Stars of the future from CIT Cork School of Music will delight the audience with their performances in the inaugural Ballymaloe Young Musicians Concert this week.

The weather gods smiled down on the third Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine, as 8,000-plus visitors from more than 30 countries streamed through the gates of Ballymaloe House, in East Cork, over the weekend to watch Irish and international stars of food and wine strut their culinary stuff.

Theatre director Breda Cashe says that when she first read the dramatised version of Mitch Albom’s memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie, she thought it “might be a little cheesy and sentimental”. But when the actors read the two-hander, the comedy emerged, even though it’s a true story about dying.

Cork people are long convinced of the county’s delights, but the rest of the world seems stunned that Kimye would consider a honeymoon in the Rebel county.

After months of exciting plotting and planning, the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest got underway at the Grain Store in Ballymaloe last night.

GIG WISE:Christy Moore has announced a return to Leeside, playing at Cork Opera House with Declan Sinnott on Thurs, Nov 7.

SANDOR KATZ described himself as a DIY food activist and fermentation revivalist.

The East Cork Early Music Festival is a showcase of compositions pre-1750, says Declan Townsend

A stellar line-up of classic and contemporary French cinema is planned for next month’s Cork French Film Festival.