From ‘oh, danger here’ to ‘the nation holds its breath’, the words of RTÉ commentator George Hamilton have become part of Irish football folklore. LIAM MACKEY meets the man behind the mic

Hanging out with Elvis and The Beatles were just part of the fun for Ireland’s biggest showband, writes Ed Power

East Limerick is set to twist, jive and hucklebuck in celebration of one of the country’s most famous ballrooms which was destroyed in a fire last weekend.

An East Cork film company wants people with memories of a former dance hall to assist them in the making of a new documentary.

Opera will be to the fore in the list of top-class entertainment by the Everyman after the Cork theatre unveiled its spring and early summer schedule.

He doesn’t talk much about it these days. The memories are locked away, recalled only in special circumstances. But ever since Eusebio’s death on Sunday, Hilary Carlyle has looked a little differently at the photograph hanging proudly on his wall.

HE made his name hosting Today Tonight on RTÉ in the 1980s.

Susan McCann joins a line-up that includes Brendan Bowyer, Tony Kenny and Sonny Knowles to celebrate the sounds of the showband era tonight and tomorrow night at The Helix.

Pat McCabe is workshopping his new play The Stars of Bel Air with Corcadorca in Cork this weekend, writes Colette Sheridan

Thursday, June 30

TWO of Waterford’s most famous sons, singers Val Doonican and Brendan Bowyer, were conferred with the Freedom of the City in a joint ceremony at the city hall last evening.

YOU’VE heard of the Mammas and the Papas — well here’s something completely different.

GOLDEN folk memories came flooding back yesterday as the National Museum of Ireland Country Life began to celebrate a generation that danced its way into history.

DESPITE the competing sporting attractions of rugby, GAA and cricket and variable weather conditions, several hundred thousand turned out in Dublin on Saturday to partake in the annual St Patrick’s Day festivities.

CHILDREN are set to storm the walls of Limerick’s Sarsfield Barracks.

‘LAST orders’ were called for the final time last night in the private club bar in Limerick where Richard Harris supped his first pint of Guinness.

ONE of the country’s finest museums has been transformed to a ballroom of romance of sorts as part of an exhibition which is a nostalgic journey back in time for many.

WRIGGLE like a snake, waddle like a duck went the punch line of Brendan Bowyer’s 1960s hit The Hucklebuck.

THE murder of three members of the Miami Showband, one of the most shocking events in Northern Ireland’s Troubles, was remembered at a special prayer service in Dublin on Saturday.

One of the most shocking events in the North’s Troubles was today remembered at a special prayer service in Dublin.

Festival puts wind in Waterford’s sails, writes South-East Correspondent Neans McSweeney.

WATERFORD CITY will host an impressive international programme of music during a three-day festival in July to celebrate the Tall Ships Race 2005.

FILM FESTIVAL fans are on the home straight, but it’s when things get trickiest because the choice this weekend is almost overwhelming.