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The Spider Awards, Ireland's longest-running and most prestigious digital awards ceremony, is delighted to unveil the shortlist for its 28th annual event. Taking place on Friday, 21st March 2025, the ceremony will once again bring together the brightest minds in Ireland's digital landscape. Held in the iconic Round Room at the Mansion House, Dublin 2, this black-tie gala dinner promises to be an unforgettable evening, with approximately 500 attendees celebrating excellence in the digital industry. Established in 1996, the Spider Awards are dedicated to recognising companies and individuals who are driving innovation and setting new standards in digital transformation. As the longest-running digital awards programme in Ireland, they remain a cornerstone for showcasing the achievements of the nation's digital pioneers. This year's Spider Awards saw a remarkable surge in entries, reflecting the innovation and creativity thriving within Ireland's digital sector. Leading agencies Granite and Kooba have secured multiple shortlist spots, with Granite earning an impressive nine nominations and Kooba securing five. Categories such as Best in Social Media and Best Influencer-Led Campaign attracted record-breaking submissions, reaffirming the growing influence of social and influencer-driven marketing. Meanwhile, Best in E-Commerce experienced a significant increase in entries, highlighting the continued evolution of digital retail. Additionally, the introduction of the AI-Powered Marketing Excellence Award has been met with an outstanding calibre of entries, showcasing how brands and agencies are leveraging artificial intelligence to drive smarter, more effective marketing strategies. This year introduces an exciting new award: the AI-Powered Marketing Excellence Award, highlighting the innovative use of artificial intelligence in marketing strategies. Additionally, categories such as Best in Social Media and Best Integrated Media Campaign have drawn record-breaking numbers of entries, showcasing the incredible talent and creativity flourishing in Ireland's digital sector. Here is the full shortlist for the Spider Awards 2025 AI-Powered Marketing Excellence Award AI Institute - AI Institute: Redefining Marketing Through Use of AI NolaClan Group - Help to get Dawson Home for Christmas Zesty - Ashgrove Furnishings Best App Award AY Studio - AXIS Health App Folk VML - Circle K Extra Musgrave - SuperValu - SuperValu Best App Musgrave MarketPlace - Musgrave MarketPlace Sugar Rush - Sugar Rush X Barista Bar Best Brand Award Barista Bar - Henderson Foodservice Ltd - Coffee As It Should Be: Brewing Community, Loyalty, and Growth GRANITE - NDC - Redefining Dairy for the Younger Generation Guaranteed Irish - The Guarantee of Guaranteed Irish JOE Media Group - Gay Star News JOE Media Group - JOE Platform94 - Platform94 RedClick - RedClick Brand Launch - Insurance that just clicks! Best Collaboration Award BWG Foods - EUROSPAR proud sponsors of Junk Kouture Gibney Communications - 'Solidarity' from Dublin Port Company and The Little Museum of Dublin HeadStuff - 26 Minutes JOE Media Group - Square Lovin Locals 2024 Kooba - Bord Bia Gather Event Site - Digital Collaboration Londis - Peak Performance: Londis's Ultimate Team Collaboration The Brill Building - Filter Out Lung Cancer: The AR Lens To Save A Life Virgin Media - Virgin Media X Balls Media - Best for Irish Gamers Best Consumer Campaign Award Folk VML - Circle K Extra Forsman & Bodenfors Dublin - Keep Discovering Car-Free, Carefree Travel GRANITE - Aodhán - The dragon that can't breathe fire KASH Beauty - KASH Beauty AURA Skin Campaign Mason Hayes & Curran - Transforming Talent for Enhanced Client Service MXB Agency - Student Fresher's Event Night at Musgrave MarketPlace Belfast Sweartaker - Applegreen 24/7 Deal or More Deals Birthday Livestream The Very Group - Let's Make it Sparkle Best in Storytelling Award GRANITE - Who did this? - The print partner that makes you look good Inspiring B...

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Nigel Monaghan joins Ray to chat about the exhibition he co-curated.

Described as “Dublin's best museum experience” the Little Museum of Dublin has twice been voted the number one museum in Ireland on TripAdvisor. It's just a stone's throw away from the Three Store where Bobby and the team were broadcasting from this week - to discuss the importance of preserving the social, cultural, and political heritage of the city, Bobby is joined by Trevor White, Director of The Little Museum of Dublin.

