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18/07/2025

Via Culture on RTÉ: Ireland's Fairy Forts - what are they, who built them and what were they for? Read an extract from the new book:

We present an extract from Irish Fairy Forts, the new book by Jo Kerrigan and Richard Mills.

18/07/2025

How 92 year old Richard Morgan became a rowing world champion. Via RTÉ Brainstorm

His transformation from a sedentary lifestyle to a world champion is a powerful reminder that it's never too late to start exercising

17/07/2025

✨ RTÉ Supporting the Arts ✨

📣 The Liberties Festival
📅 21st - 27th July
📍 Dublin
👉 More info: https://thelibertiesfestival.com/

A series of family-friendly, sporting and community events, and an exciting multi-cultural and arts programme.

17/07/2025

✨ RTÉ Supporting the Arts ✨

🎵 Boyne Music Festival
📅 24th - 27th July
📍 Drogheda

Celebrate the 12th Boyne Music Festival with four days of unforgettable music, poetry and song from 24th to the 27th of July.

Enjoy an exciting and enjoyable selection of concerts, historic walking tours, music workshops, culinary experiences and much more in exciting venues such as Slane Castle, Boann Distillery and Townley Hall.

From enchanting jazz performances to exhilarating chamber music, Boyne Music Festival has something to suit every taste.

👉 For tickets and more see boynemusicfestival.com

17/07/2025

How the emerald ash borer became the ash tree's new enemy. Via RTÉ Brainstorm

The ash dieback disease caused a dramatic decline of the common ash, but the spread of the emerald ash borer pest is now causing concern

16/07/2025

✨ RTÉ Supporting the Arts ✨

🎵 Belfast TradFest
📅 Sunday 27th July – Sunday 3rd August
🔗 https://www.belfasttraditionalmusic.com/

Traditional music concerts, fiery pub sessions and Ireland’s fastest growing summer school of traditional music.

16/07/2025

Podcast: Ecolution speaks to the people on a mission to save the whales, https://www.rte.ie/kids/2025/0715/1523579-rte-podcast-ecolution-save-the-whales-sea-shepherd/, via RTÉjr.

This week on Ecolution, RTÉ's climate action podcast for young people, we take to the high seas to meet some amazing people who are making it their mission to protect the giants of the ocean.

16/07/2025

✨ RTÉ Supporting the Arts ✨

🌟CoisCéim Dance Theatre are back this summer with David Bolger’s latest hit, DANCEHALL BLUES.
📍 Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire
📅 31 July - 2 August
👉 Book now: https://www.paviliontheatre.ie/events/view/dancehallblues

This duet unfolds in a surreal dancehall at dusk, blurring the lines between reality and imagination. Two performers dance with fearless abandon, their powerful movements cutting through chaos to ignite hope in a world where dreams and nightmares collide.

Bold, gripping, unmissable.

16/07/2025

The inside story of Dublin's blood and guts economy. Via RTÉ Brainstorm

The city centre was home to many businesses and trades involving the byproducts of animals until the 1980s

15/07/2025

Via Culture on RTÉ: The Arts Council has announced Éilís Ní Dhuibhne as the new Laureate for Irish Fiction.

The Arts Council has announces Éilís Ní Dhuibhne as the new Laureate for Irish Fiction.

15/07/2025

Where did the belief that the weather on July 15th predicted a summer of sun or rain come from? Via RTÉ Brainstorm

Saints, witches and sin all played a part in how our ancestors predicted the weather