The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival got into full swing last night on a weekend which will see almost 1,000 musicians from 18 countries performing in various venues around the city.

MUSIC NEWS: While Arcade Fire line up in Marlay Park, Dublin, on June 29 with the Pixies for support, those who get to see them in London tomorrow will be treated to an undercard headed by Lorde.

CIT Cork School of Music

The shops are filled with Mother’s Day beauty gift-sets this month but why plump for a predictable present?

Rosalie Varda-Demy will launch a special programme of her stepfather Jacques Demy’s work at Cork French Film Festival on Sunday, says Joe Dermody

Cork French Film Festival celebrates its 25th birthday in style, writes Colette Sheridan

IT SHOULD have been the high point of Victoria Legrand’s career.