Marty is joined by author and founder of The Little Museum of Dublin, Trevor White who tells us some hidden histories of our beloved capital city.

From the man who brought us The Little Museum of Dublin, he now has a new book called A Little History of Dublin. Writer and museum co-founder Trevor White joins Ray in studio.

This summer sees the launch of a new exhibition at the Little Museum of Dublin. It celebrates the iconic John Hinde postcards which presented an idealised view of Ireland. Author, Paul Howard worked in the John Hinde factory in Cabinteeley and he joined Sean in studio... Image: John Hinde Collection

This summer sees the launch of a new exhibition at the Little Museum of Dublin. It celebrates the iconic John Hinde postcards which presented an idealised view of Ireland. Author, Paul Howard worked in the John Hinde factory in Cabinteeley and he joined Sean in studio... Image: John Hinde Collection

Today joining our Host Paul Webster @paulwebsterfilms is a fascinating filmmaker and internationally reknowned photo-journalist, Seamus Murphy.   His film, The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby, funded by Screen Ireland, MoLI and Dublin Port and is out now in Irish Cinemas from today!!! @murphyseamus3 Seamus Murphy grew up in Ireland and is based in London. He is the recipient of seven World Press Photo awards for his photographic work in Afghanistan, Gaza, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Peru and Ireland. He received The World Understanding Award from POYi in the USA for his work from Afghanistan and a film he made based around this work was nominated for an Emmy and won the Liberty in Media Prize in 2011. His work has been published and exhibited widely. He has made films for The New Yorker and Channel 4 Television in the UK. He is the author of four books including A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan (Saqi Books. 2008) is based on 12 trips to the country between 1994 and 2007 and is a chronicle of Afghanistan's extraordinary recent history. I Am The Beggar of the World (Farrar Straus Giroux. 2014) offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Afghan women through their anonymous Landay poetry. He has collaborated with musician PJ Harvey on projects for Let England Shake and The Hope Six Demolition Project, for which he won a Q Award for Best Music Film in October 2016. Patti Smith listed Murphy's film for Harvey's The Words that Maketh Murder as one of her Top 10 artworks, saying “... this unheralded piece (directed by Seamus Murphy) is a wisp of humanity celebrating the small things. “ Murphy and Harvey together published The Hollow of the Hand (Bloomsbury. 2015) a book of his photography and her poetry. An exhibition and live presentation of The Hollow of the Hand work took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London in 2015 and at Les Recontres d'Arles in France in 2016. His latest book The Republic (Allen Lane. 2016) is an immediate and personal portrait of Ireland and was exhibited at The Little Museum in Dublin in 2017. FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Support Film Network Ireland at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today joining our Host Paul Webster @paulwebsterfilms is a fascinating filmmaker and internationally reknowned photo-journalist, Seamus Murphy.   His film, The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby, funded by Screen Ireland, MoLI and Dublin Port and is out now in Irish Cinemas from today!!! @murphyseamus3 Seamus Murphy grew up in Ireland and is based in London. He is the recipient of seven World Press Photo awards for his photographic work in Afghanistan, Gaza, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Peru and Ireland. He received The World Understanding Award from POYi in the USA for his work from Afghanistan and a film he made based around this work was nominated for an Emmy and won the Liberty in Media Prize in 2011. His work has been published and exhibited widely. He has made films for The New Yorker and Channel 4 Television in the UK. He is the author of four books including A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan (Saqi Books. 2008) is based on 12 trips to the country between 1994 and 2007 and is a chronicle of Afghanistan's extraordinary recent history. I Am The Beggar of the World (Farrar Straus Giroux. 2014) offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Afghan women through their anonymous Landay poetry. He has collaborated with musician PJ Harvey on projects for Let England Shake and The Hope Six Demolition Project, for which he won a Q Award for Best Music Film in October 2016. Patti Smith listed Murphy's film for Harvey's The Words that Maketh Murder as one of her Top 10 artworks, saying “... this unheralded piece (directed by Seamus Murphy) is a wisp of humanity celebrating the small things. “ Murphy and Harvey together published The Hollow of the Hand (Bloomsbury. 2015) a book of his photography and her poetry. An exhibition and live presentation of The Hollow of the Hand work took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London in 2015 and at Les Recontres d'Arles in France in 2016. His latest book The Republic (Allen Lane. 2016) is an immediate and personal portrait of Ireland and was exhibited at The Little Museum in Dublin in 2017. FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Support Film Network Ireland at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trevor White, Director of the Little Museum of Dublin, was one of five judges in the Irish Times/Fáilte Ireland “Best Place to Holiday in Ireland” competition. He gives Brendan a robust defence of the decision to give that title to The Burren in County Clare.

