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National Gallery of Ireland walkaround

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Star City - Agnes O’Casey

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Oklahoma!

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Rituals - Danielle McLaughlin

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Whistler’s Irish muse, Joanna Hiffernan

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Wallis Bird

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The Lemon Twigs

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Miles Davis at 100

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Power Ballad

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John of John - Douglas Stuart

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The Whiteheaded Boy

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Ali Smith wins 2026 Dublin Literary Award show image

Ali Smith wins 2026 Dublin Literary Award

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Kylie director Michael Harte

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Elif Shafak

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Arena Encore - Peter McDonald on "Power Ballad" // Wallis Bird // Douglas Stuart show image

Arena Encore - Peter McDonald on "Power Ballad" // Wallis Bird // Douglas …

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Oklahoma!

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Rituals - Danielle McLaughlin show image

Rituals - Danielle McLaughlin

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Whistler’s Irish muse, Joanna Hiffernan show image

Whistler’s Irish muse, Joanna Hiffernan

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Wallis Bird show image

Wallis Bird

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The Lemon Twigs

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Miles Davis at 100 show image

Miles Davis at 100

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The Whiteheaded Boy

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John of John - Douglas Stuart show image

John of John - Douglas Stuart

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Power Ballad

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TV reviews

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Album reviews

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Arena Encore - Ali Smith // "Kylie" director Michael Harte // Elif Shafak // Matt Berniger of The National show image

Arena Encore - Ali Smith // "Kylie" director Michael Harte // Elif Shafak …

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Ali Smith wins 2026 Dublin Literary Award show image

Ali Smith wins 2026 Dublin Literary Award

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Kylie director Michael Harte

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Film reviews

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Elif Shafak - The 79th Cannes Film Festival - Star Wars spin-offs show image

Elif Shafak - The 79th Cannes Film Festival - Star Wars spin-offs

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Live music featuring Mark Geary - Irish premiere of Lot Vekemans play Poison- Swan Lake Ballet de Santiago production show image

Live music featuring Mark Geary - Irish premiere of Lot Vekemans play Poison- …

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Arena on RTÉ Culture

From here to eternity - author Elif Shafak talks to RTÉ Arena show image

From here to eternity - author Elif Shafak talks to RTÉ Arena

Rick O'Shea appointed new presenter of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1 show image

Rick O'Shea appointed new presenter of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1

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Man on the Run - does the new Paul McCartney doc have Wings?

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Will Sinners succeed? Arena talks to this year's Oscar nominees

Man with a plan - Oscar-nominee John Kelly talks to Arena show image

Man with a plan - Oscar-nominee John Kelly talks to Arena

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Bowie and me - Mike Garson on working with The Thin White Duke

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Feast of Stephen - which Morrissey are we getting this time?

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Weather still getting you down? Give the poetry of spring a go

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Kindred spirit: Dani Larkin performs live in studio for RTÉ Arena

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Lankum's Ian Lynch celebrates an Irish trad legend

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Rock on: veteran music journalist Stuart Bailie on his new memoir

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Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: De La Soul under the microscope

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Taxi Driver at 50 - how Scorsese and De Niro made a classic

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Fair Deal: Writer Una McKevitt's dark comedy comes to The Peacock

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Vigil - author George Saunders talks to Arena abou his new novel

Why Arthur Miller's The Crucible feels more timely than ever show image

Why Arthur Miller's The Crucible feels more timely than ever

Daniel Mendelsohn's Odyssey - the enduring appeal of Greek myth show image

Daniel Mendelsohn's Odyssey - the enduring appeal of Greek myth

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The Art of Gentle Punk: Little John Nee's D.I.Y. manifesto for our times

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It's January - been to see Turner at the National Gallery yet?

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Sealed with a kiss - Ailbhe Reddy performs live for RTÉ Arena

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