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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.
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.
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.
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.
Harry Potter and Cracker actor Robbie Coltrane dies aged 72
Coltrane’s agent confirmed that the Scottish actor died today.
'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.
Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize In Literature 2022
The French author has written about her life across a series of highly acclaimed memoirs.
Colourised photographs bring Irish Civil War to life in new way
We have a selection of the images from a new collection.
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.
Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
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.
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.
Culture Night 2022: Highlights across the country, from art to dance to queer history
Here are some of the highlights.
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.
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.
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.
Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
Why does Ireland have such a connection with Garth Brooks?
Fans and a music expert have their say.
Actor and activist Jane Fonda confirms she has cancer
The 84-year-old Oscar winner vowed to fight the “very treatable” illness.
Heading to Electric Picnic 2022? Here's everything you need to know
It’s the first Electric Picnic since 2019.
Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
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”.
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.
Former Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh has died aged 41
He was found in his apartment in Minnesota on 11 August.
'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.
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.
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.
Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
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.
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.
Quiz: How much do you know about Taylor Swift?
August slipped away into a moment in time…
'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.
Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?
Here are a few options for weekend watching.