentary Festival 2026.
After a lifetime of scribbling on scraps of paper destined for the bin, poet Debbie Byrne went viral
She didn’t expect to become "Facebook famous" at 61. “It's gas. I don’t like front-of-house,” she says, “keep the head down.”
Luke: Everybody Digs Bill Evans is “a fascinating, beautiful and impressive feat of filmmaking”
But viewers seeking a beat-by-beat summation of jazz musician Bill Evans’ career will be disappointed by Grant Gee’s film, which is not meant to be a biopic.
On an inner-city walking tour, an artist scatters fragments of history
“I wanted to note these important places and this idea of what comes up when things rupture," says Nina FitzGerald Graham.
Brushing Up: The geometric petlife stuck up around the city
In these times, it's something to give people a “nice little pep” as they set out to overcome a new day, said Magnus Mudrack.
What's the plan for squeezing more library into Howth? asks a councillor
About €700,000 has been allocated by the council for improvements, but there's no concrete proposal for how to spend it.
On his new record, Robbie Stickland grapples with an adulthood that hasn't gone to plan
“If I’m delving into something difficult, I don’t mind going into the shadow canyon, but I do like to come out of it as well."
Dean: On Blimp’s neon-lit electric wonderland
The Dublin DJ and producer’s new album “Our Wires”, is “likely to be my Irish electronica release of the year”.
New play unfolds in a playground, decades after a Dublin housing estate riot
"Thérèse" is a story about grief, classism, womanhood, generational trauma, and the weight of a life watching injustices stack up on top of each other.
Above Merrion Square, two artists are hoarding the Revenue Commissioners' archive
Their exhibition, Only Handle It Once runs, in the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland until 30 August.
As costs to fit-out Dublin's new arts spaces come into focus, who should pay?
In one case, it may take about €60,000. In another, €5 million.