“It’s giving colonialism”: Ireland still owes rent to dukes and earls
Although, even though the OPW lists these rents as payable, some of the named beneficiaries say they haven't been getting them.
“We’re not taking our lead from the church, we’re taking it from advertising. So the secular icons show that,” says artist Paul Mac Cormaic.
With extra funding, those who run the Hugh Lane Gallery hope to bring in blockbuster works and grow its visitor numbers.
“You may learn more from the rubbish than you do from the good songs,” says Tony Bardon, who started the collective several years ago.
The film-makers have crafted an “intriguing knot out of their shoestring budget”, which brings the audience “uncomfortably close to these desperate characters, but we want to be there”, writes Luke Maxwell.
What it means to have a home, to miss one’s home, to live in a place far away from where one was born and raised – these questions inform much of Erin Fornoff’s “Hymn to the Reckless”.
Mixing the social-problem and horror genres, this new film explores one of Ireland’s most notorious murder cases, and its effects on those it left behind.
Groundskeeper Denis McNally was curious about how a statue of the Greek philosopher came to be in a quiet corner among the plants. Here’s the story.
Trevor White’s new biography of Alfred Byrne tells the story of “the most popular Dublin-born politician of the twentieth century”, in all his complexity, writes historian Donal Fallon.
An ornate silver and gold cup in the National Museum of Ireland remains a catalyst for theories about the mythical vessel.
This film about the renowned Dublin-born architect offers great insights into his philosophical approach, but few into his inner self, writes Luke Maxwell.
Stall holders in Temple Bar Square have seen a lot of changes over the years. They’re hopeful that plans to renovate the square will mean an even merrier book market.
Nestled among the foliage of St Stephen’s Green stands a monument to the Nobel Prize-winning poet often referred to as “the Bard of Bengal”, whose work W.B. Yeats loved.