On this week's episode of Talking History, Patrick Geoghegan examines what Irish artefacts mean to us as a nation and what Ireland's most interesting ones are. He's joined by Lynn Scarff, director of The National Museum of Ireland, Trevor White, director of the Little Museum of Dublin, Helen O'Carroll, Curator/Manager of Kerry County Museum and Jill Cousins, director of The Hunt Museum in Limerick.

Animals have always played a big part in the story of Dublin. This summer they will get the celebration they deserve in a striking new tribute to the Animals of Dublin. Sarah Costigan, Deputy Director of the Little Museum of Dublin and also Christoph Schwitzer, CEO of Dublin Zoo joined Pat this morning on the show to tell him about a new exhibition celebrating the ties between Dubliners and the animals that share our city.

Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 12:30 – 1:30pm ‘“They attached no blame to the staff in charge”: The Role of Dublin Workhouse Officials in Preventing and Contributing to Institutional Mortality, 1872-1913' a seminar by Shelby Zimmerman (TCD) as part of the Medical and Health Humanities Lunchtime Seminar Series in association with Trinity Long Room Hub. The Trinity College Dublin Medical and Health Humanities Initiative brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines including history, philosophy, sociology, drama, health sciences, religion, cultural studies, arts, literature and languages. Medical and health humanities seeks to provide insights into the cultural and social contexts within which diverse but interrelated concerns such as the human condition, the individual experience of illness and suffering, and the way medicine is (or was) practiced, might be understood. The Trinity College Dublin Medical and Health Humanities initiative seeks to cultivate a richer understanding of the interactions and synergies between practices and discourses of wellness, health or medicine and the arts, humanities or culture through interdisciplinary research and education. During the Great Famine from 1845 to 1852, the Irish workhouse was associated in the public consciousness with dying and the mistreatment of the dead. By the end of the nineteenth century, the role of the workhouse shifted from poor relief to medical relief and thus became the largest and most accessible medical institution for the poor. Despite the workhouse's newfound status as a medical institution, it was still plagued by the reputation of its Famine counterpart. Through an analysis of the North and South Dublin Unions, this paper will examine whether that stigma was warranted in post-Famine Dublin. It will look at the treatment of inmates to ascertain whether the Board of Guardians and medical officers were complicit in mortality rates. It will analyse ward management and staffing to determine whether negligence was inherent or a reflection on the medical officers. This paper will also examine how the Guardians responded to infectious disease and whether it revealed different attitudes towards different classes of inmates. Ultimately, this paper will determine if workhouse staff sought to reduce institutional mortality or contributed to the workhouse's stigma. Speaker Biography Shelby Zimmerman is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin studying the medicalisation of death in the Dublin city workhouses from 1872 to 1920 centring on the role the workhouse played in Dublin's medical landscape for the sick and dying poor. She is primarily interested in the history of medicine, institutions, the Irish Poor Law, poverty, and death. She received her BS in History and Museum Studies from Towson University in Maryland and her MPhil with Distinction from Trinity College Dublin in Modern Irish History. Shelby is an Early Career Researcher in the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute. She is also the co-curator of the Little Museum of Dublin's upcoming exhibition on Victorian medicine.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for January 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'The Tudors in Love' with Sarah Gristwood, 'A Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution' with Mike Duncan, 'Antrim: The Irish Revolution 1912-1923' with Brian Feeney, 'The Making of the Anglo Irish Agreement of 1985' edited by Frank Sheridan and The Little Museum of Dublin Icons Lecture Series.  

