Orla Barry’s new book describes aspects of her life as an artist and a sheep farmer, writes Colette Sheridan

Daphne Wright’s major new exhibition at the Crawford addresses such subjects as ageing and consumerism, writes Colette Sheridan

Irene Kelleher’s play puts a modern twist on Dickens character Miss Havisham, writes Colette Sheridan

Marion Wyatt’s new play recalls the highs and lows of a profession that has all but vanished on Leeside, writes Colette Sheridan.

Jason Deans’ exhibition in Cobh touches on Brexit and emigration, writes Colette Sheridan.

The economic upsurge isn’t good news for every one. Artists on Leeside are finding it increasingly difficult to find affordable studios, writes Colette Sheridan

Dearbhail Connon worked intermittently following her son’s death, writes Colette Sheridan.

For 20 years, the photo-realist work spanned 80ft in a shopping mall, says Colette Sheridan.

Theatre

Rachel Ballagh’s approach to art is quite different from her famous father’s, writes Colette Sheridan.

Ray Scannell was inspired by his own tribulations in the rental sector to write a play about a man who moves back in with his parents, says Colette Sheridan.

So that’s Monday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Memories of regular sea crossings with her seriously ill husband lingered with Majella O’Neill Collins, the Sherkin artist whose work has been bought by George Clooney, writes

From ‘Loub-jobs’ and Chinese binds to back-breaking platforms, artist Anne Tilby had no shortage of inspiration for her exhibition around women’s shoes, writes Colette Sheridan.

Former UCC lecturer Derry Cotter has written Leeside Story, a tale of love in Cork city, says Colette Sheridan.

WITH their cultivated mid-Atlantic accents and often British sounding pseudonyms, the DJs that broadcast on pirate radio in this country were not quite swashbuckling romantic figures.

Dubbed ‘the voice of Cork’, he started collecting Cork folk songs in the late 1960s and early ’70s when it was neither fashionable nor profitable.

The actress returns to The Mai two decades after an early role in the play, writes Colette Sheridan.

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime.

Liam Heylin’s latest play revolves around four corvids on the streets of Cork, writes Colette Sheridan.

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MOVING from Waterford city to the Ring Gaeltacht fifty miles away may not sound like a major life event but for Catherine Foley, her whole world changed at the age of 11.

‘SUPERFICIAL, flighty, witty and effervescent,” is how director, Michael Cabot, of London Classic Theatre, always regarded the work of Noel Coward whose play, Private Lives, is at Cork’s Everyman.

Frank McGuinnness’s 1992 play is a remarkable feat of the imagination

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime.

After the terror attack on the Ariana Grande concert, Tony Walsh’s poem became the rallying call of his home town. He’s coming to read in Cork and Dublin, writes Colette Sheridan.

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RTÉ reporter Brian O’Connell tells Colette Sheridan about the loss of his friend, Brian Carey, who took his own life

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While West Cork-based ceramic artist David Seeger went to school with David Hockney, it was pioneering teacher Harry Thubron who had the most influence on his career, writes Colette Sheridan

Iraqi poet, Adnan al-Sayegh (born in 1955) has paid a heavy price for his poetry which denounces the devastation of wars and the horrors of dictatorship, writes Colette Sheridan

Oonagh Kearney’s film in RTÉ’s Storyland strand is set in the Cork director’s native city, writes Colette Sheridan

Cork Life Centre, 95% staffed by volunteers, is not focused on the ‘points race’. The students, reap the benefits, writes Colette Sheridan

Carpaccio of Giant African Land Snail, anyone? That’s just one of the many bizarre dishes that food-art trio Domestic Godless has conjured up, as part of its mission to use “food as material for irreverent artistic experimentation and invention”, writes Colette Sheridan

A stage version of Joseph O’Connor’s Star Of The Sea novel focuses on the character of housemaid Mary Duane, writes Colette Sheridan

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A new musical tells the true story of the infamous kidnapper Sir Henry, writes Colette Sheridan.

Kim Sheehan is seven months pregnant, which might even be an advantage for her dance-opera role as a woman who’s been impregnated by visitors from space, writes Colette Sheridan.

Ballykissangel fuelled a romantic notion of Ireland for Thomas Morris so, at 16, he left Wales to find himself an Irish woman, writes Colette Sheridan. 

It’s an important time for film makers to make more politicised work and to stand up for issues Beach Rats was a prize-winner at Sundance and now its tale of working-class New York opens IndieCork, writes Colette Sheridan. 

Early-onset Alzheimer’s is a frightening illness, as ex-bank worker Kathy Ryan tells Colette Sheridan

Orla Barry’s farming background has found its way into her current exhibition at the Crawford, writes Colette Sheridan

Irene Kelleher is taking her fictional play, Mary and Me, to the Edinburgh Fringe. It was inspired by the tragic events in Granard in 1984, writes Colette Sheridan