A generation slipping away: Brendan Kennelly and the changing of Ireland’s literary guard
The works of the legendary Kerry poet, who died last week, will endure for decades to come. But his death has brought a strong sense that we must cherish our surviving literary giants while we still can
INO seeks young participants for new opera
INO is looking for 40 young people to help make up the chorus for the world premier of Horse Ape Bird by David Coonan and Dylan Coburn Gray
Shared Notes: A musician who pushes against the traditional boundaries
Martin Hayes’s memoir traces his life in music from rural east Clare, to bar gigs in the US, to founding trad supergroup the Gloaming and its radical redefining of Irish traditional music
Life Without Children: Roddy Doyle captures the rhythms of pandemic life in new collection
The Dublin author’s latest clutch of short stories is centred on the claustrophobia and tensions that have pervaded the Covid-19 era
Heeding the warning signs in the nick of time
Speed is of the essence when reacting to potential symptoms of breast cancer, as Ciara Ní Ghairbhí found out when she noticed a pain in her left breast
Wine: Breathe in autumn’s full flavours
The change of season gives us time to slow down and appreciate rich and earthy tastes
Theatre: McMahon, Carr and O’Halloran serve up a trio of vivid dramas
Works by three of Irish theatre’s leading lights were the star attractions at the recent Dublin Theatre Festival
Ernie O’Malley: The definitive portrait of an often forgotten Irish political figure
Part militant nationalist and part bohemian intellectual, Ernie O’Malley led a remarkable life and played a significant role in Ireland’s struggle for independence
Chef’s Table: Four veggie favourites from a cookery legend
Ballymaloe founder Darina Allen’s new book removes the fear factor from cooking meals
TV review: Roys’ boardroom bloodletting sets up new Succession series nicely
On the evidence of its first episode, Succession has lost none of its breathless pace, keen observation and verbal fireworks
Album reviews: Finneas, The War On Drugs, Duran Duran
A superstar’s sibling, a one-man band and some 1980s veterans are reviewed this week
Culture Counter
Your weekly guide to what’s hot and what’s not
Anna Daly interview: ‘I always think nothing stays the same in the fast lane, and it shouldn't’
Once a familiar fixture on our early-morning TV screens, Anna Daly used the pandemic to re-evaluate her career choices. Her latest venture, an ethical clothing company, captures the zeitgeist of the ever-growing environmentally-conscious era
David Keenan interview: ‘This record has done more travelling than me’
Stints living in Paris and Barcelona gave the acclaimed singer/songwriter a continental perspective while making his second record, What Then?
Edel Coffey: The long, slow liberation of getting old
The writer Fran Lebowitz, whose witty takes on modern life have won her a youthful new fanbase, epitomises the fabulous freedom of getting older
State of turmoil: reporting on an America in crisis
Four Years in the Cauldron is Brian O’Donovan’s account of four years in the United States as Washington correspondent for RTÉ News. In this extract from his new book, O’Donovan paints a picture of summer 2020, with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the arrival of a moment of reckoning for president Donald Trump, soon to be voted out of the White House
Rhythm Nation: Rachel Mae Hannon
The Monaghan-born singer-songwriter picks the ten tracks that mean the most to her
Nadine O’Regan: What is it that we do in nightclubs again?
It’s been so long since any of us have been on a dancefloor it’s no surprise we’ve totally forgotten how nightclubs even work
