FUNDING for the arts may be thin on the ground but there seems to be no end to the amount of theatre companies springing up in Cork, often working without anything approaching a budget or, if they’re lucky, getting one-off funding for projects.

Celebrating three years since Christchurch was opened as part of the Triskel’s expansion and reinvention, a number of free events will take place at the Cork venue on May 22.

A sharp increase in arts funding from Cork City Council is good news for individuals and groups, says Colette Sheridan

Actor, director and producer Julie Kelleher is relishing the challenge of taking the helm at the Everyman Theatre, writes Colette Sheridan

THE recent announcement of a laureate for Irish fiction, for which the recipient will be awarded €150,000 over three years, is welcome for writers and readers.

Theatre is thriving in Cork: SHOW is a festival of original work and continues at the Triskel Arts Centre until Sunday.

A showcase of theatrical work from six Cork-based companies runs at the TDC (Triskel Development Centre) from Nov 29-Dec 8.

LIKE life, there are certain rules of conduct when skiing.

The dynamics of a friendship between two young women is explored in Katie Mag, which opens at the Everyman Theatre on Apr 9.

The Theatre Development Centre’s new three-week residencies provide the time and space for test runs of new work in Cork City, says Colette Sheridan

Britain's 80,000 EasyMobile customers will lose their service after the company’s Danish partner decided to pull out of the UK market.

SWISSCOM’S takeover of Eircom collapsed spectacularly yesterday when the Swiss government pulled the plug by saying it would use its shareholding to block the deal.

THE eircom takeover plot thickened yesterday when potential buyer Swisscom was linked with a joint bid for a Danish company and the Swiss government announced plans to cut its stakeholding in Swisscom from 66% to 50%.

FRESH doubts were raised over the proposed takeover of Eircom yesterday when it was reported that potential buyer Swisscom had turned its attention to Denmark’s top fixed-line operator.

EIRCOM shares continued their fall from grace yesterday, falling for the third day in a row as Swisscom finally owned up to being behind last week’s takeover approach.

SWISSCOM has been granted exclusive takeover talks with Eircom in return for an indicative offer that values the phone company at €2.6 billion, it emerged last night.

Moves by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou to launch a low-cost mobile service were boosted today by an agreement to rent airtime from T-Mobile.

SHAREHOLDERS in Belgacom, Belgium's main fixed-line telecom company, will sell up to €3.91 billion in stock in Europe's biggest initial public offering in three years, the Brussels-based company said yesterday.