Dancing With The Stars brought Fred Cooke a whole new audience – kids just can’t get enough of the funnyman. On the eve of a new tour, he tells Esther McCarthy how the show transformed his career.

Comedian Fred Cooke has made no joke about his delight that a life-long friend looks set to retain her seat on Meath Co. Council.

The best Ireland's country music scene has to offer will be lining up for this Friday's Late Late Show Country Special in what has been dubbed a 'family affair'.

It’s Dancing with the Stars finale weekend. Esther McCarthy goes behind the scenes to meet the backstage team

All the contestants had to dance on the double, with the St Patrick’s Day special featuring one dance apiece to contemporary Irish music.

In what was a Eurovision-themed Dancing with the Stars quarter-final, Johnny Ward was the celebrity who was singing the high notes as he not only got a maximum 30 points from the judges, but also won the ‘Eurothon’ dance-off.

It was the final whistle for former Dublin footballer Denis Bastick, who last night became the sixth

Noel Baker It was black tie night on Dancing With The Stars, but not all contestants will go to the ball.

It’s the end of the line for The Young Offenders star Demi Isaac Oviawe, who is the latest celeb to get the boot from Dancing with the Stars.

Switch-up week in Dancing with the Stars saw some of the contestants really switch-on with a change of partner — but for others it proved to be a real turn-off.

Holly Carpenter couldn’t hide her disappointment after becoming the second celebrity eliminated from Dancing with the Stars.

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HIS cha cha charm offensive on Sunday night’s Dancing with the Stars brought the studio audience to their feet.

The new series kicks off Sunday, January 6 for a 12-week run.

"Since retiring from Dublin football I always wanted to try new things, I never imagined that this would be one of those things though!"

The stars will join Mairead Ronan, Eilish O’Carroll, Darren Kennedy, Fred Cooke and Holly Carpenter on series three of the show.

After much speculation the two stars revealed that they will strut their stuff on the dance floor for series three of the show.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the world of entertainment.

Renowned worldwide for their razor-sharp wit and cutting sense of humour, Corkonians are getting their very own comedy festival.

MUSIC NEWS: Apple Music, the new streaming music service gets a boost today with the release of Dr Dre’s Compton: A Soundtrack exclusively on that facility and the almost traditional format, iTunes. 

Liverpool have another chance to chase a place in next season’s Champions League as they begin their UEFA Europa League campaign.

It manages to be hilarious and romantic all at the same time.

The hit show is back on RTÉ 2 for it's third season.

Fred Cooke did a spectacular job for RTÉ of mortifying this girl in Dublin’s Powerscourt Centre.

Secretly, I always wanted to give stand-up a shot. I was, depending on the class, relatively funny in school.

GIG WISE: It’s the hottest ticket in town … Dingle town at least, and probably the entire country.

Some of Ireland’s top comedians are set to gather in Stradbally this September for the Electric Picnic comedy tent.

AN on-site beauty salon, cinema and hot showers are just some of the things thousands of festival-goers descending on Mitchelstown, Co Cork, can expect this weekend.