Both Sides of the Lough brings together talent from both counties for two performances which will take place in November and December. 

DesignWorks, a first-of-its-kind initiative run by IDA Ireland and Local Enterprise Office Galway, explores a new way of celebrating design.

An evening of performance and talk will focus on the brilliant emerging talent of young people in Ireland with a panel of exciting creative talent across music, fashion, theatre and screen. 

The programme was selected from hundreds of entries for the prestigious European Innovation in Politics Awards in Berlin.

We spoke to one of Ireland’s foremost nail artists Rebecca McParland about her career and how she’s turned a personal hobby into a viable career in the creative industries.

A project that has merged collaboration of six artists and communities across Dublin 15 will culminate on Culture Night, Friday September 20th with a film and live performance sharing at Draíocht in Blanchardstown.

Exciting new plans to unleash the creative potential of our children and young people around Ireland. 

Creatives across film, TV and theatre are invited to share their insights and experience of the opportunities and pitfalls of career progression in the film and theatre sector at a special event in Trinity College, Dublin. 

Youth theatre in Ireland has long helped build the careers of some of the best players and playwrights in the country and now it’s set for a substantial boost with an exciting expansion partnership announced by Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, T.D, and the Creative Ireland Programme.

Local communities around Ireland are getting involved in a new creative place-making project to unlock the potential of their local towns and villages. Who knows more about a town than the people who live there?

We love reading. As a nation Ireland is bewitched and obsessed with the wonderful world of reading, from the winding prose of a mystery thriller to the uncharted territories of a fantasy novel.

Some of Ireland’s finest performing artists and writers will be flying the flag for Irish culture and creativity in Scotland this month.