Your Christmas must-haves start here with some colourful home and utility artistic advice from Esther N McCarthy.

Fashion Revolution Week and the millennials behind it want to break the spell of fast fashion. Carolyn Moore meets the new generation of Irish designers prioritising sustainable style.

All eyes are on London this weekend as Fashion Week gets underway. Carolyn Moore showcases the Irish designers making waves in the city.

Limerick city has been chosen as a key location in the promotion of the latest album by world-renowned virtual band Gorillaz.

Ivan Daly is pushing the boundaries with his paintings of the Clare coast, writes Ellie O’Byrne

It’s one of the top 50 fashion colleges in the world — and now LSAD is launching an ambitious programme to mentor new designers, writes Lorraine Courtney.

From rags to riches, from trash to flash — this year’s Junk Kouture final was, as ever, a sight to behold.

Anybody who has ever been involved in the dreaded group projects that students are assigned in college will want to see this brilliant mockumentary.

A fashion lecturer who claimed she lost her cherished career after she tripped on a broken concrete surface injuring her elbow has settled her High Court action for damages.

A leading figure in Irish fashion design who has lost her cherished career after she tripped on a broken concrete surface injuring her elbow yesterday launched a High Court action for damages.

Des O’Malley’s much-anticipated memoir detailing over three decades spent in the Dáil cauldron is bound to ruffle a few feathers, the author has admitted.

Alchemy and transformation lie at the heart of Gavin Hogg’s work, writes Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin.

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.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan grabbed some ‘art therapy’ last night away from the trials and tribulations of government life when he officially opened a unique exhibition in his native Limerick.

The gurgling Shannon, raucous terrace cheers from Thomond Park, rugby banter in Reddan’s pub, a cheery Saturday morning at the Milk Market, and the pealing bells from The Fathers spire loft on a Sunday morning, all form some of the ingredients of a unique study of everyday life in Limerick.

The three board members who resigned from Limerick’s troubled City of Culture team are amongst the many people warmly welcoming the appointment of an acclaimed figure in arts education to salvage the troubled programme.

Beautiful crafts, suitable for Christmas gifts, will be displayed at the annual Glucksman Craft Fair at UCC from Nov 8-10.

A graphic design graduate has described her “emot-ional agony” after she was punched, kicked, and choked by her then boyfriend who told her he was going to kill her.

Leading Irish designer Joanne Hynes was among the top designers who showcased their work at a unique gathering of up-and-coming designers in Limerick last night.

There were tears of disappointment in Cork yesterday where The X Factor organisers were forced to turn away a third of those who turned up to audition for the hit talent show after demand far exceeded expectations.

SORCHA O’Raghallaigh has had three special wedding dresses in her life this year.

ADVENTURER Gerard McDonnell, who died on his descent from K2 last August, has been nominated posthumously for the Limerick Person of the Year Award.

STRONG student opposition to any college fees or loan system was highlighted in protests in Dublin and Limerick.

A STUDENT leader yesterday accused the Government of disenfranchising undergraduates by holding the election on a weekday rather than Sunday, reports Jimmy Woulfe.

A Limerick-born artist was today unveiled as a name for the future after winning one of the country's most sought-after art awards.

MORE than 150 third-level students took to the streets of Limerick yesterday to protest at the rising costs students are facing.

LIMERICK students are planning a naughty night out. And it’s all in a good cause.

STUDENTS issued a strong warning to the Government on college registration fees in the first of a series of regional protests yesterday.

LEONARDO da Vinci and Marilyn Monroe are among the legendary figures who have inspired students from the oldest fashion college in the country.