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Great Music in Irish Houses fills a gap in the capital’s cultural life, writes Alan O’Riordan.

HOW do you behave like Speaker Conolly when you smell like Mary O’Rourke? I can tell you, it’s not easy.

THE Performance Corporation is renowned for staging its theatre productions in adventurous places — in medieval dungeons, amongst sand dunes, even on a small rowboat. For its latest, most adventurous trick, it’s staging a three-day festival in Ireland’s only palace — Castletown House on the outskirts of Celbridge, Co Kildare.

A decade on from his first play, some of Tom Swift’s eclectic back catalogue has been collected for posterity, writes Alan O’Riordan

Four new venues and a subtle change of name have allowed this classical festival to broaden its horizons, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

YOU or your other half enjoys horseracing; you’d like to visit a trainer’s yard without actually having to pay to train, house and feed half a tonne of horse; and you’re looking for a different weekend away.

THE numbers of business visitors to Ireland increased by 10% last year, as 29,000 overseas delegates pumped €36 million into the Irish economy, according to Fáilte Ireland.

FARMERS are now responsible for more than 90% of new planting, Forestry Minister Mary Wallace revealed when she presented the Irish Forestry Awards at Castletown House, Celbridge, Co Kildare.

CONCERT promoter MCD was last night facing a bill as high as €671,000 to compensate fans after July’s Barbra Streisand spectacular turned into a rain-sodden farce.

Concert promoter MCD was last night facing a bill as high as €671,000 to compensate fans after Barbra Streisand’s July concert turned into a rain-sodden farce at Castletown House in Co Kildare.

The country’s consumer watchdog branded as inadequate refunds by concert promoters MCD for this summer’s washed-out Barbra Streisand concert.

BARBRA Streisand fans left furious by organisational chaos at her Irish concert last month should get their money back plus compensation, the Consumers’ Association of Ireland (CAI) has said.

THE future of Co Kildare’s Castletown House as a venue for large-scale concerts could be decided by an inquiry into the chaos surrounding Barbra Streisand’s gig at the weekend.

AN inquiry is under way into the chaos faced by concert-goers who paid up to €552 to see Barbra Streisand.

THE publicity surrounding the dreadful organisation at the Barbra Streisand concert at Castletown House was is truly deserved ... it was awful.

Concert promoters today apologised to thousands of Barbra Streisand fans who faced massive delays and seating nightmares at her show in Co Kildare.

FANS of singer Barbra Streisand have snapped up 12,000 tickets to see the star perform the only Irish show of her summer European tour — despite official ticket prices as high as €552.

Barbara Streisand is to play her first ever concert in Ireland this summer.

THE battle between the country’s two leading concert promoters is about to heat up with a mystery music festival added to this summer’s calendar.

The Government today announced €18.56m in grants for conservation projects around the country like Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin and Co Mayo’s Westport House.