In advance of her appearance at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Ellie O'Byrne chats to Motown legend Martha Reeves

From soup bowls to car brakes, Cork musician Alex Petcu is constantly searching for new sounds in the instruments he strikes, writes Ellie O'Byrne

Sounds From A Safe Harbour in Cork got off to the perfect start with the astounding Loch na hHeala.

As children become the focus of the summer exhibition at the Crawford, some of the participating artists tell Ellie O'Byrne about their own childhoods.

The Small Things by Enda Walsh gets a big production at Cork's Old Waterworks, writes Ellie O'Byrne.

LP really should be a household name, says Ellie O'Byrne, after witnessing the American musician's incredible gig at the Olympia

Women are breaking the old ‘taboo’ to talk about period waste and campaign for sustainable feminine hygiene options, writes Ellie O'Byrne.

John Grant was at his brilliant best at Cork Opera House, writes Ellie O'Byrne

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Artistic director Mike Leahy tells Ellie O’Byrne how the south east’s annual street art festival had its origins in a DIY ethos that sprang from the recession of the 1980s.

Eilish O’Carroll tells Ellie O'Byrne about her role in new musical comedy Elvis is my Daddy,  why she thinks Mrs Brown's Boys has made her brother a modern Shakespeare, and her life post-marriage equality referendum

As January settles in and resolutions give way to good intentions followed by niggling guilt, booking a Yoga retreat holiday for the Easter break may be the perfect way to motivate yourself to stick to the new, healthy course you’ve plotted, writes Ellie O'Byrne.