Julie Sharkey stars in the Everyman’s production of Dancing at Lughnasa, writes Colette Sheridan

Literary great Brian Friel was buried yesterday on a hillside outside a Co Donegal town where many of his works were set.

ON THE occasion of its 25th anniversary, a new production of Brian Friel’s Dancing At Lughnasa begins a four-day run An Grianán in Letterkenny tonight.

Playwright and novelist Thomas Kilroy today received a prestigious award to celebrate a lifetime of literary achievement.