Abbey Theatre: Dear Ireland Continues - A virtual 'open house' performance of letters, poems, and songs that express the many different hopes, experiences, and challenges facing Ireland at this moment. Abbey Theatre asked their audience to write a letter. To start it, 'Dear Ireland', and talk to the nation about what it should be discussing. They received letters from all corners of the country and overseas, letters in Irish, English, and Irish Sign Language. Now 20 of these letters will be read from the Abbey stage by some of Ireland's leading actors. These readings will be interspersed wi

Axis Summer Sessions - A series of intimate livestreamed gigs performed every Monday night @ 9pm. Each performance will be streamed on the axis Facebook and Instagram Live. Axis want to keep everything accessible at the moment so they are being offered for free but if you can afford it, a €5 donation to the axis arts fund would be greatly appreciated - you can donate here. July 13th - Steo Wall Steo is an emerging talent on the Irish music scene, a striking wordsmith with a unique musical style. His live sets have been described as pure alchemy. Steo has an eclectic taste to his music

EPIC Explorers Imagination Camp - Virtual Summer Camps by EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Travel the world and outer space alongside famous Irish diaspora figures such as explorer Ernest Shackleton, astronaut Neil Armstrong and notorious pirate Anne Bonny in this summer camp suitable for the whole family. Delivered via Zoom, children will be introduced to the history behind exploration and travel, before being encouraged to use their ingenuity to complete tasks such as making their own boat, designing the surface of the moon, and discovering animal tracks, all out of whatever materials an

Axis Festival of Fun - A week of fun events, workshops and shows for children. We have had a rough time lately... School was closed. We thought that would be fun but it wasn't. We couldn't play with our friends. We couldn't even hug our grannies. And then, to top it all off, we found out our favourite Summer Camp, the Axis Dream Factory couldn't go ahead. We are sick of the bad news. We want to have some fun! That's why Axis have started their Festival of Fun! One week full of fun workshops, shows and events for children. Take part in one event, mix n match or come to them all! The festi

The Happy Prince - presented by Bewley's Café Theatre @ the Irish Georgian Society. Michael James Ford's acclaimed performance of The Happy Prince has played several sell-out runs in Bewley's Café Theatre and has travelled widely throughout Ireland. It has also toured to France, Finland, Egypt and the USA. This masterful piece of storytelling is accompanied by a haunting new score performed by violinist, Denice Doyle. Perhaps the best loved and most enduringly popular of all Oscar Wilde's stories. It is the bittersweet tale of a gregarious swallow who befriends a melancholy statue while e

Hot Press: Rave On, Van Morrison! - A 75th birthday tribute to the Irish musical legend. To mark his 75th birthday on August 31st – in a world first – Ireland's Hot Press magazine has curated musical tributes by 75 exceptional artists, to be broadcast to the world via YouTube, in August and September. Van Morrison, and his extraordinary work as a songwriter, are to be celebrated in a remarkable music extravaganza, created by Ireland's Hot Press magazine, to mark the 75th birthday of the Irish songwriting legend. Titled Rave On, Van Morrison, the musical tribute will be broadcast via

Retro Drive-in Movies @ Leopardstown Racecourse - Rock up, roll in and watch the world's biggest movies on the world's biggest LED screens. Watch your favourite movies from the comfort of your car. Listen to the movie in your car on your FM Radio! Drive-in Movies are on everyone's Bucket List! Arrive in your car. Scan your tickets through your car window. Watch the movie in your car and exit in your car. You don't even need to leave your car! There will be no food trailers on site due to current government restrictions. All movies are shown in HD with the sound broadcast to your car radio o

Park Fit / Park Yoga - A Free initiative by South Dublin County Sports Partnership to encourage you to Get Outdoors, Get Active and Have Fun, in South Dublin's Corkagh Park. A perfect excuse in a perfect setting. SDCSP have set this event up in partnership with Dublin's Outdoors, Cifit and Sacred Spaced. Park Fit - Tuesdays, July 21st - August 25th. With Ciara Murray owner of Cifit Clondalkin, this class will consist of body weight exercises in a fun and friendly environment. Park Yoga - Thursdays, July 23rd - August 27th With Sacred Space Healing Centre Clondalkin, this class will

Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition 2020 - Clay/Works @ The Printworks Event & Exhibition Centre, Dublin Castle. Clay/Works will feature the work of established makers alongside those emerging, celebrating the work of over 80 makers from the four corners of the country. The diverse range of ceramic work includes functional, decorative, wall panels and sculptural forms; there will be something to interest everyone in this exhibition of over 250 pieces. Admission free, all welcome. Ceramic works will be available for sale at the Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition 2020.

Tour & Whiskey Tasting Experience - A fun and informative tour of Malahide Castle followed by a very unique whiskey tasting experience! Tour and Taste! The team at Malahide Castle are delighted to introduce a new experience this summer! Immerse yourself in the history and rich decor of the Castle through a special guided tour followed by a very unique whiskey tasting hosted by Whiskey Island expert, John Callely. Every Saturday, from 1st August, Malahide Castle will offer this fun and informative comparative Whiskey Tasting Experience after your guided tour. Sample and compare premiu

LEO Dublin City - Business Advice Group Meeting. - Need Business direction? - Uncertain if self employment is for you? - Need someone to talk to before you commit to Starting up your business? - Have an idea and want to see if its viable? If you meet any of the above then you may be interested in joining the Business Advice Group Clinic. The clinic is a free service where you can share your business ideas with one of the Local Enterprise Office advisers before making the commitment of registering your business name. Delivered through Skype.

EPIC Tiny Tots: Summer Storytelling - Virtual Summer Camps by EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Ahoy, me hearties! Join Irish pirate Anne Bonny in this original tale composed by EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Delivered via Zoom, in this interactive storytelling session you and your tot will sing songs, draw pictures and meet a whole host of characters including the Jeanie Johnston Famine Ship, victorious Vikings, the nautical navy and a singing submarine! Suitable for ages 2–6 years.

WeAddHeart Dublin Lucan - A meetup group for people who feel the pull to connect with their own heart and the hearts of others. What is WeAddHeart? It's a meetup group for people who feel the pull to connect with their own heart and the hearts of others, to live life more fully from the heart and to create a more heart-based world. By coming together their intention is to practise simple heart-focused techniques which will improve your personal health and happiness, helping to connect with the hearts of others and to play a part in raising social and global consciousness with the aim of cre

LEO Dublin City: How to Maximise your New Website - Create a Digital Marketing Plan to drive new customers to your website. We will share with you how to take advantage of the internet and maximise Social Media platforms to advertise your business through the creation of a digital marketing plan with a focus on business growth to action immediately. How to determine your ideal customer and find them online. How to create content that will attract your ideal customer. How to engage / communicate with new customers. How to build a group of prospective clients. How to position

Build A Minecraft Model - Take it & Make it: Laser cut models workshop. Join Tech Create, as they present this Minecraft Model Build workshop via Zoom. Book your place, then come along to Ballyroan Library, where we will have your Minecraft Model Kit, created with Tech Creates Laser Cut Technology, ready for you to collect! Take your model kit home and follow along with Tech Creates instructors via Zoom to create your very own Minecraft model to keep! Kits will be available to pick up from Ballyroan Library from Wednesday 5th August. Booking information An adult should be present wi

LEO South Dublin - Get Your Tax Return Done (From 11). Form 11 completions definitely need to be added to the list of tasks small business should be doing as these are going to be more crucial this year for those who received COVID-19 payments and may not know that these payments are taxable and any over-payment can be clawed back by the Revenue. The programme goes step by step through the Revenue online app and discusses how to generate the figures for the return.

