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Why opera still matters in the modern world

Ahead of Irish National Opera's nationwide tour of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma this May and June, the production's director Orpha Phelan tells us how opera can 'help us understand ourselves better'.

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Book Of The Week: The Truth about Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent

Book Of The Week

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10 must-see summer gigs (that aren't sold out yet)

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The 2026 RTÉ Short Story Competition wants your stories

RTÉ Short Story Competition

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No Filler - April's one-stop pop culture essentials

Documentary On One: Inside Prince's final Irish concert

Documentary On One: Inside Prince's final Irish concert

Documentary On One

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New games reviewed: Saros is a sharp sci-fi shooter to die for

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Beating the sophomore slump - great second albums by Irish bands

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The Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Roisin Gallagher smiles as Shiv Sheridan in The Dry

Time to say goodbye - Paddy Breathnach on the end of The Dry

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New Irish Writing: All The Old Clocks by R.P. O'Donnell

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Something for the Weekend: Jess Kav's cultural picks

Something For The Weekend

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Incognito returns with mystery artworks for charity auction

Gnathothlibus casementi – a species of Hawkmoth named in honour of Roger Casement. Photo: Eitschberger & O’Hanlon, 2023

Vipers, butterflies & parrots: the secret life of Roger Casement

Editor's Choice

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Art Thoughts: Visual art and poilitical activism, then and now

Opinion and Analysis

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100 Buildings: Why Kilkenny's Boot Factory is one step beyond

Photo shows writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan against a forest backdrop

Remembering Manchán Magan - conversations from the RTÉ archives

Watch: Other Voices presents Foo Fighters live in Dingle

Watch: Other Voices presents Foo Fighters live in Dingle

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Jessie Buckley's 10 best roles, ranked

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Ireland unveils Isabel Nolan's Dreamshook for Venice Biennale

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10 smaller Irish music festivals to check out this year

Games

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

How Super Mario Bros powered Hollywood's video‑game boom

Opinion and Analysis

The entertainment industry has always been one big melting pot of content...

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Quick play: 10 great video games you can finish in a day

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Game over: why are so many big video games dying upon release?

Opinion and Analysis

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Great games for young gamers (that aren't Roblox!)

Most-Read Articles

Get Creative

Get Creative: On becoming an actor - performing onstage

Kenny's legendary bookshop and art gallery in Galway

Get Creative: On writing a novel - getting your work out there

Get Creative: writing non-fiction – hybrid texts & collaborations

'In Ireland we tend to read poetry in liturgical tones. It's one of those unusual occasions where we can blame something on both W.B. Yeats, and the Catholic Church'

Get Creative: On writing poetry - who are you talking to?

Paul Duane's movie All You Need Is Death won rave reviews upon release

Get Creative: Making a movie - how to manage your production

Get Creative: On writing a novel – notes on editing your book

Get Creative: On writing a novel - planning, plotting & scheming

Get Creative: On writing a novel - carving out time to write

Banshee is one of the many journals in the busy Irish literary scene

Get Creative: On writing a novel - go find your tribe

Get Creative: On writing a novel - a great place to start

Get Creative: On non-fiction - writing groups and first readers

Get Creative: The craft of non-fiction – writing audio essays

Best Of RTÉ lyric fm

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RTÉ lyric Live: Gerald Barry's Salome, live from New Music Dublin

New Music Dublin

Join RTÉ lyric fm's Paul Herriott and Artistic Director of New Music Dublin, John Harris as they co-present a highlight from the 2026 edition of New Music Dublin,

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Is Foy Vance the best-kept secret in Irish music? Marty thinks so

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Sara Baume takes a trip out of the marvellous - The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature

Photo by RTÉ staff member Áine Gallagher

Ambient Orbit returns - enter RTÉ lyric fm's chill out zone

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100 Irish Buildings

100 Buildings: Defending Duncannon: Wexford's WW2 pillbox

100 Buildings: Dublin Airport's original terminal is a wonder

100 Buildings: Modern meets medieval at St Mary's NS Limerick

100 Buildings: Cavan General Hospital - wellness by design

100 Buildings: Guarding Sligo - the story of Look Out Post No. 67

100 Buildings: Guarding Sligo - the story of Look Out Post No. 67

The front facade of South Tipperary Arts Centre, formerly a regional CIÉ bus station

100 Buildings: The Tipperary bus station reborn as an arts centre

The Galway City Telephone Exchange (Pics courtesy of Amelia Walker, Hardiman's Galway)

100 Buildings: the Galway City Telephone Exchange rings a bell

St Conal's Church in Glenties, Co. Donegal

100 Buildings: Where two glens meet - the drama of St Conal's

100 Buildings: Tuite's of Oldcastle is a classic roadside garage

100 Buildings: Tuite's of Oldcastle is a classic roadside garage

Blackrock tower in Salthill (Pic: Ciaran Ferrie)

100 Buildings: The Galway shelters and the Bishop's portholes

The front view of St Loman's in Mullingar

100 Buildings: St Loman's in Mullingar - from hospital to homes

Shopfront of B. Corcoran's Menswear, Wexford Town

100 Buildings: Making Wexford's Main Street modern