Tributes have been paid to Vincent Dowling, the former artistic director of the Abbey Theatre, who has died.

Brid Ní Neachtain relishes playing a disciplinarian head nun in the Pulitzer Prize-winning parable, says Colette Sheridan

Actor David Kelly got one final standing ovation as his coffin was carried out of his local parish church at the end of his funeral Mass in Dublin yesterday.

PRESIDENTIAL hopeful David Norris received a boost to his campaign to get his name on the ballot paper after two more senators offered to nominate him.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is appointing the President's husband, Dr Martin McAleese, to the Seanad.

AWARD-WINNING actor Brendan Gleeson has warned a multi-million euro film he plans to shoot here next year will collapse if An Bord Snip Nua recommendations about the Irish Film Board are implemented.

A UNIQUE event bringing together outdoor theatre and performance practitioners from Europe will be held in Waterford this week.

SWEEPING changes are to be made to the funding and membership of the board of the Abbey Theatre following the emergence of hidden losses of almost €1 million last year.

THE artistic director and managing director of the Abbey Theatre are to step down as the national theatre spirals further into deficit, it emerged last night.