Evelyn O'Rourke

Arts and Media Correspondent

Alan Kelly is the chair of the Oireachtas Media Committee (file pic)

Kelly receives correspondence over Arts Council IT system

The chair of the Oireachtas Media Committee Alan Kelly has received copies of correspondence between the Arts Council and the Department of Arts and Media in relation to the €6.7m failed IT system.

Politics • 20 Jun

DJ Próvaí of Kneecap pictured ahead of Thursday night's gig at Fairview Park

Kneecap: 'We're getting upper hand on British Empire'

DJ Próvaí of Belfast rap trio Kneecap has thanked fans who turned out to support them ahead of bandmate Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh's court case in London for an alleged terrorism offence.

Music • 19 Jun

Vincent O'Neill in his play Joycity, circa 1994. (Pic: Jennifer Soo/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).

Death announced of celebrated theatre actor Vincent O'Neill

The death of the celebrated theatre actor Vincent O'Neill in Buffalo New York on Tuesday night was confirmed by his niece, Fair City's Aisling O'Neill .

In Memoriam • 18 Jun

The study found that 58% said they consumed TV news in the last week

Watch: 5 key takeaways from Reuters news study

The annual Reuters Digital News Report for Ireland 2025 offers a fascinating, if sobering, snapshot of media consumption.

Analysis and Comment • 18 Jun

The report found that figures for podcast listenership are growing in Ireland

Interest in news among Irish adults remains high - report

The annual Digital News Report for Ireland 2025 shows that at 56%, more than half the adult population in Ireland, is "extremely" or "very interested" in news.

Ireland • 17 Jun

Neil Sands and his wife Donna were awarded £300,000 in libel damages at the High Court in Belfast

Man who sued Tattle Life says case 'very complicated'

An Irish tech entrepreneur has said that a defamation and harassment case he and his wife took against gossip website Tattle Life was a very complicated and complex legal and technical undertaking.

Ireland • 16 Jun

The review, by business consulting firm EY and commissioned by RTÉ, found the broadcaster also adopted a 'big bang approach' to the project

RTÉ had 'big bang approach' to partly failed IT project

An in-depth review into the circumstances which led to RTÉ's write-down of €3.6m for a partly-failed IT system, found the broadcaster had "limited experience" of an enterprise resource planning implementation of the scale and complexity of the project.

Ireland • 15 Jun

In 1987, Gay Byrne was the face of a campaign headlined, 'Like to be a Radio 1 presenter'

RTÉ seeks expressions of interest for presenter roles

RTÉ has advertised an open internal and external "expressions of interest" process for on-air presenters across RTÉ Radio 1 and News and Current Affairs.

Ireland • 13 Jun

The Media Committee is hearing from representatives of the Arts Council and the Department of Culture

Arts Council before committee over failed IT project

Members of the Arts Council and the Department of Culture are appearing in front of the Oireachtas Media Committe to address further questions in relation to the loss of €6.7 million on a failed IT system.

Politics • 11 Jun

Thomas Healy was issued with a document which identifies it as a passport from Saorstát Éireann

Exhibition explores 100 years of the Irish passport

A new exhibition has opened at the Irish Emigration Museum to mark the centenary of the Irish passport.

Ireland • 11 Jun