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    Derek is a writer and filmmaker, with a passion for popular culture, tech and Dublin.  Find him on Linkedin and (occasionally) Twitter.

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    Culture Playlist: 6 Irish tunes you need to hear right now

    Essential new music from Imelda May, Pauline Scanlon, We Cut Corners, Niall Horan, Volcano Of The Bleeding Skies and... Sugar Hill Gang?

    Culture • 17 Mar 17
    The Academy didn't care for Andrew Garfield as tortured priest in Silence, but loved him as tortured soldier in Hacksaw Ridge.

    Oscar nominations 2017 - 5 things you need to know

    Now that we've had an opportunity to examine this year's Oscar nominations at length, here are a few brief thoughts on this year's shortlist.

    Culture • 25 Jan 17
    Cillian Murphy and Brie Larson star in Free Fire, a highlight of this year's Audi Dublin International Film Festival programme

    Dublin International Film Festival - 10 Must-Sees

    The programme for the Audi Dublin International Film Festival has just landed, and film buffs across the nation are already salivating at the prospect of a ten-day viewing orgy of choice cinematic delights.

    Culture • 27 Jan 17
    Soak, winner of the 2015 RTÉ Choice Music Prize

    RTÉ Choice Music Prize Playlist: The winners to date

    The shortlist for this year's RTÉ Choice Music Prize for Best Album was announced earlier today. We take a look (and listen) back to the Irish Album of the Year winners over the past decade.

    Culture • 11 Jan 17
    Soak, winner of the 2015 RTÉ Choice Music Prize

    RTÉ Choice Music Prize Playlist - the winners to date

    The countdown has already begun to this year's RTÉ Choice Music Prize, the annual celebration of the very best in Irish recorded music. Here, we take a look (and listen) back to the Irish Album of the Year winners over the past decade.

    Choice Music Awards • 11 Jan 17
    Soak, winner of the 2015 RTÉ Choice Music Prize

    RTÉ Choice Music Prize Playlist - the winners to date

    The countdown has already begun to this year's RTÉ Choice Music Prize, the annual celebration of the very best in Irish recorded music. Here, we take a look (and listen) back to the Irish Album of the Year winners over the past decade.

    Culture • 20 Jan 17
    Self Portrait (2013) by Selena Mowat

    In The Picture: Selena Mowat, Painter

    A gallery of paintings by acclaimed portrait artist Selena Mowat.

    Culture • 19 Jan 17
    Moe Dunford and Pat Shortt star in The Flag, RTÉ One's Christmas night movie

    Christmas Cultural Highlights on RTÉ

    For the season about to be in it, we've made some choice selections from the wealth of fine cultural content to be found across the national broadcaster this Christmas.

    Culture • 23 Dec 16
    Mike McCormack's Solar Bones voted Irish Book of the Year

    Mike McCormack's Solar Bones voted Irish Book of the Year

    Mike McCormack's novel Solar Bones, a novel written in a single 223-page sentence, has been voted the Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year for 2016.

    Culture • 14 Dec 16
    Oh yes they did! The cast of this year's Gaiety panto - you should see what they look like in costume...

    5 Irish pantos you can't miss this Xmas

    It's time to start planning that annual family outing in search of brave heroes, damsels in distress, and sassy dames, all wrapped up in some singalong tunes - and a happy ever after.

    Culture • 08 Dec 16
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