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# Irish book awards

Anne Enright to be honoured with lifetime achievement award

The award will be given to the lauded author at the An Post Irish Book Awards later this month.

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Nov 8th 2022, 1:37 PM

# Explainer

Could Mastodon take over from Twitter - and how do you join?

We explain why the decentralised social media site is now in favour, and what makes it different.

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Nov 7th 2022, 3:44 PM

# turn the page

Irish Book Awards shortlist unveiled - is your favourite 2022 book on it?

TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year is among the categories.

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Oct 20th 2022, 6:46 PM

# listen to the land speak

Manchán Magan: 'For a long time, we had this sense that we were just going to exploit the land'

Magan explains why he turned to the myths and lore of Ireland for his new book.

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Oct 16th 2022, 9:30 AM

# RIP

Harry Potter and Cracker actor Robbie Coltrane dies aged 72

Coltrane’s agent confirmed that the Scottish actor died today.

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Oct 14th 2022, 6:02 PM

# indepth

'Fraggle Rock, a father's tears and Lesley the Viking' - A weekend at Manchester City

The42 visited the Premier League champions to watch Ireland’s Gavin Bazunu face Erling Haaland up close with Southampton. But that was only part of the story.

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Oct 10th 2022, 5:00 PM

# Cinema

Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

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Oct 6th 2022, 8:30 PM

# Literature

Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize In Literature 2022

The French author has written about her life across a series of highly acclaimed memoirs.

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Oct 6th 2022, 12:23 PM

# life in colour

Colourised photographs bring Irish Civil War to life in new way

We have a selection of the images from a new collection.

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Oct 2nd 2022, 10:00 AM

# nothing compares

Sinéad O'Connor's legacy: 'This young woman from Dublin created so much reaction across the world'

We speak to the director of a new documentary about Sinéad O’Connor, called Nothing Compares.

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Oct 2nd 2022, 9:30 AM

# Cinema

Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

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Sep 29th 2022, 8:30 PM

# Eurovision

Eurovision 2023 to be held in either Liverpool or Glasgow

Ukraine won the contest this year but the UK, who came second, will host due to Russia’s invasion.

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Sep 27th 2022, 2:43 PM

# EXTRACT

The Irish Read: 'Summers were for plants and foolishness, autumns for oblivion'

Read an extract from Andrew Meehan’s latest novel, Instant Fires, published by New Island.

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Sep 18th 2022, 7:00 PM

Culture Night 2022: Highlights across the country, from art to dance to queer history

Here are some of the highlights.

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Sep 17th 2022, 1:00 PM

# Oktoberfest

Germany's famed Oktoberfest opens after two-year pandemic hiatus

In its 200-year history, the world’s biggest folk festival has been cancelled just 26 times.

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Sep 17th 2022, 12:30 PM

# Emmys

Succession and Squid Game are big winners at television's Emmy awards

“Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong noted it had been a big week for successions – a reference to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Sep 13th 2022, 8:01 AM

# live from Dublin

Review: Tears from Garth Brooks as he takes to the stage for long-awaited Croke Park gig

How did the much-anticipated gig go? We were there – here’s our verdict.

65.5k

Sep 9th 2022, 11:38 PM

# Cinema

Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

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Sep 8th 2022, 8:30 PM

# no fences

Why does Ireland have such a connection with Garth Brooks?

Fans and a music expert have their say.

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Sep 3rd 2022, 8:00 PM

# chemo

Actor and activist Jane Fonda confirms she has cancer

The 84-year-old Oscar winner vowed to fight the “very treatable” illness.

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Sep 3rd 2022, 8:25 AM

# festival fun

Heading to Electric Picnic 2022? Here's everything you need to know

It’s the first Electric Picnic since 2019.

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Sep 2nd 2022, 1:30 PM

# trailers

Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

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Sep 1st 2022, 8:30 PM

# Cinema

Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

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Aug 25th 2022, 8:30 PM

# Arts

More than 300 free events to take place across Dublin on Culture Night

The “celebration of creativity and culture” is returning this year on 23 September.

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Aug 22nd 2022, 3:01 PM

# Michael Collins

'I was never a fan of de Valera': Neil Jordan on the legacy of his Michael Collins biopic

The film is credited, along with a biography published around the same time, of bringing Collins’s role as a revolutionary to prominence.

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Aug 21st 2022, 2:27 PM

# on stage

Oliver Cromwell, a confession box and sex work - Dublin Fringe Festival unveils its 2022 programme

This year sees topics including climate change and the mother and baby homes being explored through art, music, theatre and performance.

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Aug 21st 2022, 10:00 AM

# Festival

Colour fills Belfast streets as city marks largest cultural diversity festival

It is the first time the festival has taken place following a two-year break due to the pandemic.

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Aug 20th 2022, 3:02 PM

# Cinema

Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

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Aug 18th 2022, 8:30 PM

# Crash

Coroner determines actress Anne Heche died due to smoke inhalation and burns

Heche’s vehicle collided with a residence in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles and became “engulfed in flames”.

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Aug 18th 2022, 3:14 PM

# safer nightlife

A HSE drug analysis tent will be in operation at this year's Electric Picnic

It’s part of the HSE ‘Safer Nightlife’ harm reduction campaign.

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Aug 18th 2022, 11:49 AM

# RIP

Former Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh has died aged 41

He was found in his apartment in Minnesota on 11 August.

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Aug 16th 2022, 4:47 PM

# RTE INK

'An honour bestowed': Marty Whelan chats to the man who'll have him on his leg forever

Phil O’Kelly of Milltown got the tattoo of a youthful Whelan after losing a bet.

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Aug 15th 2022, 3:07 PM

# Transport

The Glider: Could Belfast's tram-like bendy bus be the model for other Irish cities?

The system has been suggested as a kind of gateway to light rail infrastructure.

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Aug 14th 2022, 7:00 PM

# author

Salman Rushdie's family say he has 'life-changing injuries' but his sense of humour is 'intact'

The man accused of stabbing the author yesterday pleaded not guilty.

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Aug 14th 2022, 3:40 PM

# trailers

Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

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Aug 12th 2022, 8:30 PM

# 100 years

Arthur Griffith remembered in Leinster House following criticism of a lack of State commemoration

A ceremony took place in Leinster House following criticism about the lack of a State commemoration.

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Aug 12th 2022, 1:18 PM

# RIP

Lamont Dozier, writer of Motown classics You Can't Hurry Love and Heat Wave, dies aged 81

Dozier was the middle name of the celebrated Holland-Dozier-Holland team that wrote and produced dozens of Motown hits.

10.0k

Aug 9th 2022, 7:37 PM

# Quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about Taylor Swift?

August slipped away into a moment in time…

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Aug 1st 2022, 10:00 PM

# Will Smith

'It's been a minute': Will Smith says he is 'deeply remorseful' after Oscars slap in new video

The actor was banned from attending the Academy Awards after he slapped Chris Rock on stage.

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Jul 29th 2022, 4:37 PM

# Cinema

Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

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Jul 28th 2022, 8:30 PM