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures is at the National Museum of Toys/Miniatures. The museum was founded by two childhood friends who grew up to be world class collectors. Laura Taylor from the museum tells us the stories behind some of their miniature masterpieces. We talk about a working mini gold microscope, a miniature Art Deco jewelry store with jewelry made from real gems, and so much more!  Host Becky Gannon can be found on Instagram @madaboutminiatures and the National Museum of Toys/Miniatures is in Kansas City, Missouri and on Instagram @toyandminiaturemuseum. 

The chat continues this week as BPA’s Siobhán Maguire and Jim Culleton, Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company discuss the work of Pat Kinevane and their plans to bring theatre from Ireland to Bainbridge Island.  PAT KINEVANE Pat Kinevane is a native of Cobh, Co. Cork. He has worked as an actor in theatre, film, television, and radio for 30 years. In 2016 Pat won a Laurence Olivier Award in London for his Outstanding Achievement as an Actor and Writer. This prestigious award was shared with Fishamble and Jim Culleton who have been integral to the Production and Direction of Pat’s four Solo Shows. As a writer he completed his first full length play The Nun’s Wood in 1997 which won a BBC Stewart Parker Trust Award and was produced by Fishamble. Fishamble then produced his second play The Plains of Enna (Dublin Theatre Festival 1999). Pat wrote The Death of Herod for Mysteries 2000 at the SFX. In 2008 his piece Evangeline Elsewhere premiered in New York in the First Irish Festival. Since 2006 Pat has been touring extensively with his four solo pieces, which were commissioned, developed and produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company. They are Forgotten (since 2006, Irish Times Theatre Award Nominee), Silent (since 2011, Scotsman Fringe First, Herald Angel and Brighton Argus Angel Award) Underneath (since 2014, Forbes' Best Theatre on Broadway and Beyond List), and Before (Since 2018, Herald Archangel Award, Edinburgh Festival) all directed by Jim Culleton.   FORGOTTEN ‘Has no one a skitter o’ dignity left?’ A unique collage of Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling, Forgotten has been a huge international success for Fishamble during the past decade. It is a captivating portrayal of four elderly characters living in retirement homes around Ireland. “Pat Kinevane’s haunting performance brings to life these sometimes forgotten voices of society.” — CRITICS’ CHOICE, LOS ANGELES TIMES “A piece of theatre not easily forgotten.” — THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE SILENT WINNER HELEN HAYES AWARD OUTSTANDING PERFORMER - VISITING PRODUCTION, 2020 WINNER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE, OLIVIER AWARD 2016 WINNER SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AND THE HERALD ANGEL, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2011 WINNER ARGUS ANGEL, BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2012 Silent is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once had splendid things. But he has lost it all – including his mind. He now dives into the wonderful wounds of his past through the romantic world of Rudolph Valentino. “Passionate one-man show…Mr. Kinevane interprets Valentino’s highly theatrical screen presence to stunning effect…carefully wrought production…[he] doesn’t just demand [the audience’s] attention, he commands it. And that difference is what makes Mr. Kinevane an artist of the theater.” — BEN BRANTLEY, THE NEW YORK TIMES UNDERNEATH WINNER ADELAIDE FRINGE BEST THEATRE AWARD, ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2015 WINNER SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2015 WINNER STAGE RAW BEST SOLO PERFORMER AWARD, LOS ANGELES FORBES' BEST THEATER ON BROADWAY AND BEYOND LIST CRITICS’ CHOICE, LOS ANGELES TIMES Following the runaway international success of Forgotten and Silent, Fishamble presents Pat Kinevane’s third solo play, Underneath, directed by Jim Culleton. This stunning new play is a blackly comic, rich and vivid tale of a life lived in secret, a testament to the people who live on the fringes, under the nose of everyday life. It explores the surface, and what lies underneath. “MESMERIZING… guaranteed to open your eyes to your own life as well as the world around you.” — BROADWAY WORLD BEFORE WINNER HERALD ARCHANGEL AWARD, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2019 Before is a new play with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts - for good. Pontius is inside, trying to choose a gift for his estranged daughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years. He will meet her in an hour.  This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange, from the isolation of his Midlands home, to the madness of O’Connell Street. Some folk are impossible to buy for… Before was commissioned by Fishamble and has been in development with the support of the Arts Council, National Theatre Studio (London), and The Strollers Touring Network.  “Incomparable… with boundless, heroic energy… he sings like a god… superb… Kinevane displays a complete, perfect mastery of his actor’s instrument… don’t miss this show.” — LA TIMES UPCOMING PERFORMANCES Photo by Dan O'Neill INSIDE THE GPO By Colin Murphy Fishamble's Inside the GPO by Colin Murphy was a must-see cultural event at the heart of the 1916 commemorations. This unprecedented documentary drama, directed by Jim Culleton, was a once-in-a-century opportunity to experience the Easter Rising, in the main hall of the GPO itself.  STREAM ONLINE APRIL 1 - 5  2021  BOOK NOW NOTE: The show must be watched between 7pm April 1st and midnight April 5th. (All times are Irish time GMT.) JIM CULLETON Jim Culleton is the artistic director of Fishamble: The New Play Company, for which he has directed productions on tour throughout Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the US. His productions for Fishamble have won many Irish and international awards, including Olivier, The Stage, Scotsman Fringe First, and Irish Times Best Director awards.  Jim has also directed for Audible, the Abbey, the Gaiety, the Belgrade, 7:84 Scotland, Project, Amharclann de hÍde, Tinderbox, The Passion Machine, the Ark, Second Age, Dundee Rep, Draíocht, CoisCéim/Crash Ensemble/GIAF, RTÉ Radio 1, Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, Little Museum of Dublin, Fighting Words, RTÉ lyric fm, Soho Theatre, Scripts Festival, Vessel and APA (Australia), TNL (Canada), Solas Nua and Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Odyssey (LA), Origin, Irish Arts Center and 59E59 (Off-Broadway), as well as for Trafalgar Theatre Productions on the West End, and IAC/Symphony Space on Broadway. Jim has taught for NYU, NUI, GSA, Uversity, the Lir, Villanova, Notre Dame, UM, UMD, and TCD.  SIOBHÁN MAGUIRE Born and raised in Ireland, Siobhán has been a professional Theatre Practitioner for over twenty years, and has a wealth of experience as a producer and venue manager. For BPA she has produced The Tempest (Islandwood), Twelfth Night (Bloedel) and A Midsummer's Night Dream (Bloedel). She is also responsible for creating the popular Irish Play Series at BPA. FISHAMBLE: THE NEW PLAY COMPANY Fishamble is an Irish theatre company that is passionate about discovering, developing and producing new plays of national importance with a global reach, while championing the role of the playwright. It harnesses the imaginative power of theatre to provide audiences with a diverse range of contemporary, compelling and heartfelt dramatic works, and typically supports over 50% of the writers of all new plays produced on the island of Ireland each year. Fishamble thinks nationally and reaches globally, touring its productions to audiences throughout Ireland, and the world. Visit online at www.fishamble.com.

