Adventures of a young writer in Galway during the 1970s
Arts Week by Judy Murphy Belfast-born poet and critic Gerald Dawe, Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing at TCD, recalls life in Galway and the publication of his first book in...
Mary Gauthier – an expert on the hard art of ‘writing simple’
Mary Gauthier writes songs that are both unflinching and uplifting. The New Orleans-born singer, whose fans include Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, plays Monroe’s Live on Friday, May 3. After releasing seven studio albums,...
Teenage patients explore their creativity in hospital art project
Teenage patients at University College Hospital are being offered a respite from their illness courtesy of a new art project called Cloudlands. Under the project, the teenagers, many of whom have...
Love and violence in new play that explores troubled history
Arts Week with Judy Murphy - judymurphy@ctribune.ie Days of Darkness, the latest drama from city based community theatre group, Alâ will be staged at An Taibhdhearc Theatre from April 3-5. It follows their success...
End of Days marks beginning of a new talent for Irish fiction
Aileen Armstrong’s mother once described her daughter as being a very observant child. That’s a characteristic the adult Aileen still possesses in abundance, as is apparent from her debut collection of...