Barry Mulholland: Tossed In The Drink - Pallas Projects/Studios' first exhibition of their 2020/21 Artist-Initiated Projects programme. As we sink further into this age of anxiety, the reality of existing in a constant state of flux is now normal. This work is an immediate response to current collective fears in society. This is a theatre of seriousness, where people die, and a disillusioned public demand leadership, information and real change. Forcing a technologically-dependant generation to stay at home and consume even more social media has resulted in societal and political game-chang

GT5K 2020 - This year it's Virtual! COVID-19 will not keep us standing still… We want to keep our workforces healthy and running around the country, so for the first time in 2020, the GT5K will run across the whole island of Ireland on the 14th, 15th and 16th of August. This year we ask you to #DoItForDementia as the registration fee will be split between Alzheimer's Society of Ireland and supporting up and coming athletes. This year we invite you to register as a team* or an individual, run your best 5K over the weekend of the 14th–16th of August and register your time and watch the

The Ark: Animals as Messengers, Guides & Fairies - Online Visual Art Workshops for children aged 5-12. Connect with the animal world in this online mini-sculpture workshop for children, with illustrator Duffy Mooney-Sheppard. In Irish folklore, animals have always been seen as living between worlds, carrying meaning and messages. Is there an animal that you have been noticing a lot recently? In the garden, the park, at your window or maybe, in your dreams? In this workshop we will discover some of the stories and wisdom associated with our native birds, bees, foxes, hares and deer. We w

National Heritage Week 2020 - Heritage and Education: Learning from our Heritage. Rather than focusing on the organisation of in-person public events, local heritage groups and organisers, families and communities are being invited to develop projects around this year's theme of Heritage and Education: Learning from our Heritage. Coordinated by the Heritage Council since 2005, National Heritage Week has become one of Ireland's largest cultural events. The new approach is designed to promote the sharing of experience and knowledge. Expressions of interest and project ideas should be submi

LANKUM - Made up of brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada and Radie Peat - have gained worldwide acclaim for their first two albums and captivating, often euphoric live performances. LANKUM will broadcast a live concert from Dublin's historic Abbey Theatre for one night only on Saturday, August 15th. Promising a unique set, they will be joined by very special guests on the night. Get your ticket now for this exclusive concert! When the show's about to start the link to join will appear on your ticket, or you can access via the stream link that will be emailed to you on the da

(Members of) Kíla - Socially distanced event limited to 88 people, Live @ Whelan's, Dublin. Kíla return to Whelan's on Saturday 15th of August. It'll be one of our first gigs back since reopening and, although everyone is still social distancing, we're going try to make it as comfortable as possible. The show will be all seated and limited to 88 people. Tickets are on sale on Friday 24th of July at 10am. Deirtear faoi Kíla, ar bunaíodh is iad fós ar scoil déanach sna h-ochtóidí, go bhfuil siad ar cheann des na buíonn is bisiúla agus is bísiúla in Éireann. Tá a gcruth fhéin

Class Comedy: Return to the Workman's - A return to the Workman's Club Dublin with more top comics for this socially distant event. Dust off your funny bones! Class comedy are back with a cracking line up of comedians! This show will be social distance regulations compliant. This will be a fully seated show. We are delighted to have the hilarious Emma Doran as our featured artist. The line up: Emma Doran Alan Young Shawn King Amy Walsh Allie O'Rourke Shrini Kalwad Felix O'Connor Kyle Philip Dave Fleming Tables will be set up in tables for 4 and 2. Organisers encourage yo

Another Love Story: It Just Wasn't Meant To Be - ALS Online 2020 presents live performances from your favourite corners of Killyon Manor and beyond... Normally, Another Love Story is a bespoke festival weekender of music, art, conversation, food and frolics nestled amongst the graceful charm of their 18th century home of Killyon Manor. However, the most recent government restrictions, combined with the overarching issues and uncertainties which surround the COVID-19 situation, meant they were faced with the fact that they had to cancel the festival this year. So, while we have accepted our

Roman Fever in the Park - Bewley's Café Theatre presents this free outdoor socially distanced performance @ St Stephen's Green, Dublin. In the warm glow of an Italian afternoon in 1930, two wealthy American widows sit on the terrace of a restaurant overlooking the ancient wonders of Rome. They reminisce about their past friendship and remember a previous visit to the city when they were both young and in love. Now their hopes rest with the prospects of their unmarried daughters. As the sun sets on the Coliseum, bitter jealousies come to light and age-old secrets are revealed. Roman Feve

