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14th October 2026
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'Pay me nothing and I'd still do this': High-flying wrestling on a Sunday in a Finglas GAA club
Over The Top Wrestling brought two hours of high-octane fun to Erin’s Isle GAA Club last Sunday.
Last week
4th October 2026 - 10th October 2026
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Material on everything from the moon to vape shops: Welcome to the world of competitive poetry
The All Ireland Poetry Slam Championship has been ongoing for nearly two decades, and has its roots in events in Chicago that began in the 1980s.
Last month
September 2026
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With blazing sods of turf in their hands, the Wren Boys marched through Listowel
A decades-long competition, founded by John B Keane and other locals, still takes place every year in the Kerry town.
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Deals with the devil and an escape artist cat: Among the storytellers on a small Irish island
A longstanding storytelling festival brings people in their droves to the island of Cape Clear.
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A black bra thrown onstage and Hold Me Now four times as Johnny Logan belts it out for Bohs
The Eurovision legend was feeling the love as emotional fans said their farewells to Dalymount Park. What do you say when words are not enough?
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Why nostalgia can be 'a bit like snorting Pop Rocks': Sharing memories of 1980s Dublin
A new book explores what Dublin City was like in the 1980s by speaking to those who were there.
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'It's all we've ever known': The sixth generation circus family keeping the show on the road
Tom Duffy’s Circus has been going for decades. But times are tough for live performance.
This year
2026
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'Does everybody love beans?' - Enjoying a few cans at a unique Co Kerry festival
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'You never know who might turn up': A finger-clicking jazz jam on a lazy Sunday evening
An evening in the company of brilliant professionals dedicated amateurs at a jazz drop-in session in Smithfield.
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Musicians and poets upstairs and 25 comedians in a basement: Monday nights in The International
For decades the Wicklow Street venue has been a hub of culture in Dublin City – here’s what happened when we visited.
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'I haven't lost since 2011': What drives the most successful sheaf-thrower in Cahersiveen?
Rockin’ the Suburbs heads down south to a local music and arts festival.
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Dublin cinemas are now hosting religious services - would I find Jesus at the Santry Omniplex?
It’s big sounds and production values at The Lighthouse Church’s weekly Sunday Service.
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'I don't drink and I don't smoke, so this is it!': Friday night at the bingo in Whitehall
Tradition and community still a big draw – and with many ways to drop cash, it’s not just the punters winning.
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Here's what happened at a hip hop trad session at a pub in Inchicore
Rockin’ the Suburbs brings you an Ireland entertaining itself in ways that you rarely see covered by Irish media.
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The amateur actors who give up weeks of their lives every year to seek All-Ireland glory
Introducing Rockin’ the Suburbs, a new series on gigs and cultural experiences that you rarely see covered by Irish media.
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'We've played 8,000 gigs': Rockin' the suburbs with the hardest working band in Irish showbiz
Introducing Rockin’ the Suburbs, a new series on gigs and cultural experiences that you rarely see covered by Irish media.
FactCheck
Debunked: A video of an explosion in 'Tel Aviv' is actually from a 2016 warehouse fire in the US
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Michael Flatley's show went ahead after a long, bitter legal saga - here's what it was like
By hook and by crook, the show finally returned last night on the 3Arena stage.
The Morning Lead
'It took one-and-a-half hours to get out of the carpark': Readers on traffic gridlock stories
Heavy traffic at peak hours has become a feature of modern life in Ireland’s cities.
Met Éireann
Entire country now under Status Yellow weather warnings as temperatures drop below freezing
Last year
2025
Donnybrook
Order of nuns who formerly ran Magdalene Laundry raise issues with plans to turn it into housing
Sam Small
Hundreds gather to give 'gentle giant' who died in workplace accident a 'proper Ringsend send off'
Health Warning
17 people have died from the flu so far this winter, with cases expected to peak next week
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