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NO FEE PICPIC JULIEN BEHAL Favour Odusola (Culture Night Ambassador) Farah Elle (Culture Night Ambassador) and Sonnie Delap (Dublin Samulnori Drummers) are pictured at the launch of the 20th anniversary programme for Culture Night Dublin

Over 300 free events on Culture Night's Dublin programme

In 2006 a handful of groups came together in Temple Bar to celebrate the city's culture - fast-forward to 2025 and Culture Night is now a celebration of creativity that spans to every corner of Ireland.

Dublin • 19 Aug

Hugh Lane Gallery to close for three year refurbishment

Dublin City Council has said the city's Hugh Lane Gallery is to close for three years in order to facilitate a refurbishment.

Dublin • 08 Sep

A flats complex at the Ballymun Housing Project in the 1960s (Image: Irish Film Institute)

Forty years of Ballymun captured in video collection

A collection of more than 40 years of camera footage telling the story of Ballymun has been released.

Dublin • 31 Jul

Christine Dwyer Hickey: 'I wasn't officially allowed to go into town on my own, until I was 10 years old.'

Village people - Christine Dwyer Hickey on Dublin then and now

We present the text of a speech made by author Christine Dwyer Hickey at the Dublin Literary Dinner, 2025, celebrating the winner of this year's Dublin Literary Award, Canadian author Michael Crummey.

Reminisces • 04 Jun

Michael Crummey said he is thrilled at the award (File image)

Canadian author wins 2025 Dublin Literary Award

Canadian author Michael Crummey has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award for his book 'The Adversary'.

Ireland • 23 May

The Book of Leinster will be available to view until mid-August in Trinity College, Dublin

'Wikipedia' of the Middle Ages goes on display at Trinity

One of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts written in Irish goes on public display after a two-year long project to conserve it.

Ireland • 23 May

71 titles have been nominated for the award this year by 83 libraries in 34 countries around the world

30 years of the International Dublin Literary Award

Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary of the prestigious International Dublin Literary Award when the winner of the €100,000 award is announced in Dublin.

Dublin • 21 May

Felispeaks (L) & Sarah Gilmartin are two of the contributors to the new anthology Dublin, Written in our Hearts

Celebrating 20 years of One Dublin One Book

Every April for the last 20 years, one book got its moment in the sun with the popular One Dublin One Book initiative from Dublin City Council.

Books • 10 Apr

Director of the Hillsboro Fine Art John Daly said there is all kinds of wonderful artwork on offer

Galleries and artists join forces for new Dublin art fair

This weekend, 70 of the country's galleries and artists are coming together for the first time, for a new art fair called 'Art Evolve'.

Dublin • 05 Apr

Oscar-winning producer Ed Guiney is the founder of Storyhouse

Storyhouse screenwriting festival kicks off in Dublin

Dublin • 05 Apr

Paul Lynch was nominated for his acclaimed novel Prophet Song

Paul Lynch shortlisted for €100,000 Dublin Literary Award

Irish Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch has been shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award for his highly acclaimed novel Prophet Song.

Books • 26 Mar

President leads tributes to novelist Jennifer Johnston

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to award-winning Irish novelist Jennifer Johnston who has died at the age of 95.

Ireland • 26 Feb

Rory Gallagher first bought the guitar in 1963 for £100

Gallagher guitar to go on display at Collins Barracks

Rory Gallagher's 1961 Fender Stratocaster is to go on display at Collins Barracks in Dublin, the National Museum of Ireland has said.

visual arts • 05 Feb

How the 46A became Dublin's most iconic bus route

Last week marked the end of the iconic bus service the 46A, which had been serving the people of Dublin since 1936.

Pop Culture • 27 Jan

The short story by Bram Stoker has been unearthed 130 years after it was first printed

Long-lost Bram Stoker story discovered in Dublin

A long-lost story from Bram Stoker, the Irish author of one of the world's best known gothic horror stories Dracula, has been found in Dublin.

Ireland • 21 Oct 24

Celebrated Dublin author, broadcaster and historian, Éamonn MacThomáis (1927 – 2002)

Éamonn MacThomáis remembered: Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin at 50

We present an extract from Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin by Éamonn MacThomáis, illustrated by Michael O'Brien - a new edition of this Dublin classic, originally published in 1974, has just been released to mark the 50th anniversary of The O'Brien Press.

Books • 16 Oct 24

Kilmainham Mill in Dublin's south city is one of the buildings opening its doors for the festival

Old Dublin buildings open doors to public for festival

A number of buildings which are normally not accessible to the public will open their doors in the coming days as part of the capital's architectural festival.

Regional • 14 Oct 24

Fergal McCarthy: 'I learned that the bridges tell another story too'

The Bridges of Dublin: artist Fergal McCarthy takes a deeper dive

Artist Fergal McCarthy introduces his new exhibition The Bridges of Dublin, a colaboration with The Little Museum of Dublin that hopes to redefine the perception of the capital's iconic river for a new generation of curious Dubliners.

visual arts • 09 Oct 24

Shane Lynam, Untitled, from the series Pebbledash Wonderland, 2012-2024

Walking in a Pebbledash Wonderland - Dublin through a lens

Photography • 17 Sep 24

Conservation teams are wrapping up, collating and managing the artefacts

Natural History Museum to close for major refurbishment

The Natural History Museum in Dublin is to close from September for a number of years to facilitate major refurbishment works.

Ireland • 17 Jun 24

'Little Amal' has visited 16 countries so far

Watch: Children welcome 'Little Amal' to Dublin

Children welcomed 'Little Amal' - a 3.6m puppet that has become a global symbol of human rights - to Dublin.

visual arts • 27 May 24

Solenoid is based on the author's own experience as a teacher, and is set in the reality of Romania in the late 70's and early 80's Communist Romania

Romania's Mircea Cărtărescu wins Dublin Literary Award

Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu and his translator Sean Cotter have won this year's Dublin Literary Award for the novel Solenoid.

Ireland • 24 May 24

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings its '13 Tongues' to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

'Dance Out Loud' as Dublin Dance Festival gets under way

The Dublin Dance festival kicks off this week, with Irish and international dancers celebrating this year's theme of 'Dance Out Loud'.

Dublin • 16 May 24

'Old God's Time' by Sebastian Barry and 'Haven' by Emma Donoghue have been included in the shortlist

Irish authors among shortlisted for Dublin Literary Award

Novels by two Irish authors have been shortlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award.

Books • 27 Mar 24

More than 700 granite blocks from the facade of the old Abbey Theatre have been kept in Joan Hanly's garden for the past 62 years

Dreams of restoring Abbey stones rekindled 62 years on

A 93-year-old woman says it will mean "everything" if her late husband's dream of restoring the building blocks of the original Abbey Theatre is finally realised.

Ireland • 05 Jan 24