Bealtaine is Ireland’s national festival which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age. The festival is run by Age & Opportunity, the leading national development organisation working to enable the best possible quality of life for us all as we age. This year Age & Opportunity unveils an all-new festival theme, ‘Lust for Life’, which reflects a familiar experience for many older people. To celebrate the theme Bealtaine Festival has commissioned a new essay, ‘Lust of Life’, by writer, former Labour TD and Bealtaine Festival ambassador, Liz McManus, which explores the n

allas Projects is launching a fundraising exhibition for Palestine which will take place in The Bank at the Digital Hub at 86 James Street (D08 C2PR) from 1st May until 4th May. Artists include:   Marian Balfe, Susan Buttner, Robin Carey, Dominique Crowley, Mark Cullen, Karen Ebbs, Lana May Fleming, Andrej Getman, Leann Herlihy, Steffi Kelly, Barbara Knezevic, Gillian Lawler, Dave Madigan, Ronan McCrea, Emma McKeagney, Sean Molloy, Gavin Murphy, Irene O’Neil, Leda Scully, Kym Tracey, Catherine Ward, Eve Woods. The exhibition will feature works from artists in residence at the stud

This three person show by award winning printmakers, Richard Lawlor, James McCreary and Lars Nyberg, explores the intricate nature of the fine art printmaking techniques; drypoint, etching and mezzotint. Richard Lawlor’s etchings delve into the sometimes chaotic world of relationships between men and women. Witnessed through the scope of classic cinema, spanning several different film periods, as well as a range of fictional fantastical characters that depict a dreamlike quality, yet capture this fractious tension through the contrast of light and dark. James McCreary’s mezzotints ex