Arts & Culture

Renowned Irish Artists Unite to Raise Critical Christmas Funds for Dublin Simon Community

Renowned Irish Artists Unite to Raise Critical Christmas Funds for Dublin Simon Community

Artwork from around 100 artists to be auctioned in support of essential homelessness services
As winter draws near and the homelessness crisis intensifies, Dublin Simon Community is inviting everyone to support its life-saving services through ‘A Community of Hope:

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A Community of Hope

A Community of Hope

Lot Always Sunday – original painting by Gerard Byrne is accompanied by a signed copy of the artist’s collectable coffee table book Turning Corners that features Always Sunday piece amongst stunning illustrations of 150 artworks.

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Now That’s Eiretainment!

Now That’s Eiretainment!

Folks, there’s a new film streaming platform on the scene! What makes this one stand out from the crowd, you ask? Well, Eiretainment is a subscription streaming platform offering the very best of Irish film and documentary. It supports independent Irish filmmakers across the island;

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Elvis In Marian College!

Elvis In Marian College!

Marian College musical society will present its annual musical ‘All Shook Up’ on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December at 7.30 each night. Not to be missed! After the success of last year’s ‘The Addams family’, and 2022’s ‘Grease’

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Irish on Film in 2024

Irish on Film in 2024

We are heading into 2025 whether you like it or not. But hey, even if you’re entering the New Year willingly or kicking and screaming like me, if you can manage to blot out most of the current news coverage, there’s actually some stuff to look forward to, especially on the big screen.

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‘Tis The Season For Streaming

‘Tis The Season For Streaming

I know the feeling. You’ve just cracked open your fourteenth selection box of the day, your christmas jumper — once a colourful vision of yuletide cheer — is now caked in crumbs, stains, bits of tinsel, unknowable debris charting a season

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Poetry Inspired by Nature

Poetry Inspired by Nature

Wingspan by Eithne Cavanagh, with photographs by Colum Clarke, published by Orla Kelly Publishing (2024). A hybrid of poetry and photos of an ornithological nature. This collection contains 27 beautiful poems with accompanying superb photographs

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Speaking Their Truth: New Book Celebrating Ringsend and its Young Voices

Speaking Their Truth: New Book Celebrating Ringsend and its Young Voices

At the end of November Ringsend’s Days, Our Poets in Bloom: Telling a 1000 years of Ringsend History was launched in the Ringsend Irishtown Community Centre on Thorncastle Street. The book, produced by the Ringsend and District

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Poems from Wingspan

Poems from Wingspan

Three poems by Eithne Cavanagh

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It’s the people that count

It's the people that count

Poem by Margaret Boles

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