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BBC denies cutting out Irish language lyrics from new CMAT song after singer criticises ‘crazy edit’ irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. CMAT said she wasn’t responsible for the edit: ‘I don’t know who edited it out - that was crazy of them’

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 7 h

Dublin Theatre Festival programme revealed irishtimes.com/culture/stage/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Róise Goan announces her first programme as artistic director and CEO

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 10 h

Billie Eilish at 3Arena in Dublin: Stage times, ticket information, support acts and more irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Everything you need to know about Billie Eilish’s concerts in Dublin this week

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 11 h

The Music Quiz: The Cranberries song Yeats’ Grave quotes from which of the great man’s poems? irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Plus: What was the original name of Kilkenny alt-metal outfit Kerbdog?

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 11 h

50 years of women’s writing: The 21st century – a boom time... or is it? irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Irish women writers’ success would be a cause for celebration, were it not for those pesky figures

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 12 h

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood: An extraordinary evocation of the liminal world between land and sea irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. This novel about a shrimp farmer can only add to Wood’s reputation as one of Britain’s most engaging contemporary novelists

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 19 h

Interviewing Ozzy Osbourne: ‘You can’t live that way forever. It catches up with you eventually’ irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. The Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV star has died aged 76. Ed Power met him in 2014

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 20 h

Ozzy Osbourne 1948-2025: A life in pictures irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. A selection of photographs capturing the life and music career of the Black Sabbath frontman

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 21 h

Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, weeks after farewell concert irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Former Black Sabbath singer died ‘surrounded by love’, family said

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 21 h

The Bad Guys 2: Putting the guff in McGuffins irishtimes.com/culture/film/r… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Tolerable sequel is big on zany visuals but dragged down by an overcomplicated plot

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · 23 h

The Fantastic Four: First Steps review - Good, clean, retro fun. The superpower here might be sentimentality irishtimes.com/culture/film/r… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. No homework is required. This MCU film can be enjoyed or loathed on its own uncomplicated terms

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 22

Forest Fest 2025: Daily line-ups, stage times, ticket information, weather and more irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Everything you need to know about the big summer festival taking place in Emo Village, Co Laois, this weekend

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 22

Sci-fi/fantasy reads: AI as our saviour, a genetically engineered space crew, and navigating a world designed for giants irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. New novels from Lucy Lapinska, James Alistair Henry, Ishmael A Soledad and more

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 22

Why the Moon Travels review: Eye-opening show is not just a retelling of Traveller folktales irishtimes.com/culture/stage/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Galway International Arts Festival: For the audience, there are hints of things we want to hear more about

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 22

Story of a Day – Scéal Lae review: Nothing special is pretty special irishtimes.com/culture/stage/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Galway International Arts Festival: This show has the high production values children’s theatre deserves

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 22

Billy Joel opens up about brain disorder diagnosis: ‘It sounds a lot worse than what I’m feeling’ irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Joel cancelled concerts mid-tour in May following normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 22

Lost for words: Dublin-born artist Jenny Brady explores the world of interpretation irishtimes.com/culture/art/20… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Watching The Glass Booth we discover the subtle, complex and fascinating interplay of power and trust that mediating language orally involves

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 21

Enda Walsh’s The Baby’s Room: an evocative moment of self-realisation irishtimes.com/culture/stage/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Galway International Arts Festival: another tour de force by Kate Gilmore, written and directed by Enda Walsh

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 21

Karl Weschke: Postwar modernist painter who remains criminally under-recognised irishtimes.com/culture/art/20… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. Review: Painting order out of chaos - Severe, brooding paintings deserve a wider audience

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Irish Times Culture@IrishTimesCultr · Jul 21

The Murder Capital at Iveagh Gardens: A killer set subjects leafy Dublin to a satisfying salvo of mosh pit mania irishtimes.com/culture/music/… via @IrishTimesCultr

IrishTimesCultr's tweet card. James McGovern’s onstage persona is a sort of Amnesty International Liam Gallagher

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