Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world.

Love/Hate actor John Connors features in I Am Traveller on RTÉ2 on Thursday.

Offaly native Edwin Sammon will be manning the news desk on the new series of Republic of Telly on RTÉ2 from Monday. He also plays Fr Gabriel in Bridget and Eamon.

Irish indie favourites Bell X1 join De La Soul and Bastille as headliners at the Indiependence festival in Mitchelstown, Co Cork next August Bank Holiday Weekend.

The Voice of Ireland final and The Big House with Bryan Murray are among the highlights.