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Des Bishop got to grips with a Lamborghini Huracan today, along with five-year-old Harrison Clark, five-year-old Belle Walshe and Cannonball founder Alan Bannon to announce that the Irish Cancer Society will be the official charity partner for Cannonball 2019.

World premieres and prestigious touring productions will feature in the Everyman Theatre’s spring/summer season.

The night belonged to Mná na hÉireann at the IFTA Gala Television Awards last night.

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The 42-year-old did the same during the same-sex marriage referendum in 2015.

With half of us heading for a cancer diagnosis, we need to support Daffodil Day, writes Arlene Harris.

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Valentine's Day is just a few days away, but that's not going to stop the contestants of this week's Dancing With The Stars from getting all loved up.

Like the best thrillers, movie night on Dancing with the Stars saw a final twist that no one saw coming as the final credits rolled for model Thalia Heffernan.

To quote Amanda Byram: “The wait is finally over” as RTÉ’s much-hyped Dancing with the Stars blasted onto our screens complete with copious amounts of hair gel and fake tan.

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Hailing from Ireland, UK, Ukraine, Estonia and Italy they will been given the enormous task of teaching the celebs their left foot from their right.

A celebrity doctor, two comedians, two actresses, a sports broadcaster, a news reporter, a Big Brother contestant, a model, a boyband member, and a Kerry GAA player will all be putting on their dancing shoes for RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars.

Comedian Des Bishop has said he cannot wait to take part in 'Dancing with the Stars'.

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A leading Irish talent agency which counts Pierce Brosnan and Laura Whitmore among its clients returned to profit last year.

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Barry Murphy, Risteard Cooper and Garry Cooke put an Aprés Match spin on the general election of 1982 on  RTÉ One, on Wednesday at 10.35pm.

Des Bishop lent a helping hand to #marref yesterday by offering to drive people to their polling stations.

St Patrick’s Day, inextricably linked with excessive drinking and anti-social behaviour, is undergoing something of a rebranding. 

RUNNING a theatre can be a juggling act.

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.

CHRIS KENT riffs about the zaniest subjects — like the night terrors he gets from eating cheese — in a deadpan way. 

A lovely Irish jig plays over scenes of green fields, cattle grazing, Irish dancers, the Cliffs of Moher and… ahem…industrial estates.

My idea of misery is having no-one to laugh with.

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Getting an audience to join in a song about the Black and Tans wasn’t Des Bishop’s only achievement in China, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Remember when Des Bishop went to the Gaeltacht to immerse himself in a new language? Well, he’s done it again.

Never mind the World Cup — there’s way more drama lined up for the historic stage of Cork’s Everyman Theatre.

Getting the weather balance right is key to the success of a leading tourist attraction. The Aqua Dome — an indoor, water-based facility in Tralee, Co Kerry — is at the mercy of the elements, as chief executive Kieran Ruttledge explains.

GIG WISE: Is Ed Sheeran the next Garth Brooks? After already selling out three dates at the O2, the Suffolk singer-songwriter has announced yet another concert, on Friday, October 3.

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