Ireland’s Edge, the ideas and discussion strand of Other Voices, returns to Dingle for its 12h edition on the 27th and 28th of November bringing together artists, thinkers, makers, activists and organisers, to reflect, imagine and exchange perspectives at the edge of things.

This year's theme, Idir an Dá Linn - the Irish for ‘in the meantime’ - evokes a space between worlds, between what is passing and what is yet to emerge.

We are living in mean times. Times of profound uncertainty, upheaval and disquiet, suspended between what has been and what is yet to come. A world in flux, where familiar certainties are dissolving and the future feels increasingly unknowable.

Yet the in-between is not only a place of apprehension or waiting. It can also be a place of possibility, imagination and freedom. A space for ambiguity, nuance and contradiction, where new ideas emerge and different ways of thinking and being become possible.

Mean Time also celebrates the ordinary, the everyday, the fleeting moments that make up our lives. While the great dramas of history unfold around us, we continue to find meaning in art, music, friendship, humour and human connection.

At Ireland's Edge, we gather in this space between, to question, imagine, challenge, create and connect. To make room for complexity, uncertainty and wonder. And to consider not only what the future might hold, but how we choose to live, together, in the meantime.

SPEAKERS

Aisling Bea, Actor, Comedian & Writer, in conversation with a Special Guest / Billy Mag Fhloinn, Folklorist, Archaeologist & Lecturer / Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, Human Rights Lawyer / Carole Cadwalladr, Author & Journalist, The Nerve / Christopher Kissane, Writer, Historian & Host / Gwenno, Musician, Songwriter & Producer / Irvine Welsh, Author / James Reed: All About Business Live, with FoodCloud founder Iseult Ward / Malachy Browne, Director of Visual Investigations, The New York Times / Muireann Kelliher, Co-Founder & Curator, Ireland’s Edge / Pat F. Hennessy, Senior Marine & Fisheries Advisor / Paul Caruana Galizia, Author & Investigative Reporter, Financial Times / Rob MacNeacail, Musician, Sound Designer & Gaelic Cultural Advocate / Seán McCabe, Head of Climate Justice at Bohemian Football Club / Shirley Walsh, CEO, Shannon Coiled Springs & Chairperson, Emerald Aero Group / Sophia Smith-Galer, Journalist, Content Creator & Author of How to Kill a Language + with more to be announced.

The full Ireland's Edge 2026 programme will be released in the coming weeks, with further speakers and musical guests to be announced.

TICKETS

Tickets are now on sale now via Eventbrite

Weekend ticket: €65 + booking charges

Day ticket - Friday: €35 + booking charges

Day ticket - Saturday: €50 + booking charges 

Concession tickets are available on request for students, older adults, and those on limited incomes: please email rsvp@southwindblows.ie 

Courtesy of our venue partner The Skellig Hotel, a specially prepared three-course lunch will be available to all Saturday attendees in the Skellig Hotel’s Coastguard Restaurant.

Ireland’s Edge – Idir an Dá Linn / Mean Time is supported by Reed and Venue Partner Dingle Skellig Hotel.