CELEBRATING 25 years, the Backwater Artists Group (BAG) in Cork has plenty to shout about. It is one of the largest artists’ studio groups in Ireland. But a technical glitch in the application for funding has resulted in zero money from the Arts Council this year.

The animation industry is in rude health globally and especially in Ireland with Cartoon Saloon up for an Oscar next week. Ed Power asks some well known faces what cartoons they lived for as kids.

Name: Heather Mulcahy

More than 250 films will be screened at this year’s Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, which will have a special focus on animation.

The owner of Fr Ted Crilly’s parochial house has hit out at fresh Government plans to construct visitor facilities at Mullaghmore in the Burren.

This week we meet Geraldine Greene from Clare and Holly Collis-Lee from Dublin.

From Oscar nods to BAFTA nominations, Irish animation is going through a golden age.

This week street trend meets Gillian Gilbourne and Josephine Kennedy

Sandra Hennessy from Lusk and Katie Slattery from Dublin are featured in this week's Street Trend.

Two students, Laura O'Driscoll and Akvile Vernelyt, talk about their latest trends.