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Eileen Walsh stars in The Second Woman at Cork Midsummer

Cork Midsummer Festival returns with a cultural lark by the Lee

Festival Director Lorraine Maye previews the 2025 Cork Midsummer Festival programme, bringing an eclectic array of cultural activity to the banks of the river Lee this June.

Festivals • 01 May

Party Scene comes to the Galway Theatre Festival

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm

Culture 5 • 03 May 24

'Everyone in Cork has a story' - RTÉ Arena on the new anthology

RTÉ Arena • 01 May 24

Sunday Miscellany: A Letter From Bradford, by Virginia Teehan

On a first job in the archives of University College Cork

Sunday Miscellany • 17 Aug 23

Debut author Disha Bose (Pic: Emma Jervis)

Disha Bose's Dirty Laundry: secrets, motherhood & murder in Cork

We present an extract from Dirty Laundry, the debut novel by Disha Bose.

Books • 03 Apr 23

100 Buildings: Château d'Eau de Knocknaheeny

Knocknaheeny's iconic water tower at Hollyhill is a prominent and distinctive feature of Cork's skyline.

100 Buildings • 18 Feb 23

Niall O'Flaherty of Sultans of Ping on Kenny Live in 1994

Dancing in the disco – the story of The Sultans of Ping

Ahead of his new RTÉ 2XM documentary Dancing in the Disco, as well a pair of homecoming dates, Paul McDermott celebrates Cork indie-rock legends The Sultans of Ping.

Music • 07 Feb 23

Rooftop protest during the Spike Island riot (Pic: Irish Examiner archive)

Documentary On One: Prison riot on Spike Island

Documentary On One • 07 Oct 22

The IndieCork Team: (L-R) Peter Zemo, Isabella Dogliani, Mick Hannigan, Ronan Leonard, Tony Langlois, Úna Feely, Renata Lima, Kieran Fitzgerald and James Mulvey)

IndieCork turns 10 - a decade celebrating indie film and music

Film • 21 Sep 22

Will Kennedy - a collage by Silvio Severino for Before The Rainbow... and After

Exploring the experiences of older gay men living in Ireland

visual arts • 09 Sep 22

Ciara Chapman on making art from chronic pain

'Pain might be invisible, but it's all too real.' Artist and illustrator Ciara Chapman writes about the challenges of living with chronic pain, and creating artworks inspired by her experience.

visual arts • 08 Sep 22