Archive for the Culture Category

IMMA Launch Major New Exhibition

David Prendeville On July 7th past IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) launched a new exhibition, The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis, addressing contemporary social and planetary issues and the impact of humans on the earth. The exhibition is fresh off a […]

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Cinema’s Revival in 2022

David Prendeville It’s been a terrific year for film so far in 2022. Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta, Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part 2, Lucille Hadžihalilović’s Earwig, Sean Baker’s Red Rocket and Gaspar Noe’s Vortex are just some of the stellar titles […]

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Galway Film Fleadh
Ireland’s biggest Film Festival returns in in-person

B.J. Quinn The Galway Film Fleadh returned this past July for a live, in-person, and in-cinema edition after online and outdoor events during the past two years. From July 5th – 10th, this year festival goers, bouncing between the Town […]

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Comhar Magazine Celebrates 80 Years

David Prendeville Comhar magazine celebrated 80 years in print at a celebratory event in The National Print Museum, Dublin, on Thursday the 21st of April. Founded in 1942, during WWII when paper was scarce and special permission had to be […]

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Hair to Stay? A History of the Mullet

Peter McNamara Have you been witness to a growing menace? A shock of hair that shocks your soul? Over the last year or so, a fringe movement has been resurrecting fashions of old. You might ask yourself, must humanity forever […]

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DCC Funtropolis: Free family fun days for all!

On the 10th of July, Funtropolis will be heading for Merrion Square for a full day of events, sure to be jam packed with family fun.

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“Playing With Fire Cartoon” Saloon’s upcoming animated feature
My Father’s Dragon

B.J. Quinn To mark World Book Day, which took place this past April 23rd, Netflix unveiled a sneak peek at Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon’s upcoming animation, My Father’s Dragon. Based out of Kilkenny and founded in 1999, the five-time […]

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Summer Movies Preview
7 must-see new movies
for the summer season

B.J. Quinn The summer movie season is back! After two pandemic-plagued years filled with setbacks and delays, the movie business is right back on track. And if the box office successes of Spider-Man: No Way Home and – the film […]

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Longitude Festival Returns

Megan Thee Stallion, Tyler The Creator and A$AP Rocky among the headliners B.J. Quinn Life during Lockdown wasn’t without its music. First, cooped-up sailors became Tik-Tok superstars by belting out delightful sea shanties for all to enjoy. Then we saw […]

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On the Rise – Dublin’s Clare Dunne selected for European Shooting Stars 20

B.J. Quinn Writer/actor Clare Dunne is best known for writing and starring in Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself (2020), for which she scooped Best Script at the IFTAs, and for her role as Amanda in RTÉ’s hit series Kin. Adding to her […]

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