In this new film, six men speak from experience about a system that funnelled the youth of Fatima Mansions from school to industrial schools and then to prison.
The pandemic and city’s housing crisis have meant that artists aren’t so often in the same place, and can’t so easily drop in to each other’s studios to chat.
We’re looking for a freelance reporter interested in writing one piece a week for us on arts and culture in the city.
“Entering the venue, I notice someone struggling to pull up a ticket on their phone – perfectly understandable if they booked it two years ago.”
John O’Reilly started with graffiti in his teens, and then eventually moved into oils. His paintings of car parks are on show at Glovebox, a car-park gallery, until March.
This noir-tinged thriller “is messy but some uneven performances … fade into the background” because it “gets so many other elements right”.
This documentary following a choreographer and his dancers as they create a performance revels in “The joy of seeing bodies in motion and the wonder of witnessing creation take hold”.
“There were a lot of things that I enjoyed” about this book, our eight-year-old critic writes, but it “wasn’t really my style”.
It is out for public consultation until 14 February. As of 1 February, there were five submissions online to the culture chapter.
Last year, the Arts Council bought four performances by Suzanne Walsh, the first time it’s bought a piece of performance art that doesn’t bring with it props or an installation.
Clondalkin rapper “Sello is a solid choice to be the face of … ‘the best young talent in Ireland’ in 2022. I’m here to tell you why”.
Friends Eoin Lynam and Sam Moorhead, writers themselves, recently launched the Shorter Stories website.
