FOR Barbara Brennan it’s a case of déjà vu all over again. The Dublin thespian, one of the nation’s finest actresses, is currently playing Lady Catherine de Bourgh in tThe Gate’s lavish adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

MUSIC NEWS: He hasn’t gone away, y’know.

The world of acting is a hard graft and actors need buckets of perseverance, says Shane Nestor

I THOUGHT I heard some arrogant things said on TV over the last number of years but I think two of the panel members on the recent Vincent Browne TV show must now receive the prize trophy for arrogance.

MICK LALLY’S driving passions of acting, the Irish language and the struggle for social justice were to the fore in the humanist ceremony which marked the 64-year-old actor’s final journey yesterday in west Dublin.

COLLEAGUES from the worlds of theatre and television have paid tribute to actor Mick Lally, who died yesterday morning, aged 64.

WHAT do you get when you stop a Samuel Beckett tour bus with a flock of sheep? More ticks than kicks.

A production of one of the world’s best known theatrical masterpieces will visit the length and breadth of the country this autumn.

A Samuel Beckett play is to go on the biggest tour ever seen in Ireland.

Hundreds of free exhibitions, tours, talks and performances will be held across the capital tonight.

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.

Irish election rivals Bertie Ahern and Enda Kenny were today talking tough ahead of a crucial TV clash which may decide who becomes the next Taoiseach.

The policies of the alternative Government parties are a recipe for disaster and will squander Ireland's prosperity, the Taoiseach warned today.

The National Gallery is holding a series of events today to mark the 150th anniversary of playwright George Bernard Shaw's birthday.

The new members of the Arts Council make their opening bows today as they formally take up their posts.

ARTS Minister John O’Donoghue announced the appointment of five new members of the Arts Council yesterday.

Minister for Arts John O’Donoghue has appointed five new members to the Arts Council to replace those members whose terms of office have expired.

THIS time last year was politically dramatic. In mid-June there were local and European elections in which the hammering taken by Fianna Fáil in particular left many backbenchers reeling.

WE’RE great men and women on the Ould Sod for lionising our literary giants without knowing the first thing about them.