A NEW board of the overhauled Abbey Theatre was announced yesterday by Arts Minister John O’Donoghue, in a move aimed at putting expertise in place to better manage the troubled national theatre.

TÁNAISTE and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, became the fourth “Mary” to receive the top accolade in the Irish Tatler Women of the Year Award last night.

FRASIER calls him dad, but actor John Mahoney left his fictional sons at home to open the Galway Arts Festival last night.