There is an exciting line-up of events taking place at the National Museum of Ireland for Cruinniú na nÓg, which takes place this year on Saturday next, June 7th.

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

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.

In association with the Irish Bands' Archive at irishshowbands. net, the Curious Cat Library has announced the publication of 'From Tango To Twist - An Almanac of 20th-century Irish dance-bands, bandshows and showbands'.

Theatre fans have two excellent productions to look forward to in June and July at Ballina Arts Centre.  Windmill Players are back on June 7th and 8th with Brian Friel’s ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’.

Coming to Ballina on Friday, May 31, is a unique opportunity to hear 16th and 17th-century music performed by one of Ireland’s finest choral groups, Resurgam.

Ink & Imagination, a collection of poems, short stories and songs written by 20 creative writers in Ballyhaunis Community School, was recently launched in the school. The atmosphere at the launch was very special.

Following smash runs at Dublin Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe festivals, Tom Moran brings his eponymous Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday, May 30th.

Roddy O’Sullivan always wanted to write adventure stories for Irish teenagers. By launching his three-book Fomorian series for 9-14 year-olds, he’s done it.

Legendary singer-songwriter and actor Tony Christie will continue his search for the way to Amarillo, as the brings to a close a month-long celebration of events in Mayo.

Claremorris Gallery will present D U E T, an exhibition of new work by internationally renowned artists, Helen O’Leary and Charles Tyrrell. D U E T is a first-time collaboration for these two painters.

The annual Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend takes place on Achill Island from May 3rd to 5th with an international panel of writers and speakers.

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

An exciting festival looking at art in the landscape is coming to Mayo this April. The Festival of Change takes place on Friday and Saturday next, April 12 and 13.

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

The recently released film, Irish Wish, is showcasing Ireland West Airport and Westport to a large international audience and hopes are high that it will lead to an increase in visitors to the western region.

An exciting festival looking at art in the landscape is coming to Mayo this April. The Festival of Change in Mayo takes place on Friday and Saturday, April 12th and 13th.

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

Castleconnor Amateur Dramatic Society will perform The Country Boy over three nights this week in Castleconnor Community Centre.

Next weekend will see the PROTECT The Children of Kenya art exhibition take place at the Claremorris Gallery, Mount Street, Claremorris.

One of Ireland's greatest patriots, Mayo-born Michael Davitt, will be remembered this St Patrick's Weekend when three very special shows are held at Ballina Arts Centre.

Theatre and music enthusiasts will relish The Linenhall’s array of imminent offerings. The Castlebar arts venue also celebrates this year’s Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia, with a special sport centric event.

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

The Achill International Film Festival (AIFF) returns for its third year this May from Thursday to Saturday, May 9 to 11. The event will welcome both filmmakers and movie fans to the island for three days of screenings.

The Ray Leonard Players from Claremorris will set out on their All-Ireland Drama Festival Circuit journey this week, with their first outing at Tubbercurry Drama Festival next Friday night, March 1.

From Another Island is a solo exhibition by Budi Gugi, which opened in Claremorris Gallery on February 24th and will run until March 9th.  Budi Gugi is an Indonesian painter who lives on the island of Bali.

Among an exciting programme of events at the Linenhall Arts Centre in March is an illuminating visual arts exhibition by Dublin-based artist Cathy Dorman, which launches on Friday, March 1st, at 5pm.

An upcoming theatre highlight at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar is the one-man bio-drama Trawled, written and performed by Eoin Ryan, on Friday, March 8th.

Louth actor Anthony Kinahan brings his heartfelt but very funny play Unguarded, about the pitfalls of surrogacy, to Ballina Arts Centre this Saturday.

The world premiere of Patrick Cassidy's opera, Dante – From Inferno to Paradise, will be performed at Theatre Hof in the German region of Bavaria, on Saturday, June 15th next.

Rising pop-folk artist Cathal Connolly has released his latest single Rise Up, a poignant anthem dedicated to the resilient people of Gaza and others facing oppression from those dropping bombs.

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

The Linenhall Arts Centre is delighted to host All The Men (We Ever Loved) Are Dead or Dying by Mayo artist and curator, Conor O’Grady.

Revered jazz artist Christine Tobin will be celebrating Leonard Cohen at Ballina Arts Centre on Saturday, January 20th, singing her beautiful arrangements of his songs from A Thousand Kisses Deep, the album which won her the Herald Angel award when ...

Following the success last summer of her second solo exhibition, 'I Brought You Flowers', contemporary Irish artist Anna McKeever has unveiled her new collection of work, 'Solas', which draws inspiration from a range of mythic Irish landscapes and ...

Amber’s One Million Stars Ireland project is an inclusive community arts project that connects communities through the craft of weaving stars.

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

The Linenhall Arts Centre is appealing to the general public for donations at a time of financial concern as 2023 comes to a close.

The well-known local author, historian and former Mayo Person of the Year in 2013, Michael Feeney MBE, will be launching his new book Heroic Mayo in his native Castlebar on Saturday next, December 9th.

Renowned and award-winning Chapel Street Gospel Choir will bring their annual festive concert to Christ Church on the Mall in Castlebar this month.

Claire O’Malley has launched her new children’s book, Ezra and Mr Jim. The launch took place in the Parish Centre, Ballinrobe, to an incredible turnout.

As a seasonal treat Westport Civic Trust is to host a Christmas Miscellany of readings and music in the Sean Staunton Room at Westport Townhall on Tuesday, December 12.

Mayo Historical and Archaeological Society will host a talk this evening, Tuesday, December 5th, by Dr Catherine Swift. Dr Swift's lecture is entitled: 'A house with more golden jewels has never been built -Early Burke dynasties of Munster and Mayo.

Paul Murnaghan, Bolay Residency recipient 2023, has commenced his six-week post in the Linenhall Arts Centre’s new artist studio.

A large and enthusiastic crowd attended the launch by Hollymount Community Development of its upcoming Lip Sync fundraiser.

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.

Extensive preparations are underway at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for a new and entirely unique light sensation by visual artist, Cathal McCarthy.

Oozing with witty one liners, energetic colourful choral scenes, powerful duets and popular solos, this is local panto at its very best.

Due to huge demand, Ballina Arts Centre have announced an extra performance of Matches and Old Flames - the new play by Tommy Marren. The extra show will take place on Sunday, February 18, at 8pm.  Tickets are available on www. ballinaartscentre.