A festival celebrating the works of the composer George Frideric Handel will open in Dublin today.

Dublin city needs a cultural supremo to ensure its citizens experience the arts, it was claimed today.

LIMERICK’S galleries, theatres and castles will host free cultural events on September 19 which has been designated Culture Night in the city.

THE late Seamus Brennan was credited last night with making the arts more accessible to a broader range of people.

Museums, galleries, theatres, cathedrals and other venues around the country will host hundreds of free events in the first national Culture Night next month.

A talk on the history of Dublin’s Gate Theatre and its celebrated relationship with the works of Oscar Wilde is among the highlights of the capital’s culture night, it was announced today.

Handel’s Messiah will come to life in Dublin’s historic cultural quarter where it was first performed more than 260 years ago, it was revealed today.

A plan to throw open the doors of dozens of Dublin’s museums, galleries and theatres for one evening will be unveiled today.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a free open-air performance of Handel's Messiah in Dublin today.