Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer has written a play based on his oldest friend’s diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, writes Colette Sheridan

The furore around the departure of our greatest boxing coach Billy Walsh could set a dangerous precedent as another Irish talent is forced into exile, writes Michael Clifford

Setting his new TV crime series in Wexford gave Billy Roche a different dynamic to work with than the usual Dublin shows, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

My biggest fault is that I am impulsive. Sometimes I pick an option and go with it, without having thought about all the possible outcomes.

Theo Dorgan’s new poetry collection, Nine Bright Shiners, utilises nautical metaphor to remember nine dead friends and loved-ones, says Thomas McCarthy.

Artemis Fowl creator Eoin Colfer was happy to switch to drama for a play in his hometown, writes Marjorie Brennan

After a stint in the West End as an understudy to Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan, Brian Fenton is back on home turf for a starring role in an adaptation of Tom Barry’s memoir, Guerilla Days in Ireland.

To mark tomorrow’s 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, Des O’Driscoll looks back on the day in 1991 when the late singer’s band played a support slot at Sir Henry’s in Cork.

Michael Hilliard Mulcahy’s play, Beyond the Brooklyn Sky, deals with the generation that emigrated from Ireland in the 1980s and returned, some without having fulfilled their dreams.

A West Cork village is gearing up for an influx of more than 3,500 people next month as locals make final preparations for one of the most prestigious drama festivals on the national circuit.

RECLUSIVE author Annie Proulx arrived in Ireland yesterday to open a literary festival and will spend the next few days in west Cork researching a new book.

The Abbey Theatre today ruled out suggestions to relocate to the historic GPO building.

THE newly formed Alliance for the Betterment of Coursing held its inaugural National meeting on Sunday last in Nenagh and organisers were delighted with the huge turnout.

The creator of cult TV puppet ’Bosco’ today won a prestigious RTE short story competition.

The winners of RTÉ’s Francis MacManus Short Story Competition will be announced today.

HISTORY was made yesterday when Marshals Hunter, owned by Billy Roche from Clonmel, trained by his wife Marie, and nominated by Mrs Ann Flaherty from Clonmel became the first greyhound to win the Freddie Warrell Memorial Ladies 40th International for the second year in succession.

TEENAGERS setting off firecrackers to celebrate Leaving Cert results may have burned down a hotel in Rosslare, causing €4 million worth of damage.