As Culture Night returns, Ciara McDonnell asks our culture vultures what they’ll be

Warning: Contains NSFW language.

The Rubberbandits have accused members of the Catholic Church of orchestrating a campaign against them over comments made on the Late Late Show.

Pieta House has revealed it has experienced a 165% increase in the number of young people, aged under 18, attending its services over the past five years due to self-harm.

Respect may be vouchsafed, out of good manners. But demanding it — particularly of a comedian in a plastic bag — may be unrealistic, writes Terry Prone

Every cloud has a silver lining and 2016 proved to be no exception. Gwen Loughman looks at the year that was through eight Irish people who made the year that bit brighter

The Government has given the green light for its sale in Aer Lingus, six football officials have been arrested and detained in Switzerland ahead of the Fifa congress in Zurich, 100 new jobs set for Cork in a cyber security firm and the RubberBandits help launch the Limerick European Capital of Culture 2020 campaign. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Forget butter — Rubberbandits’ strong Limerick accent cuts through international language barriers at gigs all over the world, Blindboy Boatclub said yesterday.

The 162-year-old history of Limerick School of Art and Design was celebrated at the weekend when leading alumni returned to recognise the contribution of their old alma mater to the Irish world of art and design.

It's called ' Dad's Best Friend'. With friends like these, etc.

MAKING plastic bags more “must-have” than any designer handbag, Limerick’s newest bad lads are guaranteed to offend indiscriminately, shock randomly and secure No 1 in the Christmas singles chart.