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TV guide: 22 of the best shows to watch this week, beginning tonight Keys to My Life, Too Close, Naked Attraction, Uimhir a 6, Frank of Ireland, Leonardo
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Sunday, RTÉ One, 6.30pm The mystic landscape of the Burren has fascinated folk for centuries, and filmmaker Katrina Costello has spent the past 13 years’ filming and photographing in this unique geological wonder in Co Clare. In her two-part documentary, Costello explores the karst limestone formations, the flora and fauna, the underground cave systems and the Burren’s mysterious turloughs (disappearing lakes). As well as capturing the stunning, evocative beauty of the Burren, Costello looks back in time to the early Irish hunter-gatherers, and asks the question: are we
One year since Covid-19 forced many of us to retreat to our homes, we might not be able to visit art in traditional gallery settings, but that hasn’t stopped art from coming to us. From vast murals bringing colour and light into the monotony of our daily walks to messages of hope and encouragement emblazoned on brick walls, a wave of Irish artists has taken to the streets with pieces to amuse and amaze, inspire and provoke. Here, seven of the country’s most talented mural makers, sign painters and street artists tell us the stories behind the public pieces they’ve created in the pandemic