A 12-hour 'Riverdanceathon' is underway in front of the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.

On April 30, Michael Flatly and Jean Butler lead the dance spectacle during the interval of the 1994 Eurovision song contest.

Music Cork is back – and this time the keynote speaker is Cork-born, Universal Vice President Sarah Desmond, writes Marjorie Brennan.

The best advice I have ever received is never to argue with a hunch.

Asking for It shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence.

Today the rest of the cast joined her to recreate the painting.

Questions over how to fund the proposed events centre in Cork has left the project in limbo and the city still waiting for its first curtain call, writes Eoin English.

This is the very first time that Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is bringing any of his stage plays outside the realms of Dublin and ‘down the country’.

The characters in ‘Whistle’ and ‘Conversations’ strike home to my era of emigration and every era since, writes Victoria White.

A 7-year-old boy who fell in love with Michael Jackson while recovering from open heart surgery, had a ‘Thriller’ time at the Michael Jackson tribute show at the Gaiety Theatre this week.

Goosebumps.

Riverdance romances have bloomed since the international Irish dancing phenomenon was introduced to the world 22 years ago.

The owners of the 3Arena, concert giants Live Nation is trying to block plans by Citywest Hotel to stage concerts at its convention centre.

Looks like we’re in for a treat!

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

The Government survived its first key vote of the 32nd Dáil last night to suspend water charges for nine months, despite criticism from the Opposition.

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MUSIC NEWS: Though there were all sorts of stories about Michael Jackson’s perilous finances through the years, the late prince of pop did listen to some of the right advice when he managed to amass the rights to songs by an impressive roster of artists. 

As a society we can’t afford to designate the 20s as a second decade of adolescence, writes Victoria White

Fiona Looney’s new play was inspired by the Garth Brooks concert saga, writes Colette Sheridan

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I’m pretty chilled out. The thing about being an actor is, at the end of the day, it’s just a job.

THOUGH going through gruelling treatment for a life-threatening disease, Jon Kenny continued to plant trees, near his home in Lough Gur, Co Limerick.

Everyone’s favourite TV judge has popped up in Dublin this weekend and joined a group of Irish dancers on stage for a photo.

A first-hand civilian account of the 1916 Rising has been returned to Dublin almost a century after being written by a visiting English opera singer.

Barbara Scully was 10 when her mother dragged her to Jesus Christ Superstar. It was a show that started a hilarious musical journey for the duo. Forty years later, they returned with Barbara’s teenage daughters

From the toe-tapping tunes in Peter Pan to Boyzone’s Keith Duffy as the Baddie in in Jack and the Beanstalk, we pick the best of the festive fun with Colette Sheridan

ACTRESS and singer, Jacinta Whyte, says there is not enough work in Ireland for young people to build a career in musical theatre. 

For those who no longer believe religion is the opiate of the masses, an argument to the contrary could be made in one Co Louth parish.

A Wicklow car hire service was paid over €82,000 ($114,000) to ferry around the US first lady, her two daughters, and entourage during a short visit to Dublin last June.

IF I appear to be breathless it’s because I’m walking as I’m talking,” says showbusiness legend Red Hurley.

ONE of the things friends remember about Luke Kelly — who passed away 30 years ago next Thursday — were his teeth. He got them fixed up in England where he went to live for a few years at 17 years of age.

Theatre: The Threepenny Opera

Riverdance founders will tomorrow ask the High Court to restrain a music promoter from staging “illicit, unauthorised” Riverdance shows throughout Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.

A new music festival on the Isle of Man has been cancelled due to a lack of ticket sales, organisers said.

To Sasha Obama it looked like the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft.

Michelle Obama told Irish young people that “we are just like you” on the first of her two-day visit to Ireland with her daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12.

Michelle Obama has arrived in Ireland for a 24-hour visit while the G8 summit takes place.

Michelle Obama has arrived in Ireland for a 24-hour visit while the G8 summit takes place.

I bags the top bunk! World leaders faced a tussle for the two top suites at the Lough Erne Resort ahead of the G8 summit, which begins today.