This week we are transported to Dublin, just in time for St Patrick’s Day. Listen in as BPA Operations Manager Siobhán Maguire chats about life in Ireland with longtime friend and collaborator Jim Culleton, Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company.  JIM CULLETON Jim Culleton is the artistic director of Fishamble: The New Play Company, for which he has directed productions on tour throughout Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the US. His productions for Fishamble have won many Irish and international awards, including Olivier, The Stage, Scotsman Fringe First, and Irish Times Best Director awards.  Jim has also directed for Audible, the Abbey, the Gaiety, the Belgrade, 7:84 Scotland, Project, Amharclann de hÍde, Tinderbox, The Passion Machine, the Ark, Second Age, Dundee Rep, Draíocht, CoisCéim/Crash Ensemble/GIAF, RTÉ Radio 1, Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, Little Museum of Dublin, Fighting Words, RTÉ lyric fm, Soho Theatre, Scripts Festival, Vessel and APA (Australia), TNL (Canada), Solas Nua and Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Odyssey (LA), Origin, Irish Arts Center and 59E59 (Off-Broadway), as well as for Trafalgar Theatre Productions on the West End, and IAC/Symphony Space on Broadway. Jim has taught for NYU, NUI, GSA, Uversity, the Lir, Villanova, Notre Dame, UM, UMD, and TCD.  Fishamble’s Pat Kinevane and Jim Culleton after winning an Olivier Award for SILENT SIOBHÁN MAGUIRE Born and raised in Ireland, Siobhán has been a professional Theatre Practitioner for over twenty years, and has a wealth of experience as a producer and venue manager. For BPA she has produced The Tempest (Islandwood), Twelfth Night (Bloedel) and A Midsummer's Night Dream (Bloedel). She is also responsible for creating the popular Irish Play Series at BPA. FISHAMBLE: THE NEW PLAY COMPANY Fishamble is an Irish theatre company that is passionate about discovering, developing and producing new plays of national importance with a global reach, while championing the role of the playwright. It harnesses the imaginative power of theatre to provide audiences with a diverse range of contemporary, compelling and heartfelt dramatic works, and typically supports over 50% of the writers of all new plays produced on the island of Ireland each year. Fishamble thinks nationally and reaches globally, touring its productions to audiences throughout Ireland, and the world. Visit online at www.fishamble.com. President Higgins congratulating Fishamble’s Jim Culleton and Pat Kinevane on their Olivier Award win “During the three decades since your establishment you have received acclaim at home and on the international stage, garnering many prestigious awards. You have also staged many brave and groundbreaking plays which have challenged, surprised and delighted audiences around the world. As you look back over thirty years of artistic endeavor you have much to regard with pride. I wish you every success as you continue to nurture new and emerging talent, and to introduce another generation of theatre goers to truly innovative drama, theatre and performance.” — PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. HIGGINS, PRESIDENT OF IRELAND 2011 – PRESENT CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED “ON BLUEBERRY HILL” IS NOW AVAILABLE ON AUDIBLE! On Blueberry Hill by Irish Fiction Laureate and award-winning writer Sebastian Barry Directed By Jim Culleton | Produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company Now available on AUDIBLE “Fishamble is to be congratulated on bringing original material to the public. It is ploughing in a risky furrow to produce fresh, innovative and modern Irish writing for the theatre. I wish the company continuing success.” — MARY MCALEESE, PRESIDENT OF IRELAND 1997 – 2011 Above: Fishamble’s EMBARGO by Deirdre Kinahan; Photo by Anthony Woods FISHAMBLE: THE NEW PLAY COMPANY IS SUPPORTED BY:    

