"Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience."
Rebecca West
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The deadline for the international children's poetry competition, Kids Express, is coming up on 15 April 2010. Make sure to enter now and join us in July for a fun packed family night of entertainment! read full story / add a comment

Sponsors and venue operators get limelight in literary festival video for Gort's literary festival, March 26th and 27th read full story / add a comment

Re Ó Laighleis and Fred Johnston present a reading at 3. 30pm, Saturday, March 6th, at Scéal Eile Bookstore, Ennis., Co. Clare. Free. read full story / add a comment

On the 6th March 2010 DCTV is launching its latest TV series - The Pedal Project, consisting of 3 hours of material filmed in Dublin, London and Amsterdam. A fast paced, visually and musically polished piece looking at cycling culture and how to create cycling friendly cities the series will be simultaneously broadcast on television and released on the internet. read full story / add a comment

The resignation of Willie O'Dea has again led to criticism of the Green Party, despite it being another failure on the side of Fianna Fáil (FF). read full story / add a comment

We must thank the folks at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway, for their efforts for the Colette Wittorski reading there on February 18th, and the Clare Three-Leggéd Stool Poets for their terrific work in organising her reading from ‘Northern Lights’ at Glór, Ennis, on February 20th. read full story / add a comment

To mark the showing of Michaels Moore’s new film Capitalism: A Love Story the People Before Profit Alliance today 20th February 2010 held a street theatre performance of Capitalism: An Irish Love Story outside the Savoy Cinema in O Connell Street which is being shown as part of the Jameson Film Festival. read full story / add a comment

Charlie Byrne's Bookshp, Middle Street, Galway, played host to French poet, Colette Wittorski. read full story / add a comment

Article looking at the broadcasting ethics (or lack of same) of RTÉ and the slanted political make-up of personalities and news coverage read full story / add a comment

The Third Forge At Gort takes place March 26th and 27th. All events are free. The festival is organised by The Western Writers' Centre (Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude) Galway and is sponsored by The Arts Council and the generous assistance of Knute Skinner, Edna Keil, O'Grady's Lounge and Restaurant, O'Sullivan's Royal Hotel, Pat O'Callaghan and Poetry Ireland and Galway County Council. read full story / add a comment

The Western Writers' Centre has succeeded in providing their third literary festival in Gort, Co. Galway, blending music and poetry read full story / add a comment

Noel Duffy, Director Path To Freedom, Letter Regarding Recent Events

Dated: 08 February 2010

I am writing this personal message to all of you who have given your support to our feature length documentary Path To Freedom.

As many of you know we had the official launch of the national fundraising campaign for Path To Freedom, in Wynn’s hotel on Wednesday, 3rd of February. Where the Collins 22 Society officially announced the commissioning of S.W.V Studios to produce Path To Freedom. However on Friday, I was told via a number of phone calls that:

The Collins 22 Society could no longer support the project and in effect it was now “parked”.
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Our schedule for February 2010 is now out. You can see it as a PDF here and from the first of February it’ll be available in our new daily format over here. We really want to make a special effort to up the ante in how we promote our schedule and unique brand of programming. So, if you are a community broadcaster in radio, work in a newspaper, are involved in a local community group or just an individual that supports the vision that DCTV brings to the air waves, then why not get in touch so we can suss out some way of getting word out about the little media revolution that is taking place over on Channel 802 on the NTL network.

Full details at: http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=1444 read full story / add a comment

Stephen Collins' attack on the GFA in Saturday's Irish Times read full story / add a comment

Finghin Collins struck one absolutely perfect note in the Brahms. His playing is robust, articulate; his left hand played its part wonderfully. His body language offers the greatest assistance to the listener. The National Concert Hall presented Finghin Collins last night in a solo recital on the piano one of The Irish Times Celebrity Concert Series 2009/2010. read full story / add a comment

Following a series of high profile detentions under s44 of the terrorism act including 7 armed police detaining an award winning architectural photographer in the City of London, the arrest of a press photographer covering campaigning santas at City Airport and the stop and search of a BBC photographer at St Pauls Cathedral and many others. PHNAT feels now is the time for a mass turnout of Photographers, professional and amateur to defend our rights and stop the abuse of the terror laws. read full story / add a comment

A series of features examining the background to the creation and development of mutant space.ie, an alternative Irish arts resource. The resource is set up to function as a co-op that works on the gift economy principle. In other words rather than use money in exchange for resources members use their own skills and resources as an alternative form of economic exchange.
Mutant space is open to everybody and anybody and does not differentiate between the artist and non-artist, professional or amateur, it is about supporting people who have ideas but not the resources to realise them read full story / add a comment

After he allegations that he had been having an extra marital affair with Waterford PR executive Monica Leech, Martin Cullen said some of his colleagues did not want to be associated with him. The former Progressive Democrat and current Fianna Fáil TD claimed that that his children had been subject to bullying and

He said he had felt like running down Kildare Street shouting: 'I am innocent. I am innocent'. He described the experience as being like 'waking up every day and being raped'.

Monica Leech received a payment of 1.9 million euro from a newspaper in libel damages after remarks made on RTE about her relationship with Cullen were repeated in print. RTE settled with her for a payment of €250,000. The Minister lodged proceedings separately but has not yet acted on them. By contrast, the average payment from the redress board (which was to compensate people for, in some cases, literally being raped every day) was €60,000. read full story / add a comment

Michael Collins’ most ardent admirers will gather in Wynn’s Hotel, Dublin, on Wednesday February 3 (7.00pm) to launch the national fund for the Michael Collins Documentary: ‘Path To Freedom’. read full story / add a comment