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Teed off - the arts, lockdown and a week of confusion & chaos

It was a week of drama the arts world hadn't rehearsed...

Cinemas can operate as before, according to the Department of Health update

No more than six people allowed to attend indoor cultural events

No more than six people can attend indoor cultural events and no more than 15 can attend outdoor cultural events, it has been clarified tonight.

Culture • 20 Aug 20

Colbert on Twitter's new plans to flag Fake News about COVID-19

Quarantinewhile: Twitter is rolling out new 'labelling' on the app to tag posts with 'misinformation' on Coronavirus. ..

RTÉ Player • 22 May 20

Postcards From The Pandemic: Karl MacDermott

We're bringing you a series of 'digital postcards' from a variety of creatives who have, like the rest of us, been staying put and filling their days and nights as purposefully as they might, in these most curious of times...

Postcard From Quarantine • 22 May 20

The show goes live in the first week of June

The show will go online: Transatlantic Tales zoom into focus

A combination of Irish and American actors and playwrights have come together to bring you the Transatlantic Tales, a series of plays that will be broadcast on YouTube in June.

Theatre • 19 May 20

What Matters to You? Watch the stunning short film

Writer and director Darren McKenna writes about his latest piece of work, a question for everyone in lockdown.

Irish Short Films • 21 May 20

EPIC Irish Emigration Museum seeks Covid-19 tales

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is inviting people to share their Covid-19 stories for a new exhibition.

COVID-19 • 15 May 20

Broadway will remain closed until September

Broadway theaters to remain closed until September

Broadway theaters have extended their closures because of the coronavirus pandemic until at least 6 September, the Broadway League industry group said.

Culture • 13 May 20

More than 12,000 events have been cancelled

Study shows 90% of arts community financially hit by Covid-19

Artists and arts organisations across the country are suffering enormous financial losses and facing an uncertain future as a direct result of the Covid-19 public health crisis, new data from the Arts Council shows.

Arts Council of Ireland • 11 May 20

NHS charities will benefit from the sale of the work

Banksy's Game Changer honours nursing superheroes

A new artwork created by Banksy during lockdown has gone on display in a hospital corridor in England.

Culture • 06 May 20

Letters From Lockdown: Billy & Aggie

Letters from Lockdown is a series of short films, each featuring a letter from one person to another, a reflection on an aspect of the situation we all find ourselves in.

Coronavirus • 05 May 20

Film unites Mayo people as pandemic keeps them oceans apart

Hope is always on the horizon - that's the message of a new short film about Mayo and its people during the coronavirus pandemic. Oceans Apart, Together In Spirit is the creation of award-winning director Lorcan Hynes.

Connacht • 02 May 20

Minister sets reopening dates for cinemas, galleries & theatres

The Minister for Arts, Culture and The Gaeltacht has set dates for the reopening of Ireland's cultural institutions, as part of the government's 5 stage plan to ease restrictions in the wave of the Covid-19 crisis.

Coronavirus • 01 May 20

Letters From Lockdown: Charlie & Domino

Letters from Lockdown is a series of short films, each featuring a letter from one person to another, a reflection on an aspect of the situation we all find ourselves in...

Coronavirus • 11 Apr 21

The Killers are one of many acts who have postponed their Irish dates until 2021

Music industry awaits a chink of light as gigs continue to fall

The music industry faces uncertain times as thoughts turn to how to host events with social distancing and if they are even viable for promoters and artists, writes Sinead Crowley.

Coronavirus • 30 Apr 20

It's a stressful time for children, who have suddenly lost their usual social structure.

Let It Go: Diary Of A Pandemic Mummy

'When we left her Montessori on Thursday 12 March, we didn't know that she wouldn't be going back...' Rachel Walsh writes for Culture about life during Covid-19...

Coronavirus • 30 Apr 20

Nursing Home Chaos - Diary of a Pandemic Doctor:

Cassandra Voices is a Dublin-based magazine with a global perspective - in recent weeks, they have been hosting a series of compelling diaries anonymously written by different doctors confronting aspects of the Covid-19 Pandemic...

Coronavirus • 29 Apr 20

Celine Byrne has been hit hard during the Covid-19 pandemic

Celine Byrne reveals coronavirus tragedy to Sean O'Rourke

Famed soprano Celine Byrne told Sean O'Rourke how her mother-in-law passed away and her father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus • 29 Apr 20

Dear Ireland: The Abbey Theatre enters the conversation

Dear Ireland is the Abbey Theatre's historic project to capture the stresses and surrounds of pandemic as Ireland's deals with the coronavirus.

Theatre • 27 Apr 20

The Homes of Donegal by Wild Atlantic Women

Four generations of Donegal artists have produced a stunning tribute to their locality as the coronavirus pandemic keeps people close to their homes.

Culture • 06 May 20

Kathleen Watkins:
"I'm exercising a little bit of every hour if I can. That's the most important thing in my day, to keep moving."

Listen: Kathleen Watkins on cocooning, poetry and life after Gay

Kathleen Watkins has shared her daily routine, which includes working on a collection of poems for Gill Books and clearing out her late husband Gay's Byrne's office.

RTÉ Radio 1 • 21 Apr 20

The NLI collection will help document on the pandemic unfolded

National Library set to document Covid-19 online

The National Library of Ireland is collecting websites that tell the story of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland.

COVID-19 • 15 Apr 20

10 RTÉ podcasts to binge - escape from the news cycle

Here's 10 recommended RTÉ podcasts to get stuck into during the Coronavirus slowdown...

Podcasts • 08 Oct 24

8 ways you can support artists & musicians during the lockdown

We've put together some suggestions for you to lend a hand to the bands and artists who need it right now...

Music • 20 Mar 20

Artist Emergency Relief Fund raises €24K, launches fresh appeal

A fund set up by a Dublin Theatre to help Irish artists who have lost work due to Covid 19 has raised almost E24,000 in just four days.

Coronavirus • 19 Mar 20