Mourneabbey solidified their status as queens of the Cork LGFA senior championship with a sixth successive county title following victory over West Cork at Cork IT on Saturday.

A more mature Mark O’Rowe says his new play has eased off on the visceral approach that marked his earlier work, writes Liam Heylin.

Garrett Lombard and Druid’s other young guns were eager to put their spin on Beckett’s classic, writes Alan O’Riordan

 

Mary White gives the lowdown on the eight teams in the top division of the Lidl NFL...

In modern-day ladies’ football, the retention of All-Ireland titles by Cork is nothing new.

The Everyman Theatre has announced its summer programme, featuring a fantastic mix of classic and contemporary theatre, music, comedy and much more.

Actors are not fearless. We are brave.

Kerry actress Aisling O’Sullivan is relishing the thought of bringing Druid’s Shakespeare extravaganza to Limerick and Skibbereen, writes Padraic Killeen

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Five sets of sisters will be hoping to win the senior All-Ireland club title with Mourneabbey on Sunday.

Town Hall Theatre, Galway

Bailegangaire will be staged alongside Tom Murphy’s new prequel to his classic play, writes Pádraic Kileen

Aisling Bea is a performer in the old vaudeville tradition, a Lucille Ball for modern times — she writes, she acts and she does stand-up.

Theatre - The Colleen Bawn

For Garry Hynes, artistic director with Druid Theatre Company, 2014 has begun where 2013 ended, with the joyous revival of Dion Boucicault’s 1860 play, The Colleen Bawn.

Classical: Berlin Philharmonie, Live in HD

A teenage violin virtuoso has taken a huge step towards a career in music after winning the country’s largest classical music competition for second-level students.

Three West Cork students have been honoured for their outstanding voluntary work at an All-Ireland youth awards event.

Three exam students are being hailed as heroes after they rescued a woman from a river in Co Clare.

Three movies are set to battle it out at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) after getting nine nominations each.

THERE were mixed fortunes for the Cork sides, Bord Gáis Neptune and UCC Demons, ahead of their National Cup semi-final next Sunday.

ARTS

YOU can’t put a price on fine art, and now it seems you can’t put a name on it either.

Director Carmel Winters storms home with this brilliantly disturbing mock-doc that sets up all manner of avenues for exploration but is intriguingly clever enough to then point you another way.

DEFENDING champions, DCU Mercy, and last year’s beaten finalists, Team Montenotte Hotel from Cork, will once more face off for theWomen’s SuperLeague National Cup title in a fortnight.

An Irish-made romantic comedy set in Dublin’s theatrical world will be premiered in the capital this week.

ROUNDING off a weekend of star-studded award ceremonies and film premieres in Dublin, the fifth Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) didn’t fail to bring out a mix of Hollywood stars and home-grown talent.

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A film directed by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh was tonight nominated for an Oscar.

Irish playwright Martin McDonagh is facing an anxious week as his debut short film is destined for the prestigious BAFTA awards next weekend.

RTÉ managing director Cathal Goan promises an autumn schedule of more new home-produced drama, more factual programming and several new entertainment strands — as well as more programming for young people.