An independent report has recommended that neither of RTÉ’s two orchestras be closed, despite the severe financial constraints faced by the public service broadcaster.

A review of RTÉ's National Symphony Orchestra is recommending that it be outsourced and funded by Government.

The former home of composer John Gibson hits all the right notes, says Tommy Barker

After years spent blazing trails with their own projects, the Casey sisters from West Cork finally got around to playing together, writes Marjorie Brennan.

EIMEAR NOONE isn’t inclined to blow her own trumpet — but at least she has four to choose from. “Blizzard finally gave me a fourth trumpet for Overwatch — that’s what Overwatch means to me. I’ve a one-track mind.”

Named after a Pink Floyd song, Irish group Overhead, The Albatross are impressing with their new album, writes Eoghan O’Sullivan.

Consideration of the arts takes up 600 words in a 160-page programme for government, writes Gerard Howlin

Offaly-born composer Amanda Feery won the Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition for this year’s Cork International Choral Festival and her piece will be performed on Friday in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral. She is also working on pieces for Crash Ensemble and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.

A musician who died along with his partner as he tried to save him from drowning has been remembered as a talented and treasured colleague.

The bodies of an Irish couple who drowned off the coast of Crete while on holiday are expected to be flown home in the coming days.

New Music Dublin returns for the second year of an initial five-year commitment this spring, running from March 6-9 at the National Concert Hall.

‘The Birth of Modern Music’ is the programme for the Music for Galway Midwinter Festival, which runs from Jan 17 to 19.

SEVEN decades are celebrated in Robert Ballagh’s exhibition ‘Seven’, which opens next weekend at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork. UCD recently presented Ballagh with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature to celebrate his lifetime’s achievements in the arts, and the exhibition of 14 portraits coincides with his 70th birthday later this month.

Four singers of promise will join Cara O’Sullivan Celine Byrne, and Regina Nathan for concerts this week, says Jo Kerrigan

THE RTÉ Living Music Festival is a still lamented post-Celtic-Tiger casualty on Dublin’s cultural landscape.

Gerry Ryan made his final journey from his family home today as friends and colleagues gathered at his funeral.

Friends and family of RTE Broadcaster Gerry Ryan are gathering this morning to say a final farewell to the 53-year-old who died last week.

Independence Day celebrations were planned today across the United States on a day that will include thousands of immigrants becoming citizens and heightened security following attempted car bombings in Britain.

Several special events are planned at the National Concert Hall this year as it celebrates its 25th birthday.

PANTO queen Twink’s ex-husband David Agnew and his 29-year-old partner Ruth Hickey are to have a baby boy in the New Year.

Robert Redford, singers Tony Bennett and Tina Turner, actress Julie Harris and ballerina/teacher Suzanne Farrell will receive Kennedy Center honours, the performing arts centre announced in Washington tonight.

THE average Irish household would be prepared to pay more for RTE's services each year than they currently do, a surprising new survey has found.

Elton John is to be honoured by one of America’s leading arts institutions.

CROKE PARK will be the backdrop for a fantastic ceremony to mark the opening of this year’s largest sporting event in the world - the 2003 Special Olympic Games.

Farmleigh in Dublin's Phoenix Park has been officially opened by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, this afternoon.