The Taoiseach listed projects and initiatives to connect both sides of the border during the annual Seamus Share Home Place lecture.

Live events dominate consumer expenditure, generating €786 million annually.

The Spotlight On Theatre And Dance From Northern Ireland initiative will be held on August 19th

A three-day conference at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast will bring together experts on the poet.

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

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

Muine Bheag Arts Radio is an experimental broadcasting platform that has been set up by local organisation Muine Bheag Arts

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

Many of the participants who would have taken part in the parade wore their costumes to an open-mic night instead

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

‘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.

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

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

Corina’s work is vastly inspired by nature and the beauty of Ireland, her dreams and surroundings

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

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

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

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

Michael plays the role of a hungry peasant

Carlow Rambling House will entertain a delegation of students from China with an afternoon packed with Irish culture

The one-woman show reflects an eventful life and is on at the Dunamaise

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

The exhibition took place in the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco which was also hosting their annual summer camp for children

The brand-new podcast promises to lift the lid on the fabulous world of influencers

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

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

John Le Carre, Dame Diana Rigg, Dame Barbara Windsor and Monty Python troupe member Terry Jones are also mentioned in the new edition.

The Belfast venue will host Caravaggio’s The Supper at Emmaus and The Taking of Christ next month.

The Dublin-born author took home the book of the year prize and £30,000 for his fourth novel The Bee Sting.

Several Irish artists withdrew from a Texas arts festival citing its ties with the US Army and weapons manufacturers

The Co Down novelist will be based at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast for two years.

One of four category winners will be awarded the book of the year award and receive £30,000.

The Irish Arts Centre in New York will host Agreement from April 11th to May 12th.

The research found a large cohort of younger people are not aware they should seek medical help if they have trouble conceiving for more than a year

Jan Carson said she wanted to address the under-representation of rural Northern Ireland experiences in literature

The author said he found himself ‘living through’ scenes he had already written for his book Prophet Song during the pandemic lockdowns.

His book Prophet Song describes what happens when his home country becomes authoritarian.

The historian was speaking amid a trend on social media that highlights how often men ponder the time of togas, swords and emperors.