What is and was Christmas in Dublin like?This time we are joined by Mark McKenna and Gerry Dowling, two Dubliners and guides at The Little Museum of Dublin, who will take us back to their childhood Christmases and give their best advice on what to experience in Dublin during Christmas.Visit The Little Museum of Dublin at www.littlemuseum.ieThis episode's Irish phrase:Happy Christmas to you!Nollaig Shona Duit! (singular)  pronounced - Null-igg Hunna DittNollaig Shona Daoibh (plural)  pronounced - Null-igg Hunna Deeve 

Ireland's participation in the soccer World Cup in Italy in 1990, 30 years ago, was a defining time for the country, leading to community bonding, national pride and general elation. Jack Charlton, alas no longer with us, became an object of national veneration for getting us so far in the competition before Italy put a stop to our gallop. The Irish fans distinguished themselves as fans and revellers; even when we lost, we won. Colm Tóibín and Eamon Dunphy were there as journalists, and they had an interesting time! In this episode, Colm and Eamon are interviewed via video by Mark Duncan, Director of Century Ireland and co–curator of the forthcoming exhibition on Italia 90 at the Little Museum of Dublin.  This First Thought Talk was presented in September 2020 as part of Galway International Arts Festival's once-off Autumn Edition. 

In episode 126 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed questioning the need to deconstruct photography, considering the state of art photography, setting up your own photo talks and revealing how the podcast is constructed.  Plus this week photographer Seamus Murphy takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Seamus Murphy grew up in Ireland and is now based in London. He is the recipient of seven World Press Photo awards for his photographic work in Afghanistan, Gaza, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Peru and Ireland. Seamus received The World Understanding Award from POYi in the USA for his work from Afghanistan and a film he made based around this work was nominated for an Emmy and won the Liberty in Media Prize in 2011. His work has been published and exhibited widely. He has made films for The New Yorker and Channel 4 Television in the UK and is the author of four books including A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan in 2008 and I Am The Beggar of the World in 2014. Seamus has collaborated with the musician PJ Harvey on her projects Let England Shake and The Hope Six Demolition Project, for which he won a Q Award for Best Music Film in 2016. Murphy and Harvey collaborated on The Hollow of the Hand published in 2015, a book of his photography and her poetry. An exhibition and live presentation of The Hollow of the Hand work took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London in 2015 and at Les Recontres d'Arles in France in 2016. His latest book The Republic is an immediate and personal portrait of Ireland and was exhibited at The Little Museum in Dublin in 2017. www.seamusmurphy.com Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Taylor Francis 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Taylor Francis 2019). His next book What Does Photography Mean to You? will be published in late 2020.

