Alan Simspon used to say, tongue in cheek: "We died so that Irish theatre could be free", and certainly the "Rose Tattoo" affair dispelled the spectre of State theatre censorship for good ...

Particularly if you fancied getting a rose, or maybe something in white ink, you’ll want to take notes. Mikaela, an Irish tattoo artist, recently took to social media to share the tattoos that ...

Its Irish claim to fame seems to belong to another planet. In 1957 the Tennessee Williams play The Rose Tattoo opened the first Dublin Theatre Festival to great acclaim. The script has a condom ...