Historic trauma at the Abbey Theatre has eroded employee wellbeing, culture audit finds irishtimes.com/culture/stage/…

★★★★★ for #TheGigglerTreatment from Deirdre Falvey in The Irish Times 🤩

'A gorgeous, glorious miniature musical'

'The splendid cast have a blast making it sing'

Fionn Foley's 'sparkling music and songs do justice to Doyle’s anarchic, silly tale'
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The Abbey: Shadow of a controversy lingers at Ireland’s national theatre, as costs arising from controversial payments may have now surpassed €1 million, and governance report delayed irishtimes.com/culture/stage/…

Nice to spy a pic of our journals area in this lovely feature by Deirdre Falvey in Irish Times Books devoted to the as-ever flourishing Irish literary journal scene. Some of the beautiful Irish journals we stock here to follow 1/5 🌸🌻🌹

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FORRO dancing article by Deirdre Falvey photos by Tom Honan
Video by Bryan O'Brien

Dancing Forro The Irish Times
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It’s looking great, Fidget Feet and ☀️🍄🍃Ceol Connected🍁🎶🐦! Yeats-on-high: aerial dance and traditional arts Draíocht Blanchardstown as part of Dublin Fringe Festival
#fidgetfeet25 Olwen Fouéré

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Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, his former sister-in-law, the photographs taken in Kildare, and the paintings that sparked a copyright row.

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Gorgeous feature on community gardens by Deirdre Falvey in today's Irish Times Magazine 👏👏👏

Don't give up on humans yet! AI is as yet incapable of moral reasoning and practical wisdom – and may never have a sense of wonder.

Today's #Unthinkable #Philosophy column - the last of the season. Have awesome summer y'all (excluding the bots)!
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“When the sun shines & the weekend is coming in the city, there are few more glorious places” before the traffic snarl intensifies, writes ⁦Keith Duggan⁩ in ⁦Galway City Council⁩ ⁦Galway Gaillimh⁩ as new pedestrian bridge opens
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“Hamilton will play a nine-week season in Ireland in the 2,111-seat theatre, from September 17th next year, to November 16th. By then some 144,000 people are expected to have seen Hamilton in Ireland.” Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Deirdre Falvey irishtimes.com/culture/stage/…

Gorgeous new RIAMDublin building opens this morning. Six storeys - secretly tucked in! - behind its Georgian home on Westland Row. Impressive TODD Architects design in €25m project funded by Department of Further and Higher Education & @DeptCulturelRL and significant philanthropy. irishtimes.com/culture/music/…

This is shocking and dismaying, about restaurant work environment and tipping/service charge policies . ‘Regrettable’ staff departures from ‘high octane’ new ⁦Richard Corrigan⁩ restaurant in Dublin 4. Excellent reporting by ⁦Corinna Hardgrave⁩

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Dún Laoghaire Baths finally reopen: ‘We’re here courtesy of people power’ Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Save Our Seafront - Dun Laoghaire DúnLaoghaireTown.ie irishtimes.com/life-style/peo…

Activity in the last 72 hours has seen a lot of action occurring between the parties and group leaders of the political parties on the council.
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Listowel Writers’ Week appoints curator for first time in 52 years Listowel Writers Wk irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

“It’s been a long road, with many hiccups and sometimes mystifying delays. But it also feels like a significant addition to Dún Laoghaire’s urban coast” - even if there are no baths. Great long read by ⁦Deirdre Falvey⁩

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I am very proud of this achievement. Thank you, everyone who supported the campaign. UNITE union Ireland Brendan Ogle Rhona McCord Joan Collins T.D. Deirdre Falvey Senator Paul Gavan Louise O’Reilly TD for Dublin Fingal @DrMaryFarrell @deecurranology The Hard Shoulder Kieran Cuddihy irishtimes.com/food/drink/202…