Evelyn O'Rourke
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€6m Capital Fund announced for arts and culture sector (opens the original)
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Details of a new €6 Million Arts Capital Investment Fund for the Arts and Culture sector have been announced by Minister for Culture, Patrick O'Donovan. The Minister launched the new pilot capital funding scheme at the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray, and it was confirmed that it will open for applications tomorrow, 1 October. Speaking at the launch the Minster said that with the fund "we are helping to ensure that arts can play an important part in people's lives, regardless of where you live or yo
Twelve Irish makers shortlisted for €60,000 RDS Craft Awards (opens the original)
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The shortlist for the 2026 RDS Craft Awards, with a prize fund of €60,000 was unveiled at Collins Barracks at the National Museum of Ireland. The short list forms part of the RDS Craft Awards exhibition which was launched today, marking a new partnership between the Royal Dublin Society and the National Museum of Ireland. The exhibition presents work by the 12 shortlisted makers from the 2026 RDS Craft Awards, and the list includes six emerging makers: Jack Ó Meara (Kenmare Needlepoint Lace), Ca
Bono: Dolly Parton 'got out of sickbed' for final song (opens the original)
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Bono has recalled how Dolly Parton "got out of her sickbed" to record what became her final vocal performance, saying U2 did not know at the time that she was critically ill. The late country music star features with Bono on Torn, the closing track on U2's forthcoming album Carnaval De Luz. Speaking after U2's surprise performance at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Bono said the collaboration had been particularly meaningful. "We loved she would consider working with us, but she got
U2 reflect on 'extraordinary' Mount Temple return (opens the original)
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U2 have reflected on the emotion of returning to Mount Temple Comprehensive School for a surprise performance marking 50 years since the band first came together. Adam Clayton said being back at the Dublin school brought him back to how he had felt as a teenager. "I was reminded looking out there of just how kind of lost and kind of vulnerable I felt as a kid," he said. "And I was really happy that 50 years later I felt a lot better." The Edge described being back at the school five decades late
U2 return to Mount Temple for surprise anniversary gig (opens the original)
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U2 have returned to their former school in Dublin for a special performance marking 50 years since the band first came together. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr took to the stage at Mount Temple Comprehensive School shortly after 2pm, performing for students and staff at the school where their story began. It comes 50 years to the day since, on 25 September 1976, a group of teenagers gathered at Mullen's home on Dublin’s northside after he placed a notice on a school board looki
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