This Beautiful Village - A new version of the original award-winning play by Lisa Tierney-Keogh. Playwright Lisa Tierney-Keogh has adapted and updated the winner of the 2020 Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best New Play to reflect the lockdown. This Beautiful Virtual Village will be available online from 7.30pm on the 17th of August for one month only. On a quiet street in leafy, suburban Dublin, local residents meet online about a piece of graffiti. Who did it? What does it mean? And what's to be done about it? They have wine and a quorum. Nothing can go wrong. This Beautiful Vir

LEO Fingal - Trading Online Voucher Webinar. Trading Online Voucher Scheme – Live Information Seminar: An initiative under the Government's National Digital Strategy, the Trading Online Voucher scheme helps small businesses trade online to boost their sales and reach new markets. This scheme is a matched-funding opportunity with up to €2,500 available, with further supports provided by the Local Enterprise Offices. Funding can be used towards eligible costs such as: - Digital marketing strategies. - E-commerce websites. - App development. With the current business challenges and

LEO Fingal: Start Your Own Business - Delivered over 5 weeks as 2 engaging and interactive online workshops per week, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from 18th August to 17th September. The Start Your Own Business course has been developed for those who are thinking of starting a small business or those who have a business that is running less than 2 years. The course has been designed to build your practical business skills in the following areas: - Idea Generation. - Market Research. - Business Planning. - Sales and Marketing. - Finance. - Legal considerations. - Tech tips for sta

LEO South Dublin - Instagram Intermediate. Aims to provide all attendees with a progressive view of how to use Instagram to successfully market their business. Ideal for Small Business Owners, Start-up founders, Sales & Marketing Managers, Business Development Managers and Small & Medium-sized Businesses. This course will cover: - Feed, Messenger, Watch, Stories. - Social Content - planning & video. - Ads. - Metrics. Expected Takeaways: Attendees will have a clearer understanding of how the algorithm works, creating content to optimise their reach and engagement, and ho

The First Pegeen - presented by Bewley's Café Theatre @ the Irish Georgian Society. She was a stage-struck nineteen-year old, he was a director of the Abbey Theatre approaching middle age. She was a caution, he was just cautious. She was a city girl, he liked country roads best. Theirs was an unlikely love from the start. And yet this cockeyed Romeo and Juliet were so enraptured by each other that the affair, between JM Synge and Molly Allgood, remains one of Irish theatre's most endearing and enduring stories. She made her name as the first Pegeen Mike in The Playboy of the Western World.

The Ark: Whiny Orangutan and the Brilliant Banana - Online Early Years Drama Workshops for children aged 2-4 and their grown-ups. Using a fun reimagined version of Aesop's Fable of The Dog and the Bone, little ones and their grown-ups will explore the idea of being content in this interactive early years drama workshop with Joanna Parkes. There was once an orangutan who was never happy with what he had. He was always looking for something better. His friends were fed up with him always comparing and complaining. They just wanted him be happy, so they invited him to a picnic. While he was

Paddy Casey- Socially distanced event limited to 88 people, Live @ Whelan's, Dublin. Paddy Casey returns to Whelan's on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd of August. It'll be one of the first gigs back since reopening and, although everyone is still social distancing, Whelan's are going try to make it as comfortable as possible. The show will be all seated and limited to 88 people. Paddy Casey has been at the forefront of the Irish music scene since releasing his debut album, Amen (So Be It) in 1999, while his second release Living became the biggest seller in Ireland out-selling U2. As one

Dublin City Volunteer Centre - Online Drop-in: Find out more about the work of the Centre and how to volunteer in Dublin. The doors to the Dublin City Volunteer Centre would normally be open to anyone who's interested in volunteering, but due to current restrictions we are all working from home. Anyone who is interested in finding out more about volunteering, and how to use the services the Centre offers, is now invited to join in online for a Zoom Drop-in session. Placement Officers Kristin and Julie will start with a short presentation on what the Volunteer Centre does and how you can

Dublin City Record Fair @ Generator Hostel, Smithfield. It gives us immense pleasure to announce to you all that we are back. 6 traders, in the wonderful conservatory within The Generator Hostel Smithfield, Dublin 7 on Sunday 23rd August. Free Admission as always. Can't wait to see some of your lovely 'masked' faces real soon!

