Ireland Arts News

A group of artists from the Ennis-based Vincent Killowry Art Group will be adding a splash of colour to the town during the annual Fleadh Nua Weekend.

A busy tanning salon in the centre of Ennis is playing host to an Artisan Pop Up Shop, the first project to be rolled out under the Ennis Access to Spaces Initiative (EASI).

A family carer from County Limerick has been named overall winner of 2012 Caring For Carers Ireland Poetry Competition.

The €1.6m redevelopment of a 1950s public library building in Kilkee has resulted in the delivery of West Clare’s foremost cultural and library facility.

William Butler Yeats once wrote “if you want to know Ireland , body & soul, you must read its poems & Stories” these words were written over a century ago but are still as true today.

Samuel Beckett is on his way to Cork City. The Everyman Palace Theatre will be staging three of Beckett’s lesser known plays. This cultural endeavour will see three of Beckett’s more ‘under the radar’ short plays take to the stage.

Preliminary findings on new report published today show professional visual artists continue to live in poverty.

Public speaking skills are often overlooked by people as being unimportant or they may think that they will never be called to speak in public, that's why they do not bother to get themselves acquainted with any public speaking skills.

Yohjo.com launches a new arts website to allow artists and craftworkers to display and sell their art online. The site brings artists and craftworkers together - online, to showcase some of the best arts and crafts around the world.

Artisan studios art classes are the perfect way for your child to have fun been creative while you shop.

Artisan Studios is delighted to announce the opening of our new studio in Moycullen. Anne Pears will be hosting oil painting classes for both teen and adult groups. For more information visit www.artisanstudios.ie

Limerick County Council Arts Office is hosting a series of music, poetry and theatre events throughout County Limerick on the four Sunday afternoons in November.

DiCi Productions is delighted to welcome onboard fashion designer, Agnes Rozsnyai.

DiCi Productions is delighted to welcome onboard Irish artist Aoife Joyce.

A new era for DiCi Productions is about to begin.

DiCi Productions is proud to welcome onboard musician Etienne Deleyre.

DiCi Productions is proud to welcome onboard pianist Luke Slott.

DiCi Productions are proud to welcome onboard lyrical artist Siobhan Oliver.

Ireland based artistic management and production company, DiCi Productions, announced new photograph artist, Anne De Sophie.

Authors are publishing their books quickly and easily, and this is creating a boom in the freelance writer and ghost writer markets. Publishing a book through Amazon has never been easier, and many freelance writers are jumping on the band wagon.

Irish Fantasy Artist Aoife Joyce has been hand picked by International Art talent scouts to display her work at the prestigious Sigvardson Gallery in Denmark from September 4th to 17th.

Friday, July 30, 2010 Latest news.... Renowned Heart Surgeon and Irish Times columnist Dr Maurice Neligan has agreed to be our special guest ....

At The Showgrounds, Skibbereen, West Cork, Saturday July 31st, 2010 Featuring MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY and THE CAIRO GANG, HOTHOUSE FLOWERS, THE FRANK AND WALTERS and much more for full line-up info checkout www.corkxs.com

From 18th July to August 1st Skibbereen plays host to an eclectic line-up representing a broad range of the Arts, including but not limited to events such as skibbereen children’s festival, workshops, art exhibitions, sound installations and more.

"A storytelling festival with a difference, set on the beautiful island of Cape Clear off the South West Coast of Ireland. Blending the old with the new, each year five international storytellers perform in a weekend of music song and guaranteed fun

Following his highly successful exhibition in Limerick last year, Peter Steedman returns to the Hunt Museum’s Ducartes Restaurant with a stunning new collection of Limited Edition pictures and a his new book entitled ‘Photographs of Ireland’

Irish organisation Express Events has cleared its charitable status application with the government and announces on-going plans for 2010.

Details of the country’s first series of live radio webcasts by a local authority museum have been announced.

Bloomsday is a commemoration on 16 June in Dublin to celebrate the life of writer James Joyce and relive the events of Ulysses. Relive Bloomsday and stay in the beautiful Aughavannagh Cottage for £845 – south of Dublin in the Wicklow Mountains.

The entry deadline for Kids Express, a poetry competition for school aged children, is 15 April 2010.

El MEC MEPSYD acaba de sacar las becas MEC de idiomas 2010. Tenemos ofertas especiales para cursos de ingles para becarios MEC MEPSYD en Irlanda. Te haremos los tramites del curso de ingles en Irlanda, alojamiento y te ayudaremos con los vuelos.

San Patrick patron de Irlanda, dias de fiesta en Irlanda. Es una epoca ideal para solicitar la beca MEC MEPSYD o para aprender ingles con un curso de ingles en Irlanda. Tenemos escuelas de ingles en Dublin, Galway, Cork, Limerick, Ennis y Killarney.

Languedoc, France — 23 February 2009 Easter rates for up to 6 sharing are announced for Villa La Cascade. Celebrate Easter week in this luxury French self catering villa for rent near Carcassonne available for £1800 from Sat. 3 to Sat. 10 April.

‘Voyage of the Orphans’, a film and three-act play by the County Limerick Youth Theatre will be screened and staged at The Belltable this week.

The poignant true story of the 4,000 famine orphans who were transported from Irish workhouses to Australia between 1848 and 1850 is the subject of an exiting new project by the County Limerick Youth Theatre.

President Mary McAleese has praised Limerick City and County Arts Offices for enhancing public appreciation of and access to the arts.

The arts in the Mid West Region received a significant boost today with the award of a contract to commence refurbishment of the old museum at the De Valera Library in Ennis, Co Clare.

Kids Express 2010, a poetry competition for school aged children, is now open for submissions.

Acclaimed Irish composer and musician Philip Carty begins a national tour on Wednesday 7th October 2009 at 8pm at St John’s Cathedral, Limerick City

Poet and performance artist Kylyra appearing live in Dublin on 29 September 2009.

Poets Express, a night of performance poetry in Bantry, has released photographs, audio recordings, and video.

Giftedkids.ie launches a new online teens magazine for and by creative and talented teens in Ireland. From poetry to artwork, comic strips to commentary "Our Voice" offers the opportunity for teenagers to publish work online.

Captain EO is a 3-D film formerly shown at Disney theme parks. It stars Michael Jackson and it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It has two songs ("We Are Here to Change the World" and "Another Part of Me") by Michael Jackson.

Poets Express, a night of performance poetry in Bantry, had an amazing first year that showcased talent from the UK, Northern Ireland, and Ireland.

America’s Biggest Book Promoter is bringing an Irish Author’s new publication to 1,000,000 people this summer!

Poets Express announces the short list for Kids Express poetry competition.

Poets Express proudly announces the final list of guest performers for 11 July 2009.

RealTime Publishing are delighted to announce the releases of the second installment in a Thriller Trilogy by author James R, Vance.

RealTime Publishing are delighted to announce the releases of the first in a series of five Sci-Fi novels by author Sam Smith.

RealTime Publishing are delighted to announce the releases of the first installment in a Thriller Trilogy by author James R, Vance.