Costumes worn by stars including Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson and Owen Wilson will also go on display

Last weekend, Ballina Arts Centre opened two new and very different exhibitions, one of which forms the basis of a Family Art Workshop at the centre, which will take place this coming Saturday, April 12.

Since the scandal emerged, Minister for the Arts Patrick O’Donovan has said is among issues that have caused “huge embarrassment” to his department in recent times

Float is produced by Crybaby Productions and written by emerging playwrights Orla Graham and Kirby Thompson.

It emerged that the Arts Council had spent €6.6675 million on a failed IT project.

Westport Library is hosting a month-long exhibition of poems by the children of Gaza.

‘I do want to recognise the really good work the Arts Council does do,’ Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said.

The Arts Minister said there are a range of ‘fundamental questions’ about governance and culture within the Arts Council.

The Arts Council has published new research that indicates Irish arts audiences are returning to pre-Covid levels.

Mr Longley died at the age of 85 after winning world-wide renown for his writing.

The first feature-length documentary about Ireland’s first female president, entitled Mrs Robinson, will embark on a UK three-city tour in Glasgow, Birmingham and London from January 28 to February 1.

Mayo County Council Arts Service has announced that Friday, February 14th, will be the deadline for its annual grants and bursaries for 2025.

Three Irish authors have been nominated this year including Calm With Horses writer Colin Barrett.

Her book Orbital, about astronauts looking down at Earth, was named as the winner of the £50,000 prize.

Throughout the first weekend of November, the Ballina Arts Centre welcomed drama groups from across the country to compete in a celebration of amateur drama.

The Plough and the Stars will be staged in Westport by St Patrick's Drama Group who are celebrating their 60th year treading the boards!The group are hard at work rehearsing for their November production of Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and ...

Champagne Supernova was written by Gallagher and has been turned into a soundscape.

Jackdaws Chant The Blues is the exciting new collection of poems from North Mayo native, Séamus Ruttledge.  The Tuam-based songwriter is a great observer of life and this shines all through this collection of poetry.

On Saturday, October 12, local film-maker Declan Loftus scooped Best Film at the International DiViPassion Short Festival for his stunning film The Presence, much of it shot in Attymass.

On Friday next, Lizann Gorman will launch her debut poetry book, entitled Everything Leaves a Mark, in the Cot and Cobble in Ballina. The collection of poems will be launched by best-selling Irish author Faith Hogan.

It is a little-known fact that Ernie O’Malley, renowned for his role in Ireland’s revolutionary struggle, was also a passionate collector of Irish folklore.

Following Gearoid's hugely successful Sold Out "Glammer Hammer" Show in Westport Town Hall Theatre in March 2023, and having supported Joanne McNally, Sarah McMillan, Patton Oswalt and Joan Rivers, he returns to Westport with his new show "Gearóid ...

It was Dooagh's John 'Twin' McNamara who first put the writer Mary J Murphy on the trail of Belgian painter Marie Howet's lengthy links with Achill almost 20 years ago, so it is an immeasurable joy that in his 90th year he was able to sit for this ...

As part of this year's Westival (Westport Music and Arts Festival) programme, running from October 23 to 28, John Spillane performs on Friday, October 25, at 8pm in Westport Town Hall Theatre.

Mayo’s only film festival for young people is taking place at Ballina Arts Centre this weekend.  The annual Embers Festival is a fun-filled, three-day celebration of films for children, teenagers, and young people.

Mayo County Council, in partnership with the Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina, has announced the official launch of a Decade of Centenaries publication entitled The Banks of the Moy His Heaven – New Ballina Poems, edited by Martin Dyar.

Conor Walsh tribute in Ballina A minimalist Mayo composer who died tragically aged 36 in 2016 will be remembered in a new film showing during Ballina Fringe Festival.

There have been few characters in Mayo history as infamous as George Robert Fitzgerald of Turlough House, more commonly known as ‘Fighting Fitzgerald’.

Ballina is once again gearing up to become the epicentre of arts, culture, and creative expression as the Ballina Fringe Festival 2024 unveils its vibrant programme.

Expect gales of laughter across County Galway on the October Bank Holiday as Ireland’s biggest comedy festival expands beyond the city.

Gary Lightbody was speaking after a meeting in Belfast to discuss underinvestment in the arts.

An exciting and ground-breaking play for young audiences and their families will tour eight venues nationwide in October 2024, including Westport Town Hall Theatre.

Two new prestigious and thought-provoking exhibitions opened at Ballina Arts Centre this month.

This year’s Culture Night in Ballinrobe will include an exciting experiment in creativity, as writers and visual artists come together for a groundbreaking exhibition exploring the dynamic relationship between words and images.

This year’s Culture Night in Ballinrobe will include an exciting experiment in creativity, as writers and visual artists come together for a groundbreaking exhibition exploring the dynamic relationship between words and images.

Scotland’s former first minister was interviewing author Paul Lynch.

A 40th anniversary tribute to the internationally acclaimed Achill painter, the virtuoso Belgian impressionist Marie Howet - who first arrived at Caherlistrane-born Eva O'Flaherty's home in Dooagh in 1929 - will take place on the island on Sunday, ...

The initiative aims to shine a light on theatre and dance works created by artists and arts organisations from Northern Ireland.

The show will be set to an orchestral version of the classic album.

A new film starring Mayo comedian Ger Staunton has its Irish premiere next month. Castlebar comic Ger Staunton plays the lead role in The Highest Brasil.

Circus and craft events in Achill, creative writing workshops in Claremorris, illustration events in Belmullet, a magic workshop on Inishturk, jiving and country music in Bohola – these are just a few of the exciting events for children on ...

They said it couldn’t be done. Such was the success of the Arts Festival in Ballaghaderreen last August, people said it could not be repeated. Sorry, but the organisers of the Ballaghaderreen Arts Festival 2024 beg to differ.

John Boyne’s work explores a friendship between the son of an SS officer and a prisoner boy at Auschwitz.