Reviews

An accurate reproduction of a photograph raises questions for contemporary art but Billy Leahy discovers a new way of 'seeing' at Paul Winstanley's exhibition

On his way across the US Vitali Vitaliev found that long journeys are made even longer by idle discourse and fleeting observations

The Eiffel Tower, The Taj Mahal, The Great Wall of China, Dundrum Town Centre. Ireland has finally produced a monument worthy of representing herself on the world stage.

Eoin Butler browses the CD stores for cut-price bargains and discovers that great legends like Hank Williams will continue to sell records

People just can't get enough nostalgia as Billy Leahy discovers at the original vintage poster gallery in Dublin

In reflecting the changing face of Ireland the Cork 2005 St Patrick's Day Festival is centred around the theme of 'Identity'. Brian O'Connell reports from the European Capital of Culture

Sara Keating is as much impressed with her American past than her Irish heritage, as disclosed by one of many websites aimed at tracing your ancestors. But is it worth the fee?

I rarely have a night out on the tiles these days. Well, I have lots of nights on the tiles but they're kitchen tiles and my dancing partner is my two-month-old colicky baby. It's much the same type of night really. It starts about 8.00 pm, finishes about 2.00 am and there's a lot of screaming and singing and using muscles you never knew you had.

An examination of the "human experience" in a body of work at the Gallery of Photography concentrates more on life's anxieties than assurances writes Billy Leahy

Lilting, that singular ability to imitate with the mouth the sounds and rhythms of jigs, reels and polkas, holds an honoured place in the Irish musical tradition.