For the fifth year in a row, some of Dublin’s best-known buildings will be lighting up in red to mark the 2020 Chinese New Year and to welcome the Year of the Rat – which officially begins next week (Chinese New Year’s Day falls on…

Presented by dlr Mill Theatre and directed by Kate Canning, Eclipsed by Galway native Patricia Burke Brogan is an award winning play set in a Magdalene laundry during the 1960s. When the play first premiered 28 years ago, the scandal of…

The 8th Silk Road International Film Festival (SRIFF) is returning to Dublin from January 21 - 25. Founded in 2012 and fast becoming an internationally acclaimed festival, this year's honorary guest is director Abel Ferrara (King of New…

Ohana, Ireland’s first tiki bar, will open its doors on Dublin’s Harcourt Street this Friday, January 17. Ohana is billed as an exotic, stylish and contemporary take on traditional tiki rum bars. The trend of modern tiki rum bars has boomed…

The New Music, a new Irish feature film about a classical pianist with Young Onset Parkinson's Disease, will screen at the IFI on Wednesday, January 29 and will be followed by a Q&A with director Chiara Viale and member of Young…

In association with St. Patrick’s Festival, concert promoter Selective Memory will present three very special atmospheric evenings with great Dublin performers. Taking place in the stunning landmark georgian Pepper Canister Church on Mount…

Cork's Crawford Art Gallery is hosting the Zurich Portrait Prize 2019 exhibition, in partnership with the National Gallery of Ireland. This is the first time the exhibition will travel outside of Dublin, with the goal of creating a greater…

To start the new year, Titanic Belfast is recruiting for 80 frontline staff as it looks forward to 2020. The world-class exhibition is looking for fixed-term contracts across the front line at Titanic Belfast and on-board SS Nomadic. This…

Ireland has been named a top literary and artistic destination at a travel awards ceremony in China. The prize was presented to Tourism Ireland at the Stars Awards in Shanghai, organised by Travelling Scope magazine - one of China’s longest…

Dublin Bowie Festival kicks off today (Jan 8) following a launch party last night at Rathfarnham Castle. Running until January 12, the festival features 27 events over five nights – all in some way connected to the Starman. This year, fans…

To celebrate the release of his debut album A Beginner's Guide To Bravery, Dundalk native David Keenan has announced a short run of free Irish in-store appearances where he will be performing songs from the record and meeting fans. Keenan's…

Wishing theatre goers a happy new decade, the dlr Mill Theatre in Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16 has a whopping January programme. Have a gander below at the venue's highlights this month. VISUAL ARTS Eye to Ear - A Visual Homage to Music…

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre The Sound of Music Based on Baroness Maria von Trapp’s 1949 autobiography, this lavish staging of The Sound of Music tells the true story of the world-famous singing family, from their romantic beginnings and search…

Cork Arts Theatre A Strange Bit of History – Omid Djalili Set against the backdrop of tumultuous expectation for a Promised One in Persia 1844, this enthralling and hilarious one-man play from actor and stand-up comedian Omid Djalili…

Dec 27 – Mar 14 – Keith Barry Insanity Tour - https://www.keithbarry.com/tours/insanity January – First Fortnight Festival - https://www.firstfortnight.ie/events Jan 3 – 5 – The Sugar Club – The Blindboy Podcast – Dublin -…