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A round-up of all the best entertainment news

A round-up of all the best entertainment news

Des O’Sullivan gives a run down of the events at next weekend’s Irish Antique Dealers’ Association Fair.

Employer demand for graduates from the University of Limerick is still powering ahead of all other third-level colleges, UL president Don Barry said yesterday.

A RIVER flowing through a town should, you might expect, be seen as an advantage — not only for its beauty and environmental value, but also for very practical reasons.

USA: North America’s tallest peak, Alaska’s Mount McKinley, may have been taken down a notch.

Esther N McCarthy dips, wheels and whirls to pick cute, clever and crafty gifts for everyone this festive season.

You don’t have to spend a sleigh-load of money to visit a Christmas market. Continental-style chalets are popping up all over Ireland. Pól Ó Conghaile picks some of the best

David Pipe has urged racing’s rulers not to make a “knee-jerk” reaction to the deaths of Synchronised and According To Pete in the Grand National.

Chelsea today confirmed they had completed the protracted signing of Gary Cahill from Bolton.

Two celebrities will go head to head in a special Bushtucker Trial in tonight’s show to decide which will be the third star booted out of 'I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!'

Manchester City have branded Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's outspoken comments about UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules "unfounded and regrettable".

A 21-year-old man has been refused bail after he was charged with possessing a revolver at Smithfield Horse Fair in Dublin in March.

EAGLE’S PASS is the nap choice to land the Kildare Nationalist Hurdle at Punchestown this evening.

The 10th annual Opportunities jobs fair is due to open in Dublin’s Croke Park today.

Tony McCoy led the fund raisers at Hereford on Cantor Fitzgerald UK Memorial Day as racing paid its respects to the thousands killed in the terrorists attack on America a year ago.