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Representatives from the Arts Council appearing before PAC

Arts Council 'regrets' €6.7m IT failure, PAC hears

The Arts Council has said it "greatly regrets" spending €6.7 million on a complex IT project that was later abandoned, the Public Accounts Committee has heard.

Ireland • 29 May

The scheme provides 2,000 artists and creative arts workers with payments of €325 per week

Minister backs retention of Basic Income for Arts scheme

Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, saying its impact is "far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' lives".

Ireland • 26 May

Members of the IWU submitting the petition to Minister of State Niamh Smyth

Irish authors raise concerns over Meta's alleged AI use

A group of Irish authors has presented a petition to the Department of Trade raising their concerns over the alleged use by Meta of their publications to train its AI model, Llama 3.

Ireland • 17 Apr

The Locals - inside the documentary on Dublin's election trail

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Luke McManus (North Circular) introduces his latest documentary The Locals, a fly-on-the-wall look at the recent local elections in Dublin's North Inner City

Documentaries • 13 Jan

A mural depicting Bobby Sands on Belfast's Falls Road

Sinn Féin, and The Long Game - Aoife Moore's new book extracted

We present an extract from The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin, the new book from award-winning journalist Aoife Moore.

Books • 12 Sep 23

Charles Haughey and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, pictured in 1990

Book Of The Week: An Enemy Of The Crown by David Burke

Books • 12 Dec 22

Under the pilot scheme 2,000 recipients will receive €325 per week for three years

First payments under pilot scheme for arts sector

The first payments under the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme are being issued today.

Ireland • 28 Oct 22

Nicoline van Harskamp, Contagious Speech, 2022, video still

In The Picture: TULCA Festival of Visual Arts in Galway City

visual arts • 27 Oct 22

An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, US Senator George Mitchell and British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Good Friday Agreement announcement in 1998

David McCullagh on one man's journey to the Good Friday Agreement

Books • 09 Oct 22

President Obama (R) in the White House in 2017, with then speechwriter Cody Keenan (L)

Caitríona Perry on Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

Books • 08 Oct 22

Watch: Middle ground in Northern Ireland - what happens next?

In Conversation • 10 Oct 22

Irish tenor Killian Donnelly in The Phantom of the Opera in London's West End

Committee hears calls for more musical theatre funding

An Oireachtas committee has heard that musical theatre should be treated equally to other art forms including opera, theatre and dance where funding is concerned.

Politics • 28 Sep 22

Haughey uncovered - David McCullagh on the new biography

Books • 29 Nov 21

Review: The Bostonian - Rachael English on an Irish-American tale

Books • 16 Nov 21

Huma Abedin on Hilary, Weiner and her new memoir

Books • 12 Nov 21

Peril: Bob Woodward & Robert Costa on Trump's final days

Bob Woodward • 07 Oct 21

Martin Luther King: delineates two forces between which he finds himself standing

Reviewed: Writing Politics - An Anthology

The works of Edmund Burke, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Paine, Mary McCarthy, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King in this collection of essays which showcases the best of trenchant writing on political ferment and dissent.

Books • 25 Nov 20

Former US President Barack Obama campaigns for Joe Biden in Miami, Florida, earlier this month

A Promised Land: Caitríona Perry on Barack Obama's new memoir

Barack Obama is a gifted writer. A Promised Land is cleverly crafted and well executed, if at times a little wordy...

Books • 21 Nov 20

The State of the US: Samantha Power talks to Aine Lawlor

For the Galway International Arts Festival's Autumn Edition programme, the popular First Thought Talks series addressed the big issues of the day

In Conversation • 21 Sep 20

Unspeakable! John Bercow talks to Tubridy

The former speaker of the British House of Commons John Bercow goes through many emotional states, discussing his new autobiography on The Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio 1.

Books • 10 Mar 20

"A stage that does not reflect the population" says Andrew Yang

Once referred to by The Washington Post as 'Random Guy', US Presidential candidate Andrew Yang discusses the 'all white' stage at 2020 Democratic Party Presidential Debate.

Late Show With Stephen Colbert • 20 Jan 20

John Bercow to release candid memoirs next February

ORDER! John Bercow will discuss his views on David Cameron and Boris Johnson in his new book, which promises to be a warts and all telling the members of UK parliament.

Books • 13 Nov 19

Listen: CNN's Jim Acosta on truth in the time of Trump

CNN reporter Jim Acosta made the headlines himself when he had his White House credentials revoked by President Donald Trump, who called him a 'rude, terrible person' - now he's talking to Ryan Tubridy about his new book...

Politics • 12 Sep 19

Famed activist Harry Edwards bound for GAA Museum Summer School

Renowned activist and sociologist Doctor Harry Edwards is to speak at the 2017 GAA Museum Summer School.

Books • 28 Jun 17

GAA Museum Summer School: Who said politics and sport don't mix?

Who said that politics and sport should not mix? This year's GAA Museum Summer School presents a fascinating series of talks on the intersections between the two.

Books • 19 Jun 17

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