Winning arts and minds: The Irish creators to watch in 2022

Who are the next Irish stars of stage, screen, music and print? And what are the essential arts offerings of 2022? Nadine O’Regan, John Maguire and Sara Keating bring us their view of the big picture in Irish culture in the coming months

CMAT will be one of the artists to release new work this year, with her first album, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead, out in February

FILM

Where would we have been for the last two years if we didn’t have film and TV? There are only so many sourdough starters you can forget are in the back of the fridge, only so many Zoom meetings you can doze through, and so many walks you can walk. Although production has been impacted by the pandemic, and release dates are less certain than ever, the Irish film and television sectors are booming. ...