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Now Kneecap smashes the €1m mark at Irish cinemas

KNEECAP has smashed through the €1million mark at Irish box office. Going into its fifth week in Irish cinemas the movie is now the highest grossing Irish film of the year and last weekend was shown in over 84 Irish cinemas.

Dirty Linen set to be published in paperback this week

A NEW paperback edition of the highly lauded memoir Dirty Linen is set to be published this Thursday.

ARTS: Banned in Afghanistan, a young artist is coming to Belfast to chase her dreams

WHEN I hear complaints about the Arts Council, I remind the speaker that no matter what the conditions and opportunities are here for artists, we can actually make art. That's not the case everywhere.

Kneecap takes over £1.1million at Irish-UK box office

KNEECAP has smashed through the £1million mark at Irish and UK box office, after opening in Britain at the weekend.

Féile na hAbhann brings people together on the banks of the river

AN amazing array of sights and sounds were on display at this month’s popular Féile na hAbhann on the Lagan embankment.

Irish language and LGBTQ communities can learn from each other

THE Irish language and LGBTQ communities should work together and support each other, according to a new publication that will be launched this week.

Packed programme of events as Liú Lúnasa festival returns this week

IF you thought that Belfast’s summer festivals had come to an end – think again. This week sees the return of the Liú Lúnasa festival which runs from Thursday to Saturday and is jam-packed with events for the city’s Irish language community.

An Droichead presents Teaċ Daṁsa world premiere at the Waterfront

AN Droichead is set to bring the internationally acclaimed dance and theatre company Teaċ Daṁsa to Belfast in September for the world premiere of its new work, ‘Nobodaddy’.

Women's voices from last century ring out in Mary's debut novel

A WEST Belfast author is set to release her first book set in Belfast over one hundred years ago, with a backdrop of the events which have had a lasting impact on the city.

Féile First puts Maria in the big picture

Talented visual artist Maria Liddy has scooped first prize in the annual Féile an Phobail Landscape Art competition.

MOVIES: Kneecap - Something is rising, soaring in ár dteanga

‘Kneecap’ is a snarling, sniggering joyride of a movie, 'The Blues Brothers' if Jake and Elwood grew up in Andytown.

ARTS: Crafts celebration, Black Mountain hooley, and Golden Thread spins again

There is nothing like the all-Ireland database of August craft month to help you see the breadth and depth of craft talent available nationwide. You can search the database by county or region and explore a celebration of 15 years of Cork craftwork, to weekend ceramic workshops in Galway, to the Le Chéile showcase in Kerry,

My Big Fat Fabulous Féile: Séamus Carabine's festival diary

Two weeks ago Séamus Carabine – the West Belfast native and stand-up comedian who uses his summer holidays every year to fly back home from Boston for Féile an Phobail – gave us a preview of what he’d be getting up to at Féile 2024. This week - despite suffering from Féile Fatigue – he gives us an update on his adventures.

OPINION: Féile’s visual arts exhibition 'finest in the country'

HAVING grown up in West Belfast, I was always aware of Féile an Phobail as a positive force within my community from its inception in 1988.

ARTS: Heading for the Hills to dance with Off the Rails

Before heading off to to the Edinburgh Festival, Eileen McClory, choreographer with Off the Rails Dance Company, has been rehearsing for the Belfast 2024 extravaganza 'ROOTS' which will happen in the Black Mountain shared space new community gardens.

Gallery: Hannahstown a hive of fun and energy

Boxing: Quinn to fight for Commonwealth honours on the June 28 'Belfast Brawl'

Gaelic Games: Vital fixtures for clubs as hurling heads towards the split

Gaelic Games: Gleeson to take time before deciding his future with Antrim

THE WEEK IN VIEW: Lies, damned lies and stupidity

SQUINTER: Live and dangerous! Not any more as GB News pull the plug

DÚLRA: We’re going raven bonkers in the city centre

HEALTHWISE: Spread it around: Margarine gets the nod over butter

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