Even when you are at the top of your game professionally, making presentations at conferences and seminars is something to be “worked at”, according to Alan Shortt, a comedian turned media skills trainer.

Rick O'Shea has won TV3's Celebrity Mastermind.

COMEDIAN Alan Shortt has spoken of the demons and darkness which engulfed him for over two years as work dried up and he found himself struggling to support his family.

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BROADCASTER and rugby pundit George Hook will line out with the voice of the GAA, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, for a special cancer fundraiser in Cork next month.

Over €310,000 was raised for Irish charities from the special You’re a Star talent competition held earlier this year, it was confirmed today.

The threat of strikes at brewery giant Carlsberg in Britain, which could have hit lager supplies in the run-up to Christmas, ended today after a dispute over pay and working practices was resolved.

WANTED: single males to escort beautiful females for week of frolics and festivities in cultural heartland of the south-west of Ireland.