Children’s author Deirdre Sullivan appears at the Towers and Tales festival in Lismore on Saturday. She also works as an SEN teacher, and currently lives in Dublin, writes Des O’Driscoll

Carol O’Callaghan reviews the life and internationally renowned work of Irish-American architect, Kevin Roche

A new book shows how the Rosc exhibitions were hugely influential, writes Alan O’Riordan

Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

Two Irish nationals are likely to face criminal charges after being arrested in Australia for their alleged role in a crime syndicate which defrauded at least 150 people of almost $4m (€2.7m).

CORK CITY will have a new landmark design building later this year, in one of it most prominent settings - half way up the vertiginous St Patrick’s Hill. A school redevelopment there has been designed by the winners of the 2015 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey.

The most prestigious award in world architecture, the RIBA Gold Medal, has been awarded to husband and wife team, O’Donnell Tuomey.

Jeanette Lowe’s latest exhibition of photographs is called Waiting. Her collection of 70 to 80 photographs capture a transitory moment in which the Charlemont St Flats close to St Stephen’s Green in Dublin are being demolished — two blocks have been knocked; four remain standing with a few dozen families still living within.

Thomas McCarthy on a perceptive analysis of Eavan Boland’s work and an attempt “to put the layers of gold back into contemporary poetry”.

Mary McEvoy, who stars alongside Jon Kenny in John B Keane’s play, The Matchmaker, is appreciative of the Kerry playwright’s strong roles for women.

Patrick Scott had a roundabout journey to the Biennale in 1960, writes Marc O’Sullivan

Cork-born Patrick Scott, who died yesterday aged 93, enjoyed a long and illustrious career as one of Ireland’s best-loved visual artists.

The veteran West Cork-born artist Patrick Scott is the subject of a major retrospective in Dublin and Carlow, Tina Darb O’Sullivan reports

In one of his last published pieces, Séamus Heaney recalled his friendship with the art critic Dorothy Walker, currently the subject of an exhibition in Dublin.

A film industry art director died after snorting “poppers” while having phone sex, an inquest heard yesterday.

Actress Gerry McLoughlin has enjoyed rehearsals for dual role as siblings in Declan Hassett’s play, says Jo Kerrigan

James Spader is joining the cast of the US version of 'The Office', it has emerged.

Steve Carell is set to star in romantic comedy 'Great Hope Springs'.

Movers and Shapers 3: Conversations in the Irish Art World

Will Ferrell is to guest star on the US 'Office'.

RICKY Gervais is to make a guest appearance in the US version of The Office, playing blundering boss David Brent.

Ricky Gervais backs Steve Carrell's decision to leave 'The Office'.

Steve Carell has confirmed he is quitting 'The Office'.

Steve Carell is set to leave ‘The Office’, he has revealed.

Ricky Gervais will bring back David Brent.

Former supermodel Jerry Hall is to take centre stage in Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre, it was announced today.

LEGENDARY author Roddy Doyle’s latest tale for young readers, an account of a futuristic Titanic voyage and an old Irish yarn about a warrior are among the treasured reads up for the Irish children’s book of the year award.

A DUBLIN man, who was the prime suspect in a 2003 murder investigation, was killed six months later when his motorcycle crashed during a high-speed garda pursuit.

The mother of former Playboy playmate and model Anna Nicole Smith blamed drugs today for her daughter’s sudden death that ended an extraordinary tabloid life at just 39.

Anna Nicole Smith's lead attorney in the Bahamas withdrew as counsel for the reality TV star yesterday following disagreements over her conduct.

Anna Nicole Smith is overwhelmed by grief and is currently in seclusion in the Bahamas after the sudden death of her son Daniel.

Anna Nicole Smith was so distraught by the death of her son in the Bahamas that she had to be sedated and later suffered memory loss of the event, a lawyer for the celebrity said.

An American version of Ricky Gervais’s hit show The Office launches in the United States tomorrow night.

GARDAÍ have set up a specialist unit to tackle the spate of gangland killings in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested five men in connection with a murder believed to be linked to a feud between criminal gangs in Finglas and Ballymun.

GARDAÍ were yesterday hunting a gunman who injured a man in a drive-by shooting in north Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin believe the death of a 30-year-old man whose body was found in Finglas earlier this week was linked to feud between criminals in the city.

GARDAÍ suspect that a father of two who was murdered in front of his girlfriend over the weekend was not the victim of a gangland killing.

BIRR’S All-Ireland club hurling winning manager Pat Joe Whelahan has criticised the GAA’s disciplinary system after being forced to watch his side defeat Castletown in the Leinster championship from the stands.

Fijian coup leader George Speight was sentenced to death today for treason after leading the May 2000 storming of parliament that plunged the Pacific nation into political turmoil and economic crisis.