The Balloon Tree artworks playfully welcome children, young people and families to two facilities located at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown and Tallaght Hospital. The signature artworks, by artist Róisín de Buitléar, were commissioned for integration into the main entrance spaces i...

Through open invitation and suggested lines of enquiry, willing groups and individuals were sought out and engaged in conversation. Echoing the rambling house tradition, recurring visits were paid to places of work or of gathering. These places were often on the margins: at the edge of town or th...

The teenagers were introduced to creative writing in two ways: firstly, through exploring the concept of creative texting using mobile phones; secondly, facilitating workshops in which the teenagers researched and wrote their own short stories, written in the first person. These short stories wer...

Medusae is the Latin term for jellyfish. Drawing on both poetic and literal interpretations of the theme, Dorothy and Tom Cross' Medusae weaves documentary style narratives and explicit demonstrations of the swimming techniques of the jellyfish with vignettes, referencing the imagin...

A live performance of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's seventeenth-century acclaimed arrangement of the Stabat Mater Dolorosa in a remote slate quarry and Marian grotto on the western edge of Valentia Island, County Kerry.

There was a distinct secular, profane, and even mundane quality to this rec...

Gary Coyle has been swimming for seven years, photographing and documenting the sea on virtually a daily basis. This was his first venture into the moving image and his film accompanies a score by composer Stephen Gardner. For years...

Martina Coyle, an artist from the Mayo County Council artist's panel, was commissioned to produce a site responsive artwork in the Erris area. After an initial research period living and exploring Erris, Coyle returned to Mayo to spend four months in residence in the Blacksod area early in 2006. ...

A site specific bridge was constructed in steel and silk, representative in design and an accurate scale of a bridge which was there until 1996. The silk was hand sewn in collaboration with Frances Hammond and Rishie Peroo, who both currently work in a small sewing factory which is also in one of...

Creagh Primary wished to commission a sculpture to be created and installed in the grounds of their school and they wanted it to reflect the ethos of the school. After a number of consultations with teachers and children we created a small group of children that I would consult with on the design...

Oiche na nDeich Seol was a festival created by children for children and adults. My proposal was to work with the children in supporting them to host their own public event for the local public. I wanted everything that was in the festival to be based on the children's interpretation of th...