Nowadays, the sounds that predominate on Hop Island, Cork, are horses’ hooves but in the mid-18th century it was more likely to have been the sounds of Bach or Mozart.

All 176 residents of a West Cork island, from babies to 90-somethings, are to be photographed as part of an historic initiative marking a ‘moment in time’ in the life of the offshore community.

The use of her son as a model helped artist Debbie Godsell imbue her work with a new sense of hope following a long grieving process for a brother lost to suicide, writes Colette Sheridan

Aether, at Macroom Town Hall, sees four artists explore the idea of liminal space, says Tina O’Sullivan