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Watch: How Art Makes Things Happen - First Thought Talks

Art can shape the future. In this thought-provoking talk recorded at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, Dr. Cissie Fu explores how art inspires action, nurtures imagination, and creates the conditions for change...
Arts & Culture • 24 Sep

How is the housing shortage affecting artists?

Is lack of housing damaging creativity and forcing artists to leave the country? Does having to constantly move disrupt their activities?
In Conversation • 29 Jan 24

Meet the hospital manager who 'doesn't do trolleys'

Waterford General Hospital does not have patients lying on trolleys awaiting admission to beds, unlike most other hospitals in the country.
First Thought Talks • 11 Jan 24

The Irish photographer documenting US hip-hop culture

First Thought: Photographer Brian Cross (AKA B+) in conversation
In Conversation • 10 Nov 23

First Thought Talks: Martha Wainwright's tall true stories

Stories I Might Regret Telling You is singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright's heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, the music industry and more.
In Conversation • 26 Oct 23

What did we learn from the Decade of Centenaries?

We have come to the end of a serious interrogation of the years of our so-called revolutionary period. How did we do?
In Conversation • 19 Oct 23

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