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The full Druid company before departing for their first tour to the Aran Islands with J M Synge's The Playboy of the Western World (Photo: Bill Doyle)

Hitting the road - Druid theatre marks 50th anniversary

Druid is marking its 50th anniversary this year and the Galway-based theatre company has announced it will be staging a double bill of Synge's Riders to the Sea and Shakespeare's Macbeth to celebrate.

Culture • 03 Apr

Sally Hayden (R) with President of the Royal Irish Academy, Dr Mary Canning and Maeve Collins of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Irish author Sally Hayden wins RIA Michel Déon Prize

Irish author Sally Hayden has won the 2022 Royal Irish Academy Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction for her debut book My Fourth Time, We Drowned.

Ireland • 15 Sep 22

Lucia Evans and the Discovery Gospel Choir on the Late Late

Lucia Evans and the Discovery Gospel Choir sing This Is Me on The Late Late Show

Late Late Show • 09 Jan 21

Watch: The Waterboys perform Where The Action Is

On the Late Late's last show of the season, The Waterboys perform Where The Action Is.

Late Late Show • 02 Jun 19

Kit de Waal - Beautifully brings to life a great character that any reader should be happy to call a friend

Reviewed: The Trick to Time by Kit de Waal

A gentle and gritty study of grief, longing and resilience

Book Review • 20 Jul 23

Shining a spotlight on Abner Jay

Born into slavery in Georgia in 1921, Abner experienced hardships that historically make for good Blues music.

rte radio 1 highlights • 08 Nov 17

Bernie McGill: read an extract from her short story, Glass Girl, as Female Lines is launched today

Read Bernie McGill's short story from Female Lines

To coincide with the launch today of Female Lines - New Writing by Women from Northern Ireland, published by New Island Books, read here an extract from the short story Glass Girl by Bernie McGill.

culture headlines • 01 Nov 17

Word on the street from Laureate na nÓg, PJ Lynch: free books tomorrow in Dublin. .

Free books, kids! Word on the (Dublin) Street

Laureate na nÓg PJ Lynch has chosen his 'Ten Books to Read Before You Are Twelve' list and 50 copies of these were distributed in public places around Dublin today, Wednesday, November 1, after 12 noon.

Culture • 01 Nov 17

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