Three decades on, Roddy Doyle talked to Oliver about the profound impact Italia 90 had on the country, the joy Big Jack brought to our nation when we needed it most and the new exhibition opening today at the Little Museum of Dublin that celebrates this great moment in our history.

Listen to our annual Conversations event recorded at The Little Museum in December 2019.

First day of 33rd Dáil; Caroline Flack suicide prompts examination of social media; "Ghost ship" swept ashore in West Cork; Passengers start disembarking Japan coronavirus ship; Little Museum of Dublin celebrates the Diceman; New post-Brexit immigration rules; 10 year old Donegal boy writes to Jurgen Klopp

"Seamus Murphy grew up in Ireland and is based in London. He is the recipient of seven World Press Photo awards for his photographic work in Afghanistan, Gaza, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Peru and Ireland. He received The World Understanding Award from POYi in the USA for his work from Afghanistan and a film he made based around this work was nominated for an Emmy and won the Liberty in Media Prize in 2011. His work has been published and exhibited widely. He has made films for The New Yorker and Channel 4 Television in the UK. He is the author of four books including 'A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan' (Saqi Books. 2008) is based on 12 trips to the country between 1994 and 2007 and is a chronicle of Afghanistan’s extraordinary recent history. 'I Am The Beggar of the World' (Farrar Straus Giroux. 2014) offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Afghan women through their anonymous Landay poetry. He has collaborated with musician PJ Harvey on projects for 'Let England Shake' and 'The Hope Six Demolition Project,' for which he won a Q Award for Best Music Film in October 2016. Patti Smith listed Murphy’s film for Harvey’s 'The Words that Maketh Murder' as one of her Top 10 artworks, saying “... this unheralded piece (directed by Seamus Murphy) is a wisp of humanity celebrating the small things. “ Murphy and Harvey together published 'The Hollow of the Hand' (Bloomsbury. 2015) a book of his photography and her poetry. An exhibition and live presentation of 'The Hollow of the Hand' work took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London in 2015 and at Les Recontres d’Arles in France in 2016. His latest book 'The Republic' (Allen Lane. 2016) is an immediate and personal portrait of Ireland and was exhibited at The Little Museum in Dublin in 2017.His latest film 'A Dog Called Money,' another collaboration with Polly Jean Harvey, is currently screening around the world.

Recorded in front of a live audience in The Little Museum of Dublin with a fantastic panel of working mums speaking on the 'struggle to juggle'.

To celebrate International Women's Day, we gathered a gang of formidable women making it in male-dominated careers to find out about their 'What's she doing here?' moments. Hosted by The Little Museum of Dublin, it comes ahead of a photographic exhibition of works by Beta Bjagart beginning there March 31st. On today's episode you'll hear from Bjargart, as well as lifeboat navigator Lisa Levins-Burgess, aircraft engineer Kate Melady and firefighter Teresa Hudson, in conversation with Kathy Sheridan about their inspirational jobs and why it is they do them.

Find out about Saba's Little Museum a unique museum in the Jerusalem Hills that tells the story of Israel's history through artifacts. I interviewed Debi Kali the founder of the museum for BITE SIZE on the Nachum Segal Network. Going behind the scenes of "Fun In Jerusalem" with Joanna Shebson.

