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What is AI slop, and is it the end of civilization as we know it?

Just when you thought (and maybe hoped) that generative artificial intelligence was being reigned in, brand-new technology has recently been teased, aiming to help any user generate sophisticated videos in seconds.

Pop Culture • 13 hrs

100 Buildings: Modern meets medieval at St Mary's NS Limerick

On King's Island, the heart of medieval Limerick, is one of the city's earliest Modernist buildings.

visual arts • 04 Oct

Reviewed: Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl is utterly... meh

There are few aspects of pop culture that truly dominate anymore, in an age of endless streaming services the idea of monoculture has truly passed.

Reviews • 03 Oct

Photo shows writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan against a forest backdrop

Remembering Manchán Magan - conversations from the RTÉ archives

Writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan, who has died aged 55, was a man who often described himself as having 'one foot in the other world'.

In Memoriam • 03 Oct

The Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Hear The Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1pm

Culture 5 • 03 Oct

Survey finds strong support for Basic Income for the Arts

A public consultation on the future of the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) initiative has revealed overwhelming support for making the scheme permanent.

Arts & Culture • 02 Oct

Back of the net! Alan Partridge makes yet another comeback

Alan Corr appeared on Arena on RTÉ Radio 1 to capture the essence of Alan and parse the Partridge.

Television • 02 Oct

John Banville & Neil Jordan on friendship, creativity & writing

This third episode brings together two of Ireland's most acclaimed voices — filmmaker and novelist Neil Jordan and Booker Prize-winning author John Banville — in a rare, candid conversation.

Books • 02 Oct

RTÉ Supporting the Arts this October

RTÉ is Supporting 39 Arts and Cultural Events across Ireland this October

RTE Supporting The Arts • 01 Oct

Julie Andrews at 90 - a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious star!

Aedín Gormley, presenter of Movies and Musicals on RTÉ lyric fm, visited Today with Claire Byrne on RTÉ Radio 1 to celebrate the 90th birthday of a screen legend, Dame Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews • 01 Oct

Something for the Weekend: Panto dame Joe Conlan's cultural picks

Legendary Irish panto dame Joe Conlan, celebrating his fourth decade in the business, will play Nanny Potts in this year's Gaiety Christmas panto, the tale as old as time that is Beauty and The Beast...

Something For The Weekend • 01 Oct

For peat's sake - the story of Ireland's peatlands

We present an extract from Ten Thousand Years Deep – The Story of Ireland's Peatlands, the new book by Carsten Krieger.

Nature • 02 Oct

Ultraviolet Art Talks: Artist Aaron Alexander Smyth

Ultraviolet Art Talks is a podcast/videocast series exploring the human side of artists, curators, musicians and people involved in the art world.

visual arts • 01 Oct

Charli XCX - one of the great romantic poets of the modern age?

Why Charli XCX might be gen Z's answer to the Romantic poets

Popstar Charli XCX is turning her hand to acting in the new film Erupcja. In it, she recites Lord Byron's poem Darkness.

Opinion and Analysis • 30 Sep

A Corner of the Burren - The Lyric Feature returns

The Lyric Feature returns to the airwaves on the 5th of October and the first three progammes have a decidedly Midwestern edge to them.

The Lyric Feature • 03 Oct

Sunday Miscellany: The Shipping Lanes, in memory of Derek Mahon

Marking the 5th anniversary of the passing of one of Ireland's pre-eminent poets, Derek Mahon

Sunday Miscellany • 29 Sep

French mezzo-soprano Axelle Saint-Cirel stars in The Magic Fountain

Watch and listen to Wexford Festival Opera 2025 live with RTÉ

Wexford Festival Opera and RTÉ are set to bring a taste of the magic of Wexford Festival Opera to audiences across Ireland and the globe this October.

Opera • 30 Sep

The second season of Obituary receives its world premiere at Disappear Here

Disappear Here Film Festival Returns to Donegal

The ninth annual Disappear Here Film Festival returns to Ballyliffin, Co. Donegal, from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th October 2025, showcasing new Irish work alongside world cinema

Festivals • 29 Sep

Sunday Miscellany remembers poet Michael Hartnett

Memories of when he first became aware of 'the poet'

Sunday Miscellany • 30 Sep

Sunday Miscellany: In Between, by Beth Kilkenny

Where do you belong, if you belong to many places at the same time?

Sunday Miscellany • 01 Oct

Watch: Where Are We Now? First Thought Talks

Where is climate change now, and how can we shape a greener, fair future?

First Thought Talks • 29 Sep

Book Of The Week: New Arcana by Jessica Traynor

One of the most remarkable things about Jessica Traynor's New Arcana is how successfully it manages to evoke the expansive honesty at the heart of John Berryman's 1969 masterwork The Dream Songs.

Book Of The Week • 29 Sep

Kimmel, Rooney and Kneecap - how culture became dangerous again

Growing up, you were probably familiar with the old playground adage 'Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.'

Opinion and Analysis • 27 Sep

'A bestiary within us all': Orla de Brí's Out of the Shadows

Earlier in her career Orla de Brí referenced Nietzsche's famous quote 'Invisible threads are the strongest ties', as being significant to her work...

visual arts • 26 Sep

You're never too old to be a debut author

Never too late: Sylvia Leatham on publishing a debut novel in her 50s

Get Creative • 26 Sep