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Remembering the late, great Manchán Magan - choice conversations from the RTÉ archives:
03/10/2025

Remembering the late, great Manchán Magan - choice conversations from the RTÉ archives:

Writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan, who has died aged 55, was a man who often described himself as having 'one foot in the other world'.

The 74th Wexford Festival Opera will light up the National Opera House from 17th October, and the festival will once aga...
30/09/2025

The 74th Wexford Festival Opera will light up the National Opera House from 17th October, and the festival will once again join forces with Culture on RTÉ and RTÉ lyric fm to bring a taste of that operatic magic to audiences at home and abroad...

Wexford Festival Opera and RTÉ are set to bring a taste of the magic of Wexford Festival Opera to audiences across Ireland and the globe this October.

Our latest Book Of The Week comes from poet Jessica Traynor:
29/09/2025

Our latest Book Of The Week comes from poet Jessica Traynor:

One of the most remarkable things about Jessica Traynor's New Arcana is how successfully it manages to evoke the expansive honesty at the heart of John Berryman's 1969 masterwork The Dream Songs.

Art can shape the future! In this thought-provoking talk recorded at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, Dr....
22/09/2025

Art can shape the future! In this thought-provoking talk recorded at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, Dr. Cissie Fu explores how art inspires action, nurtures imagination, and creates the conditions for change:

Art can shape the future. In this thought-provoking talk recorded at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, Dr. Cissie Fu explores how art inspires action, nurtures imagination, and creates the conditions for change...

For Culture Night 2025, we asked Guest Editor Belinda McKeon to select some highlights from the hundreds of interviews a...
19/09/2025

For Culture Night 2025, we asked Guest Editor Belinda McKeon to select some highlights from the hundreds of interviews and performances hosted by Séan Rocks for RTÉ Arena over the years:

For Culture Night 2025, we asked Guest Editor Belinda McKeon to select some highlights from the hundreds of interviews and performances hosted by Sean Rocks for RTÉ Arena over the years...

For Culture Night 2025 on Friday, September 19th, Culture on RTÉ will be edited for the day by novelist, short story wri...
17/09/2025

For Culture Night 2025 on Friday, September 19th, Culture on RTÉ will be edited for the day by novelist, short story writer and playwright Belinda McKeon.

Welcome to Culture Night 2025 - taking a trip into the mystic with Guest Editor Belinda McKeon

With the release of acclaimed second albums by For Those I Love, M(h)aol, and Far Caspian, plus others to come from Spri...
16/09/2025

With the release of acclaimed second albums by For Those I Love, M(h)aol, and Far Caspian, plus others to come from Sprints and NewDad this month, RTÉ 2fm's Dan Hegarty looks at other sophomore releases by Irish acts from years past...

With the release of second albums by For Those I Love, M(h)aol, and Far Caspian, plus others to come from Sprints and NewDad this month, 2fm's Dan Hegarty looks at other sophomore releases by Irish acts from years past...

In a world where time is scarce and attention spans are stretched thin, short books offer literary escape without long c...
12/09/2025

In a world where time is scarce and attention spans are stretched thin, short books offer literary escape without long commitment - here are 10 great reads you can enjoy in a single day...

In a world where time is scarce and attention spans are stretched thin, short books offer literary escape without long commitment - these ten bangers prove that powerful writing isn't measured by volume.

Playwright Conor McPherson introduces his classic play The Weir, which is currently enjoying a critically acclaimed revi...
20/08/2025

Playwright Conor McPherson introduces his classic play The Weir, which is currently enjoying a critically acclaimed revival at The 3Olympia Theatre, starring Brendan Gleeson:

Playwright Conor McPherson introduces his classic play The Weir, which is currently enjoying a critically acclaimed revival at The 3Olympia Theatre.

Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O'Donovan, has opened a public consultation on the Basic Income ...
18/08/2025

Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O'Donovan, has opened a public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) programme:

Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O'Donovan, has opened a public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) programme.

Tributes are being paid to Sean Rocks, the presenter of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, who has died aged 62:
31/07/2025

Tributes are being paid to Sean Rocks, the presenter of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, who has died aged 62:

Sean Rocks RIP. What a shocking bit of news.

We count down 10 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland:
27/07/2025

We count down 10 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland:

With the rise of virtual stores, mobile-friendly subscriptions and Kindles, these stalwarts maintain that the proof is in the pages.

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