For the past five years, University College Cork’s FUAIM concerts and seminars have celebrated the diversity of Irish music and its interconnectedness with further flung forms.

Three hours of The Cure might have been a bit much, but the bill at Stradbally was certainly eclectic, says Sorcha Coleman

A highlight of Midsummer Festival was a series of plays performed in unlikely locations about Cork city, says arts editor Marc O’Sullivan

The Neil Cowley Trio favour tight tunes over loose improvisation.

THE extraordinary sound of UCC’s Javanese Gamelan returns to Cork Opera House this Thursday.

Kate Ellis will demonstrate a wide range of musical interests at her concert this weekend, writes Nikki ffrench Davis

Gavin Friday

Australia’s Olympic chief has stoked up the rivalry with the UK by casting aspersions about Britons’ hygiene.

Australia’s sports minister has thrown down the gauntlet to Britain over where the two countries finish in the Beijing Olympics medal table.