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10 must-see events at Dublin Book Festival 2026

This November, Dublin Book Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary, and there's plenty to celebrate!

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This Modern Love: Emma Gilleece's ode to Irish architecture

The Carcass Remover by Zoltán Danyi - read an extract

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30 Acres - how we made the award-winning RTÉ mocumentary series

Colm Tóibín, in RTÉ Radio studio with blue backdrop, for Sunday Miscellany

Sunday Miscellany: Colm Tóibín on rediscovering Carmen Bustamante

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RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards announce 2026 nominations

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RTÉ Short Story Competition 2026 - read the shortlisted stories

RTÉ Short Story Competition 2026

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Wexford Festival Opera - Croí na Féile celebrates 75 years of WFO

Wexford Festival Opera

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Wexford Festival Opera - watch Rossini's L'equivoco stravagante

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Wexford Festival Opera - watch Iris by Pietro Mascagni

Wexford Festival Opera

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Ceol agus Ciúnas: Albam nua le Caitlín Nic Gabhann

Singer Lawrence from band Felt

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How I became a black-market oestrogen runner in rural Donegal...

Paul Mescal (centre) hosting Saturday Night Live in 2014

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Celebrating the designers who reimagined modern Ireland

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RTÉ Culture series 100 Buildings inspires new architecture book

Designer Jonathan Anderson accepted a standing ovation for his Dior debut

Is this the second crest of Ireland's Green Wave?

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Watch: RTÉ 100 In Concert at the National Concert Hall

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Irish art at Venice Biennale 1950–2026 - tracing a living legacy

Ireland at Venice

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How one photographer captured the golden age of Irish clubbing

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Control, Part 1: Mariah, You're On Fire, So Take Us Higher

D.A.D.D.Y. do Culture Night

The Cult Of Sharing: D.A.D.D.Y. welcome you to Culture Night 2026

Soupy Norman returns - a Culture Night cartoon from John Kelly

Mr. Hayes is now entombed: Maeve Higgins digs into RTÉ's Archives

Inside RTÉ's vaults - the weird, the wonderful and the Late Late

D.A.D.D.Y. Picks: 5 must-see Irish short films for Culture Night

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Games

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Marvel's Wolverine reviewed – a superhero game with claws

Marvel's Wolverine is a single-player action game that catapults one of the most iconic X-Men into a long-overdue gaming spotlight.

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The rise of Friendslop – why cheaper games are better for players

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From Marvel Tokon to PAW Patrol – the latest games reviewed

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Love The Odyssey? Give these epic video games a spin

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Adventures in audio - The Lyric Feature returns for a new season

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The Works Presents

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Francis Bacon - The Outsider

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