THE 2014 West Cork Chamber Music Festival more than maintained Bantry’s place on the music map with nine days of wonderful concerts.

Bantry’s chamber music festival has all combinations: string and brass soloists, pianists, and even a quintet,says Declan Townsend.

A psychiatric patient’s densely written letters to her husband inspired David Fennessy to compose a haunting dirge for the Cork Choral Festival, says Jo Kerrigan.

Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker present The Last Leg tonight at 10pm on Channel 4. The trio are joined by comedian Frank Skinner.

The West Cork Chamber Music Festival’s creative approach and warm welcome continues to draw performers of the highest calibre, writes Jo Kerrigan