Book Review: House of Names – Colm Toíbín
With House of Names, Tóibín adds another layer to a timeless mythic tradition.
THE BUTCHER MAN – MAURICE KETTYLE ON WHAT TO EXPECT AT GUINNESS X MEATOPIA
Maurice Kettyle is one of the Ireland’s most popular butchers selling high quality beef to premium restaurants across Ireland and Britain. Maurice is supplying all the ethically sourced Irish meat…
Cinema Review: Halal Daddy
Unlike the Halal factory’s abattoir, this film has too much tripe in it.
Bitesize: Hope Beer
In a nod to the perpetual battle between t-shirts and raincoats at this time of year, a small microbrewery located behind the Dart Station at Howth Junction has just released…
In Search of Quality: Malachy Duggan The Blue Note Galway
Malachy Duggan is a superstar of Galway’s West End, the man in charge at The Blue Note, one of the loveliest little pubs you’ll ever wander into in Galway.
Cinema Review: The Book of Henry
Nothing can change the sheer lunacy of this plot from exploding the film into meaninglessness.
Sounds Around: Six Emerging Irish Acts
Nialler 9 selects six emerging Irish acts for your consideration over the summer festival season.
All Together Human
Will St Leger is the organiser of All Together Human, an exhibition aimed at highlighting the human side of HIV for Irish AIDS day. He explains the initiative and event.
June Audio Reviews: Girl Pool | Beach Fossils | Mountain Goats + More!
Channelling strength through vulnerability, to encapsulating the listener - June's Audio Reviews...
Roadmap: Sting In The Tale
For twenty years, The Stinging Fly has been steadfastly promoting emerging writers with its twice yearly stock take on words which flourish.
Nice Gaff: Terminal One Dublin Airport
A curved building with tiered floors to mimic the lines of an ocean liner it was heated by turf and catered for 100,000 passengers a year.
Roadmap: Holy Sheet Björk
The undisputed queen of music invention and experimentation Björk publishes 34 Scores for Piano, Organ, Harpsichord and Celeste
What if Dublin… Had a National Park?
We may never know for certain how close the capital came to securing Lambay Island as a new National Park back in the early Eighties.
Artsdesk: Spirited Away
As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics is IMMA’s current tentpole exhibition exploring how art deals with spirituality.
June Bitesize: Around The Table, Festival Foodiness, Robertas & Hope Beer
Summer Festival food... Taste of Dublin, Body and Soul, Robertas opens in Dublin, a special Howth brew and Around The Table from Come Here To Me!
Roadmap: Can Go For That
Don your finest linen and silks, reach for the Brylcreem and Elnett... These big hits deserve an effort on your behalf too.
Exposing The Enclosure: The Design Yard
The Design Yard is home to a wealth of contemporary jewellry and design. Sinead O’Reilly meets owner Hillary Campbell and speaks to some of its residents.