Reboot Live: 50 Artists, 18 writers, 18 New Irish plays - A return to live theatre from August 25th Theatre is a live event. How do we preserve the live social experience under pandemic conditions and create in the same place at the same time? Reboot Live presents 18 brand new Irish plays, especially written for the event, over three weeks, involving 50 writers, directors and actors. Each play is 25 minutes long and features a cast of two socially distanced performers telling a human story in front of an audience of 10, with each play streamed live. A new festival marking the return to Iris

LEO DLR: Marketing & Social Media - Online course runs on eight consecutive Wednesday evenings from the 26th August to the 14th October, 2020. Local Enterprise Office Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown has developed an eight week evening programme for you and your business. Under the guidance of a specialist experienced online marketing practitioner and trainer, you will learn how to devise and execute a customised and integrated web marketing strategy for your business. All course content has been carefully chosen to support any new or established product or service-led business. Class sizes are

Virtual Recruitment: Online Careers Fair - Find out about companies hiring and speak with recruiters online. Schedule calls and get interviews for an exciting new role! Looking for a new job or to develop your career? Our Online Job Fairs could be your ticket to success! Free to register, you'll be able to find out everything you need from the recruiters and hiring managers by speaking with them at this event. Mark your diary now and start polishing up your CV and cover letters. This event is open to qualified professionals from Ireland and around the world. Learn about exciting companies,

Tech Careers Expo - Ireland's new careers fair for IT & Tech professionals. The next Expo will be a virtual online event. Our mission is to put skilled IT & Tech professionals directly in contact with leading sectoral employers from Ireland and abroad. Developed by BCS Recruitment, organiser of the highly-successful Biz Expo Ireland, Jobs Expo and Construction Jobs Expo career fairs around the country. The Tech Careers Expo is a great opportunity for job seekers to meet tech and IT companies that are hiring looking to hire. The event will be the largest, specialised, Tech & I

An Irishman Abroad: Online Comedy Club. After a barnstorming opening night, the Irishman Abroad Online Comedy Club returns for another night of chat, standup, music and magic. This month's guests will be announced soon (more acts TBC, lineup subject to change). Host on the night, as always, will be Jarlath Regan. Stream the show live into your sitting room on Friday August 28th @ 8pm for just €5.

Inni-K - Socially distanced event limited to 88 people, Live @ Whelan's, Dublin. Inni-K returns to Whelan's on Thursday 3rd of September. Although everyone is still social distancing, we're going try to make it as comfortable as possible. The show will be all seated and limited to 88 people. Named by RTÉ.ie as "one of ten fierce women defining Irish culture", Dublin-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Inni-K (Eithne Ní Chatháin) has received consistent praise for her fresh style of indie-folk since the 2015 release of her acclaimed album The King has Two Horse's Ears.

UCD Discovery: Zoom for Thought - A weekly 15 minute live chat with world-class academic and business thought leaders. Returning to our Roots to Combat a Crisis - with Muthoni Masinde. UCD Discovery is delighted to invite you to join thought leader Muthoni Masinde, Professor of Computer Science, Entrepreneur in Information Technology, Head of IT Department, Central University of Technology, Free State (South Africa), and Founder and CEO of ITIKI, on UCD Discovery's Zoom for Thought 15-min chat series. Muthoni Masinde is a Professor of Computer Science and an entrepreneur in information t

