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.

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.

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.

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

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.

US First Lady Michelle Obama will address a group of young Irish people this evening, who have been selected to join her and her daughters Malia,14, and Sasha,12, for a performance of Riverdance at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre.

Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha will explore her Irish heritage during a visit to Trinity College in Dublin on Monday.

A ring of steel has been erected across both sides of the border as the world’s leaders descend on Fermanagh for the G8 summit on Monday.

As he readies a tour of Brian Friel’s classic play, Adrian Dunbar is adamant it doesn’t need any heavy-handed directorial interventions, writes Pádraic Killeen.

The hit Broadway adaptation of the acclaimed romantic film won eight Tony awards and is opening in Dublin tonight. Its writer Enda Walsh talks to Pádraic Killeen

THIS year, veteran actor Des Keogh celebrates five decades in “the business”.