A guide to what's on in gardening...

A guide to what's on in gardening...

Another year, another August Bank Holiday jam-packed with lots to do up and down the length of the country.

Here's your summer events guide for the month of August, including all things music, arts and ents.

Here's your summer events guide for the month of July, including all things music, arts and ents.

Here's your summer events guide for the month of June, including all things music, arts and ents.

Fáilte Ireland has announced that January has been a record month for attracting international business conferences and events to Ireland and 57 conferences worth at least €28 million to the economy have been secured for future years.

Here are events that are still taking place across the country this Halloween for the tots, the teens, mam and dad and the 20-something-year-olds struggling to adult.

Here are events taking place across the country this Halloween for the tots, the teens, mam and dad and the 20-something-year-olds struggling to adult.

With so much to choose from, Marjorie Brennan selects some of the best events in this evening’s smorgasbord of offerings in Cork and other centres.

Summer festivals might offer fun for the punters, but they involve a heap of labour and risk for the organisers, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

The “legal extortion” of crippling insurance premiums is threatening the existence of Ireland’s social fabric, including farmers’ marts, festivals and community celebrations, GAA clubs, and even children’s charities.

An Garda Síochána was paid more than €1.1m to police 10 of the country’s biggest events last year — with Electric Picnic topping the charts, figures reveal.

Rose Martin looks at events in the design world this week

A proposal to ban ticket-touting online and on the streets appears to have major public backing.

Calls have been made to open Cork’s park and ride facility during big sporting events to minimise parking chaos in the city.

The practice of securing a public contract by tendering €X but eventually asking for €X-plus-something-substantial seems well established.

A new row has broken out between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil - over when the Government found out about Tusla's role in the Maurice McCabe affair.

Plans for a €150m extension at Liffey Valley shopping centre have been refused as it would worsen traffic congestion on Dublin’s M50.

The Dáil has heard claims that the revenue from ticket touting is going towards organised crime gangs around the world.

The Jobs Minister has warned that any laws to ban ticket touting may not benefit Irish customers.

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

Keep up to date with events.

It is day two of the Rio Olympics and Team Ireland are once again involved in a number of events throughout the day.

Five fun things to do around Ireland this weekend.

Upcoming agri events.

Des O’Driscoll looks at some of the things going on around the country.