Virtual Education Expo - Talk to leading course providers at this online education fair. Looking to enrol on a course in summer or autumn 2020? Then Virtual Education Expo is for you. Chat with universities, institutes and course providers, all offering online and classroom-based courses in 2020. Download course material and watch seminars and talks - all live from the comfort of your own home, smartphone or office. Chat via audio/video with admission directors from top universities and colleges, search for colleges based on your preferences, visit their digital booths to get detailed infor

Smart Food Factory - Online Conference & Exhibition. By 2050, the world population is expected to be 9 billion people. The combination of richer diets and increased population means that food production will have to be doubled in the next 30 years. Today’s Food and Beverage manufacturing facilities are held to extremely strict standards that are being met and regulated through automation. There is also consistent pressure from competition to improve product nutrition, taste, and integrity – all while keeping pricing low and food safe. Achieving efficiency, keeping costs low and main

Slow Moving Clouds - Socially distanced event limited to 88 people, Live @ Whelan's, Dublin. Slow Moving Clouds - Aki (Nyckelharpa & Vocals), Kevin Murphy (Cello & Vocals) and Ultan O'Brien (Fiddle) - play Whelan's on Thursday 10th of September. Although everyone will still be social distancing, Whelan's are going try to make it as comfortable as possible. The show will be fully seated and limited to 88 people. Post-rock you've probably heard of, but post-folk may just be a completely new musical style. However, there's nothing contrived about the music of Slow Moving Clouds, who

The Business Show Virtual Summit - right to the heart of the Irish business community from the comfort of your own home. Simply log in with credentials supplied on registration. This brings you directly into the 3D virtual lobby, designed to give the look and feel of a physical space. Here, you'll see the full array of options you can visit within the Virtual Summit – the Virtual Auditorium, the Exhibition Hall, the Networking Lounge and the Information Booth. The Virtual Auditorium: Here is where the conference agenda will be hosted. You'll see speaker details and themes for the live

Reimagining Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir a Athshamhlú We’re excited to confirm that Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir will return for its fifteenth edition on Fri 18 Sep 2020. Given the events of recent months, there are obviously some new challenges this year, but we know that we can work together with Culture Night stakeholders and local organisers across the island to create a memorable night. Many of this year’s events will take place online / digitally, but we plan to include safe offline events too. We hope that this year’s programme will provide a great opportunity to r

Dublin Theatre Festival 2020 - A reimagined Dublin Theatre Festival for 2020. We are pleased to announce there will be a Dublin Theatre Festival in 2020, on a smaller scale than usual. Due to the ongoing impact of the global pandemic, the festival that we had been busy planning for up until a few months ago is no longer possible. So, we have been reimagining the programme, in dialogue with artists and partner organisations. Responding to their feedback and encouraged by our friends and supporters we are working to make live theatre happen this autumn. Ours is a message of hope. Dublin Th

We're back bringing you breathtaking, mind-bending and life-altering cinematic experiences on screen and from the comfort of your home with the 28th edition of GAZE LGBTQ+ Film Festival. GAZE returns to the Lighthouse Cinema and the Irish Film Institute from September 30th to October 4th. In response to the current situation, this year’s GAZE will have a smaller number of physical screenings, which will have a reduced capacity and follow all public health and social distancing guidelines. We are delighted to introduce GAZE at Home, a chance for those who can't join us in cinemas to bec

Ireland Music Week - An independent festival & music conference dedicated to showcasing the very best in new Irish music. IMW is delighted to announce that it will be going ahead with the international facing showcase and conference for 2020. The showcase and conference will take place online across four days in October, with the music showcases taking place over three nights - Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th. As with so many other events, in these COVID-19 times, IMW has adapted the event to suit current restrictions. In order to give 2020 applicants and showcasing artist

Open House Dublin - with the Irish Architecture Foundation. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed so much for all of us around the globe. It has put our regular lives on hold, altered how we engage with and view our everyday surroundings, our homes, our working environments, our places of refuge and social interaction. Many of us have rediscovered our communities and neighbourhoods and uncovered the extraordinary in the everyday. This extraordinary year, Open House Dublin will celebrate the resilience, exceptional potential and talent in architecture and urban design within our city and nati

