A district court judge yesterday requested gardaí to monitor alcohol prices at the first ever open air bar for the Rose of Tralee to ensure the public “is not fleeced”.

Business people in Tralee are being asked to dig deep to support the town’s annual rose festival, which is reckoned to be worth €7m to the local economy.

There must be music in the air around north Cork to attract the kind of talent that makes it to the national final of The Voice Of Ireland, RTÉ’s singing competition now in its second year.

Steve Wall talks to Siobhán Cronin about celebrating 25 years of The Stunning and his role as Uncle Danny in Moone Boy

PREVIOUSLY unknown footage which shows Beatles legend John Lennon at the Cliffs of Moher, has been discovered by a Co Clare-based Beatles expert.

A WHO’S who of celebrity chefs will descend upon Waterford city for the annual Harvest Festival next month.

Irish rockers The Stunning are reforming for a special one-off performance as special guests to Bryan Adams in Galway tonight.

The Hothouse Flowers will join Canadian rocker Bryan Adams for a major open air concert in Galway on the June Bank Holiday weekend.

A TRAFFIC accident has forced the cancellation of one of the star attractions at this weekend’s Witnness festival.