Pitbull: Reality Bites on RTÉ2 on Thursday looks at whether some breeds of dog have been unfairly demonised in Ireland.

Wayne Rooney opens up his life to the TV cameras for a major documentary, Rooney — The Man Behind The Goals, on BBC One on Monday.

Gay Byrne chats to Hozier on The Meaning of Life tomorrow on RTÉ One.

I OFTEN repeat to myself a version of the words “that you are breathing now, this moment, alive in time, at the same time as I, and that I can only hold my breath at the thought,” writes Victoria White.

Gate Theatre, Dublin

A REVIVAL of Tom Murphy’s magnificent play, The Gigli Concert, begins in the Gate Theatre tonight, and for Denis Conway, the show is a case of déjà vu.

Three of Frank O’Connor’s stories have been combined for the stage, writes Colette Sheridan

Patrick Moy in the title role of Richard II.

Cork City theatre is nurturing talent by funding new plays, and by inviting the public to collaborate, says Colette Sheridan

Investments costs in expanding into new British and European markets resulted in Ireland’s best-known talent agency recording a loss last year.

Pulitzer Prize- winning play Glengarry Glen Ross’s grasping salesmen are a metaphor of our times, says Padraic Killeen

A COMPANY that operates an agency representing some of Ireland’s best known film and stage actors, writers and comedians went into the red last year.

Love can be a dangerous thing, for here after declaring his love for his girlfriend a boy dies that very night.