DTS Virtual - 5,000 Delegates / 50 Speakers / 200 Global Media Representatives. ELEVATE x INTEGRATE x ACCELERATE Dublin Tech Summit Virtual will draw the most influential tech and business leaders from across the world. For one day, experts from over 70 countries will come together to share knowledge, debate the latest trends, and network, all from our live virtual event space. Are you interested in scaling your start-up? Do you want to future-proof your business? Learn more about diversity in tech? Make global change? Join our community of leaders at DTS20, the chosen platform to help accel

Quest for Quality 2020: AI Demystified - Forward-thinking online conference on AI, software quality and testing. Quest for Quality is a 2-day forward-thinking annual software QA and testing conference, discussing the latest trends and topics in AI, QA & software development while bringing together international thought leaders addressing latest challenges of new technologies. Conference 2020 is amazingly designed and structured to strike a perfect balance between talks, breaks, networking sessions and workshops on separating fact from fiction, while pointing out as accurately as possibl

Future Human - the first major tech event to go Hybrid in 2020. Live on stage from a purpose built studio in Dublin! Future_ Human_ Dublin > Online > The World Silicon Republic, Europe's leading tech news service, brings you Future Human, the evolution of their successful Inspirefest, and the first major tech event to go Hybrid in 2020. From the stage in a purpose built studio in Dublin, they'll be beaming out to homes and offices around the world in October. Many speakers and collaborators will be live on stage in the state-of-the-art studio, with all the requisite physical distan

Craft Value: Craftsmanship and its conservation in the architecture of Britain and Ireland (1660-1760) - Virtual Conference hosted by Trinity College Dublin. Superlative historic craftsmanship in wood, stone and plaster is the subject of this one day virtual conference hosted by TCD. Convened by CRAFTVALUE, the Irish Research Council Advanced Laureate project in TCD's Department of History of Art and Architecture, it explores the intersection between research and practice in conserving and documenting craft in the architecture of Britain and Ireland (1660-1760). Bringing together speaker

From Eden - A play from the award-winning Stephen Jones on the Peacock Stage @ Dublin's Abbey Theatre. A tender, comic drama about two lost individuals – Alan (Stephen Jones) and Eva (Seána Kerslake) – who find themselves locked in a bathroom together on New Year's Eve while the party continues outside the door. It's an ideal meeting… Once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly. "A thoroughly engaging, emotionally articulate, funny and clever work." - Irish Independent. "One of the most acidly funny, needle-sharp short plays I've seen in quite a while" - The Sunday Independent.

Northern Lights - A play from the award-winning Stephen Jones on the Peacock Stage @ Dublin's Abbey Theatre. On a rainy night in Dublin, Lloyd (Stephen Jones) and Áine (Seána Kerslake) seek refuge in one another, both harbouring secrets and nurturing ghosts… separate on the surface but connected in the deep. Northern Lights is a compelling comedic drama, skilfully delivering laughs, tears and a little light that never goes out. "A thoroughly engaging, emotionally articulate, funny and clever work." – Irish Independent. "One of the most acidly funny, needle-sharp short plays I'

Dublin Book Festival - An online programme bringing authors, illustrators and publishers into the homes of book lovers throughout Ireland and the world! Since 2006, DBF has been a mainstay of the Irish writing and publishing scene and a highlight of the literary year. With its special focus on Irish-published authors, the 2020 Festival continues that tradition of promoting and supporting Irish literary voices, both established and emerging. This year the festival will be presenting its programme online due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Programme Director Julianne Siron said, "We wanted

Tech Connect Online - Visit the Future. Register for your FREE pass to attend. This gathering of 2,000+ key decision makers from the UK and Ireland tech sector will provide a unique online forum for leading technology companies, tech buyers, start-ups, investors to meet and discuss the key tech trends facing the sector in 2020. The format of the event, which includes multiple stages, provides a diverse range of technology strands and how they are impacting on the business environment. Expect lively debate and interactive exhibitors who can educate and inform you of the latest trends in this