Ellie O’Byrne meets contemporary dancer Oona Doherty to discuss her tour of Ireland with the show Maria Maria Maria.

MUSIC NEWS: It may be legally classed as hearsay, but NME reports that a Stone Roses fan met Reni recently, and the drummer told him the band have recorded music other than their recent release ‘All For One’ and that it “sounds beautiful”. 

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IndieCork is proud of its niche status and ability to foster emerging talent, writes Colette Sheridan

THE newly formed Cork City Musical Society, in association with the Firkin Crane, is about to stage its debut production, Sweet Charity. 

Gardaí are questioning a man about a spate of brutal machete attacks in Cork City in which three people including two teenagers, were seriously injured.

Scaredy-cats of all ages are in for a frightfully good time over the next few days as Monday’s bank holiday, the mid-term break and Halloween merge into a week-long October horror-fest.

A new play shows how the suffragettes still have relevance for many women today, writes Colette Sheridan

THREE years ago many Irish people had never heard of Mother Jones.

Director of the Montfort College of Performing Arts Trevor Ryan is up to his eyes in pantomime, which is his favourite genre of theatre.

CANCEL all other engagements. It’s Culture Night 2013, and it’s countrywide. Tonight, art and culture centres and organisations will open their doors until late, for free access to collections, workshops and events. Open your senses to new experiences, sounds, and ideas, and enlarge your awareness of our rich heritage.

CELEBRATING the workers’ rights activism of Cork-born firebrand, Mary Harris, The Spirit of Mother Jones Festival takes place in the Shandon area of Cork city from Jul 30-Aug 1.

An Irishwoman once described as “the most dangerous woman in America” for her fearless campaigning for workers’ rights is to be honoured in her native city this week.

President Michael D Higgins will be the guest of honour at a European song contest in Cork tomorrow.

* TODAY AT THE FESTIVAL

IN weather more likely to make one sing the blues, the world renowned Guinness Cork Jazz Festival got into its swing in venues across the city yesterday.

A MAN was recovering from stab wounds last night after confronting vandals in a seaside Cork town.

FOR what seemed like the first time all weekend only the Guinness was pouring as die-hard revellers got ready for a fourth night of jiving at the Cork Jazz Festival.