Cork-born Cónal Creedon is a novelist, playwright and documentary film maker. His latest book, The Immortal Deed Of Michael O’Leary, is an account of a man from Inchigeelagh, Co Cork, who became a hero of the First World War.

Five great things to do from the world of arts, culture and film this week

THE night of September 29, 2008, gave Ireland’s its longest-ever hangover. The infamous, ill-informed bank guarantee still casts a shadow over each new charge, each new stealth tax, each new protestation of the need for new ‘funding models’.

Dublin Fringe’s Show in a Bag plays are designed to tour cheaply

Mary Murray tells Pádraic Killeen about Fishamble’s latest short form project

The market research people would struggle to find the demographic that Keith Farnan is aiming for with his latest comedy show, but that’s kind of how he likes it. The show is an exploration of feminism entitled ‘How much is that woman in the window?’.

Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland project affords ordinary people the opportunity to speak their minds, writes Pádraic Killeen

Irish theatre company Fishamble will bring its acclaimed production of Tadhg Stray Wandered In, by Michael Collins, to the Prague Fringe Festival from June 3 to June 6.