Ultan O’Brien is from Ennis, Co Clare, and plays fiddle with Slow Moving Clouds. The group play in Coughlan’s of Cork tomorrow night, and at St John the Baptist Church in Dublin on Friday, writes Des O’Driscoll

Mephisto bring their production of David Harrower’s controversial play Blackbird to Cork Arts Theatre next week. The play was also a hit at last year’s Galway Theatre Festival.

Maeve McGrath is a once-familiar face to viewers of Irish soap Fair City but has since carved out a career in production.