Arts And Culture

Richard Boyd Barrett Seeks Dáil Debate on Withdrawal of Sally Rooney’s Books From Sale In Britain

Richard Boyd Barrett Seeks Dáil Debate on Withdrawal of Sally Rooney’s Books From Sale In Britain

Highlights serious implications for freedom of speech and artistic expression. Government and opposition must stand with Rooney and demand end to British repression of Palestine solidarity movement and censorship.

22 Oct 2026

Sally Rooney; Women Crossing a makeshift bridge in Gaza; Derry's Guildhall.

Harkin: Council Motion Stands with Sally Rooney Against Hypocritical British Government Repression

Cllr Shaun Harkin: Rooney’s stand in solidarity with Palestine Action has exposed the pro-Israel hypocrisy of the British government and its continued attempt to criminalise opposition to genocide... We call on Council to stand in solidarity with Sally Rooney and oppose her criminalisation.

22 Oct 2026

Carroll Demands Recognition Payment for Fleadh Workers

Carroll Demands Recognition Payment for Fleadh Workers

A great event that should be repeated, but the work the workers put in to make it all happen should be recognised for them, for Belfast, and for unity that it helps build. "Belfast has shown what it is capable of. The challenge now is delivering it for the people who live here all year around."

7 Aug 2026

Cover image People Before Profit Arts for the People

Arts Policy: Arts for the People

Pay Artists Properly, Make Space for the Arts, Make Arts Affordable, Support the Arts at Night, Fund the Arts

13 May 2026

People Before Profit Launches New Arts for the People Policy

People Before Profit Launches New Arts for the People Policy

Provides radical vision and practical solutions for the arts. Focus on funding, income, spaces and housing for artists. "People Before Profit commit to major increases in funding for the arts and to ensure artists have adequate incomes to live and create, and can access spaces for their art."

13 May 2026

Cllr Conor Reddy and the Axis Café at the Axis Centre Ballymun

Axis Café Closure Devastating Blow for Ballymun

Cllr Reddy said any solution must also protect workers who have given years of service to the café and the community. “Axis Café is not just another business. It is a vital community space in Ballymun."

12 May 2026

Black and White Shaun Harkin with microphone; Protestors in background one holds a party placard saying Build Homes Not Bombs - One World One Struggle.

Harkin: Invest in Jobs That Serve Humanity, Not War Industry That Destroys Humanity

"Instead of investing in a murder machine... we should and can be investing in jobs in health, in education, in building housing... The arms industry should be abolished, not normalised as an 'area of opportunity' and profit."

22 Apr 2026

'Eoghan's Big Gig' with Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin playing flute

Big Ticket Sales for Fundraiser for Dublin Central By-Election Candidate Demonstrates Momentum of Campaign

John Francis Flynn, Varo, Niamh Keady-Tabbal, Saltaire, the Resistance Choir and by-election candidate Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin to perform at the Button Factory this evening.

22 Apr 2026

Poster Advertising Fundraising Concert: April 22nd Button Factory Doors 1900 Eoghan's Big Gig w/ John Francis Flynn, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Varo, Niamh Keady Tabbal, Saltaire

Fundraising Gig Announced for Dublin Central By-Election Candidate Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

John Francis Flynn, Varo, Niamh Keady-Tabbal, Saltaire and Eoghan to perform at the Button Factory on 22nd April.

6 Apr 2026