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http://www.adorama.com Dublin based Photographer & author of A Woman's Work project, Beta Bajgartova chats to Ruth about her passion for capturing people and stories. Originally from Czechoslovakia Beta also talks about her change of career from journalism to full-time photographer and what drives her to communicate stories through imagery. This episode includes great tips in how to set up dramatic shots as teasers for drama productions. Related Products; Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR Body with Canon Log https://www.adorama.com/ica5dm4l.html?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Photographer%20Beta%20Bajgartova%20Part%201%3A%20Out%20of%20the%20Darkroom%20with%20Ruth%20Medjber&utm_content=video Canon 3 Lens Bundle with 14mm, 50mm, 85mm Cinema Prime EF Mount Lenses https://www.adorama.com/cacneclb4.html?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Photographer%20Beta%20Bajgartova%20Part%201%3A%20Out%20of%20the%20Darkroom%20with%20Ruth%20Medjber&utm_content=video Camera Muzzle Sound Muffling Enclosure for Canon and Nikon Digital SLRs https://www.adorama.com/czm.html?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Photographer%20Beta%20Bajgartova%20Part%201%3A%20Out%20of%20the%20Darkroom%20with%20Ruth%20Medjber&utm_content=video Pentax K-1 Digital SLR Camera Body https://www.adorama.com/ipxk1.html?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Photographer%20Beta%20Bajgartova%20Part%201%3A%20Out%20of%20the%20Darkroom%20with%20Ruth%20Medjber&utm_content=video Pentax HD DA 55-300mm f/4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE Telephoto Zoom Lens https://www.adorama.com/px55300wre.html?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Photographer%20Beta%20Bajgartova%20Part%201%3A%20Out%20of%20the%20Darkroom%20with%20Ruth%20Medjber&utm_content=video Photos by Beta Bajgartova https://twitter.com/betaphotographyfacebook: Beta Photographer https://www.facebook.com/betaphotographer/instagram: betaphotographer https://www.instagram.com/betaphotographer/ Beta's ExhibitionsBig exhibition of A Woman's Work project is scheduled for 2018 in The Little Museum of Dublin. In Dublin on St. Green https://www.facebook.com/littlemuseum/Beta will also be selling books and showing pictures on People's Photography in Dublin (on St. Green): peoplesphotography.ie/ in August 26th and 27th 2017. Workshops with BetaA Story in a Single Frame on Dalkey Creates Festival Saturday 21st October 2017. See more from Ruth: http://www.ruthlessimagery.comhttps://twitter.com/ruthlessimageryhttps://www.instagram.com/ruthlessimagery

A complication changes the stakes of the Job, and the Crew is encouraged to get... explosive. The Crimson Lions crew stars: Lovenought ... as Felix Duncanovich Miller, Brawler from The Circle Mykin ... as Gideon Bashir, Boss from The Family Hawkflight ... as Erin Lynn Kavanagh, Magus from The Circle Azure_Mountain ... as Thaddeus J. Frost, Thief from The Gravediggers and DreadPriest ... as Gustav Graves, Achemist from The Gravediggers

Welcome to New Dunhaven, the Dusk City. Today, a Crew is hired for a Job: Taking back a local museum and community center. The Crimson Lions crew stars: Lovenought ... as Felix Duncanovich Miller, Brawler from The Circle Mykin ... as Gideon Bashir, Boss from The Family Hawkflight ... as Erin Lynn Kavanagh, Magus from The Circle Azure_Mountain ... as Thaddeus J. Frost, Thief from The Gravediggers and DreadPriest (who is not appearing in this episode)

Little Museum of Dublin walk through

Little Museum of Dublin walk through

First up Jim Carroll joins us on the line from Austin, Texas to give his take on the sights and sounds of this year's SxSW and what the Irish contingent have contributed to the festival this time around. In part two Laurence Mackin interviews celebrated sound recordist Chris Watson, best known for his work on David Attenborough's beloved nature documentaries. From getting into trouble trying to capture the howls of hyenas, recording animals on the edge of extinction, creating the imagined sounds of mythical island Hy Brasil with all its imaginary flora and fauna, to more mundane subjects like the house sparrows in his own back garden, Chris's fascination with the natural world is truly contagious. Chris was on town for a performance of Hy Brasil as one of the Santa Rita concerts at The Little Museum of Dublin.

On this week's travel show, Fionn travels to Madrid in the company of Conor Pope and Mark O'Neill of the Little Museum of Dublin to discover a city that never sleeps because it's too busy eating tapas, drinking slowly, admiring art and enjoying its green spaces. Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport and produced by Sinead O'Shea. It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr