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1930s New York was a town of shebeens, jazz, sex and... Ulysses. It was the era of Prohibition and James Joyces novel - like liquor - was much in demand, but could only be bought under the counter. Until, that was, a feisty young publisher sailed to Paris to buy the rights from Joyce, hired the best free speech lawyer in the land, and took a case to liberate Ulysses from American censorship.

Colin Murphy’s script explores the 1933 legal battle to allow US publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses

1930s New York was a town of shebeens, jazz, sex and... Ulysses. It was the era of Prohibition and James Joyces novel - like liquor - was much in demand, but could only be bought under the counter. Until, that was, a feisty young publisher sailed to Paris to buy the rights from Joyce, hired the best free speech lawyer in the land, and took a case to liberate Ulysses from American censorship.

Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: Janet Moran’s play takes place in a Quaker meeting house on the point of being swept away by developers

AS artistic director with award-winning theatre group, Stage Beyond, Dee Conaghan has usually plenty to say: an encouraging word here, some supportive advice there.

We have seen behaviour more befitting the series finale of Mad Men than a statutory body in receipt of public money

It all started a hundred years ago on this day

Conor O'Brien was the first sailor to circumnavigate the world in a small yacht via the 3 Great Capes

This year’s awards, for productions staged in 2022, are presented on Sunday. To whet your appetite, we look back at past winners in key categories