Culture Sara Keating: Eurovision organisers tread a fine line as song contest loomsThe presence of Israel in the annual song contest continues to generate controversy with less than a week to go before the first semi-final
Culture Sara Keating: Echoes of Yeats’ September 1913 are everywhere in Ireland’s Venice Biennale entryEimear Walshe’s multimedia installation is undercut by a deep objection to the sacrifice of personal security for capitalist gain
Culture Sara Keating: Is this a poem, and other thought-provoking questionsTwo initiatives invite us to reconsider our perception of the art form
Culture Sara Keating on Culture: The reimagined Renaissance fresco writing women back into historyThe project from art collective Na Cailleacha takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to subverting the patriarchal canon
Arts Arts analysis: Why book clubs are making a come backA recent RTÉ series showed that reading is becoming a social activity again, long may it last
Arts Sara Keating: Easter is a perfect time to explore the work of sculptor Imogen StuartThe German-born Stuart, who died last week, was inspired by key Christian rituals such as the Stations of the Cross
Culture Sara Keating on culture: Is bad publicity better than none when it comes to posthumous work?The publication of Gabriel García Márquez’s Until August raises many questions about respecting the wishes of artists around their work
Culture Sara Keating: From Cork to Texas via LA, Irish stars take a stand over Gaza In the run-up to the St Patrick’s festival season, Irish performers have been using their ‘green’ platforms and cultural capital to speak up about the crisis
Theatre 100-year-old family drama with echoes of today’s referendumsIrish artists have a long tradition of questioning the sanctified position of the family in Irish life
Art & Design National Gallery: 170 years of feeding our craving for beauty As annual visitor numbers top the million mark, director Caroline Campbell tells Sara Keating about the gallery’s latest grand collaborative exhibition
Culture Sara Keating on Culture: Left-brained or right-brained? The correct answer is bothCreative Brain Week in Trinity College Dublin brings together the fields of art and science, culture and technology, to explore the neural connections between brain health and creativity
Culture Sara Keating: Why Louise Nealon’s Snowflake is a clever choice for One Dublin One BookWide-ranging themes of rural/urban conflict, family histories, generational tension and mental health will attract a wide variety of readership
Culture Sara Keating: What British censorship of Republican rap trio Kneecap says about the artsThe Arts Council of England released a statement this week declaring that "political statements" made by individuals linked to arts organisation can cause "reputational risk", breaching funding agreements
Culture Sara Keating on Culture: Stars align as we celebrate the year of the dragon Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s work celebrates the symbolic and cultural importance of the zodiac
Culture Sara Keating on Culture: How to embrace the spirit of ‘badass Brigit’ this bank holidaySeries of events planned to celebrate patron saint and protector of poetry and learning
Culture Sara Keating on Culture: Why the ancient world is having a modern momentIt is hard to pick up a book or watch TV these days without encountering some ancient characters in our favorite books or screen plays
Art & Design ‘It wasn’t until I had done half of them that I realised this was a collaboration with my dad’Guggi’s latest exhibition, Them, running at the Kerlin Gallery, traces the visual artist’s complex relationship with his late parents
Culture Sara Keating on Culture: ‘An bhfuil cead agam dul go dti an Eurovision?’ Why we should choose an Irish-language song as our Eurovision entry The indefinable quality of Ailsha Davey’s punky tune
Culture Sara Keating: New Book of Kells exhibition illuminates the significance of our national treasureThe Book of Kells Experience offers digital, interactive re-creations of the Long Room and the book itself, as well as witty encounters with literary heroes
Art & Design Sara Keating on Culture: A history of art as a tool for nation building Exhibition at IMMA highlights the open and plural beginnings of Ireland’s original national project