The other day, an Erasmus student in one of my seminars was gushing about Ireland. She was telling us how beautiful it is, how much there is to do and see and how nice a place it must be to … Continue reading Learning to love our home again: An Irish Travel Guide for Irish People
Foilsithe san iris i Márta 2021. Ag céiliúradh ár dteanga i measc dianghlasála – agus an gá le hí a chéiliúradh Airímid uainn uilig an saol roimh an phaindéim nuair a bhíomar ábalta bailiú le chéile mar phobal chun … Continue reading Seachtain na Gaeilge: Céiliúradh ar anam na tíre
Belfast born, London based and ready to take on Dublin – Aislinn Logan is fresh, dynamic and, in many ways, just like you. Her third single ‘Wait on Me’, out now, is the perfect soundtrack for awkwardly bopping along to … Continue reading Aislinn Logan: Fresh, dynamic, Aislinn Logan with her new single ‘Wait On Me’
If you thought the awe and adrenaline of awards season was locked up in an Oscar-shaped vault until next spring, think again. The Man Booker Prize 2018 longlist, which celebrates a selection of the year’s best novels published in Ireland … Continue reading The Man Booker Prize Longlist 2018 Trinity graduate and Mayo native Sally Rooney is tied for the youngest writer on this year’s longlist.
●●●●● Roddy Doyle’s The Snapper makes its world debut at The Gate Theatre this summer. The Snapper is the second novel from Doyle’s infamous The Barrytown Trilogies, a series of novels about growing up in Dublin in the late eighties … Continue reading Roddy Doyle’s The Snapper at The Gate, Reviewed The family drama and nineties nostalgia of an Irish classic make for a great night out.
Friday 25th of May 2018 was the day we made history. When the results came in, my mum said that she is thankful my sisters and I, and our future children, will grow up in a completely different Ireland to … Continue reading 25th May 2018: The Day We Made History It was the biggest F You to all those involved in the suppression of women in the centuries gone by.
●●●●● I read Conor Purcell’s The Magazine Blueprint, a guide to independent publishing from a long-time Irish journalist, for two reasons. Firstly, because of the direction I’m going with TN2 as the incoming editor: I want to cover more independent … Continue reading A Blueprint for Success Print media must evolve or perish. Welcome to the road map for evolution.
District Magazine, in collaboration with International Literature Festival Dublin, hosted an evening of Spoken Word performances in the iconic GPO, launching the festival for 2018. District Magazine’s self-expressed intention for the evening was to “seek to blend the worlds of … Continue reading A Modern Proclamation District Magazine’s spoken word poetry event at the GPO proved that Irish voices still have lots to declare.
●●●●○ The opening title card of the film states that throughout production, research was undertaken in interviews with offenders who went through the Irish Prison Service’s Pathways programme. From the outset, there are no suspicions on whether or not young … Continue reading Humanizing stereotypes: Michael Inside is an uncommon film Director Frank Berry investigates the difficulties faced by young men from disadvantaged areas in Dublin.
“Maser’s work is not unusual for Project; rather it exemplifies Project’s artistic programming through its 52 year history…. We believe all art is political, even work that reflects the status quo and is therefore misconstrued as being ‘neutral’. We … Continue reading Painting Over the Issues “If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?“ (Ai Weiwei)
Dublin’s fashion scene is constructed on consumerism and capitalism, leading to the expression of art in relation to contemporary culture being suppressed by the importance placed on gaining profit. Although private salon shows were organised in Paris in the 1800s, … Continue reading Art & Fashion in an Irish Context: A Spotlight on an Irish Artist that Designs Jai Thorn opens up on his process, his background, and his point of view.
The ADIFF-hosted world premiere of Phantom Islands took place on February 27th, so unfortunately I have no wild stories of facing terrifying blizzards to reach the theatre after fighting a single parent of 4 for the last half-pan of Brennans. … Continue reading Phantom Islands: A Portrait of Ireland’s Haunting Island Landscape There is no objective cinema, but that does not mean that we cannot revel in its inherent artifice.