From ceramics to cushions to candle holders and cattle captured on canvas, Esther N McCarthy has the low-down.

Rugby brought Doug and Monique Howlett to Cork but it is friendship that kept them here. Now artist Monique is marking the end of their Irish journey with a beginning of her own, writes Marjorie Brennan.

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