Arts editor, Des O'Driscoll, sets out five things to do in the world of arts and culture for the week ending 15/09/19.

After getting a publicity boost in an episode of The Young Offenders, indie Cork band The Frank and Walters have seen an increase in popularity in their hit song 'After All'.

Eve Kelliher looks at the world of property and interiors.

Des O'Driscoll shares his picks for the week ahead

The 65th Cork International Choral Festival, which is set to take place this week, will provide the region with a €10 million cash boost.

US-born composer James May will have his prize-winning work performed at Cork International Choral Festival, writes

Noel Fehily retires as a professional jump jockey today, having enjoyed a scintillating career. The 43-year-old explains why he’s getting out now and doing so with no regrets

The first victory of day two of this year’s Cheltenham Festival came early. Very early.

Aidan Coleman has carved out a solid career since moving to England from Cork over a decade ago but it wasn’t until Paisley Park won the JLT Hurdle last December that he finally joined the Grade One club. Now the 30-year-old is hoping the Stayers’ Hurdle favourite can double his tally of Cheltenham Festival successes later this week

Hard to recall a Tuesday card at Cheltenham as difficult as today’s but Benie Des Dieux can be the punters’ pal on the opening day to the 2019 Festival by proving a class apart from her rivals in the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle.

Samcro has been ruled out of a return to the Cheltenham Festival next week by trainer Gordon Elliott.

One of the most ambitious undertakings of this year's Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has been to book three concerts at the City Hall, a sizeable new venue for the event. Rostered for the Saturday night slot was Laura Mvula, the British soul singer who burst on the scene in 2013 with her debut album Sing To The Moon.

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As part of the upcoming Words by Water literary festival, Alannah Hopkin has edited a collection of poems, stories and memories from the Co Cork town, writes Marjorie Brennan.

A marine biologist with a passion for scuba diving is going deep with a new venture which aims to unlock the underwater tourism potential of Cork Harbour.

The hype that surrounds Presenting Percy should ensure Monalee goes off a tasty price in today’s RSA Insurance Novices’ Chase and Henry De Bromhead’s charge is fancied to do the business in a race that historically separates the men from the boys.

Last year's winner Sizing John and ante-post favourite Might Bite feature among 38 entries for the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup.

And after 115 features, 34 documentaries and 116 shorts, the panel of esteemed judges had their work cut out for them.

Des O’Driscoll shares his tips for the week ahead

UK folk hero June Tabor returns to Cork, a city she first played in the 1970s, with her genre-defying trio Quercus, writes Ed Power.

Digging your own potatoes and serving up “balls of flour’’ on the kitchen table, an hour later, is a special kind of experience that’s becoming all too rare in Ireland, with the one-time staple food being gradually forsaken in recent years, writes Donal Hickey. 

A South African widow who has sold her house and business to find love in Lisdoonvarna is attracting unprecedented interest from would-be suitors ahead of the start of the matchmaking festival.

A performance of Messiah, 275 years after the famous oratorio made its debut in this country, will be one of the highlights of Kilkenny Arts Festival, writes Cathy Desmond.

Des O’Driscoll picks five of the best events to check out this week.

Lengthening days and warmer temperatures, up to 17C at times, are all helping nature to emerge from a long winter sleep, writes Donal Hickey

At a loss for plans this Christmas? Colette Keane has your weekend sorted.

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‘At this stage, we can’t remember how many times we’ve played, and we have to go home tomorrow… if we make our flight!”

Ireland had the second lowest number of public holidays in the EU, and the third lowest in the world, according to Fine Gael's Brian Hayes.

Beara is currently paying tribute to John Kingerlee, perhaps the greatest of the

Here we look at 5 things if you’re looking for something to do this week.

THE OLD pagan festival of Bealtaine, marking the coming of summer and the season of fertility, is still celebrated at an ancient stone fort at the foot of the Paps mountains, writes Donal Hickey

Fresh from its nomination at the Oscars, ‘Mustang’ opens the Cork French Film festival, writes Helen Barlow