From Bloomsday for Joycean lovers to al fresco dining in Dublin, from the fun side of the arts in Carlow to the annual Summer Show in Cork, this weekend promises a feast of festivals nationwide.

A man has been arrested in south-east France over the shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead, the Paris prosecutor’s office said today.

Oscar winning actor Jeremy Irons will be speaking at the Hunt Museum this weekend.

Under the light of the same North Star that guided the Vikings on their expeditions of conquest and terror over a millennium ago, Waterford came out in force on Saturday night to mark the start of 1,100 years since the city’s foundation.

Weaving baskets is one of the oldest crafts.

THE case for repatriation of an Egyptian mummy from its current resting place in Cork city has lost one of its most vocal supporters after he stood down as head of Egypt’s Supreme Council for Antiquities.

SIXTY years ago, during the sun-splashed summer of 1951, the first of the trucks that would change Cong forever rumbled into town.

GARDAÍ are investigating an arson attack on a bus museum which is believed to have caused more than €100,000 worth of damage to vintage vehicles.

A “TURKEY tycoon” who became a cult figure thanks to his catchphrase Bootiful! has died at the age of 80 — just at the start of the US Thanksgiving holiday.

Bruce Springsteen ended his world tour over the weekend, toned down but revved up.

A German university today returned a small sculpture taken from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon – a gesture the government said would bolster efforts to regain the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum.

The Government has given the green light for a multi-million euro tourism, commercial and residential development on the former Irish ISPAT site on Haulbowline, Co Cork.

ENDA KENNY TD has described how the Taoiseach used his speech at the opening of the 1916 exhibition at the National Museum to airbrush out Fine Gael’s contribution to Irish history.

ENDA KENNY TD has described how the Taoiseach used his speech at the opening of the 1916 exhibition at the National Museum to airbrush out Fine Gael’s contribution to Irish history.

Kieren Fallon is keeping his fingers crossed ante-post favourite George Washington will see out the trip in the Stan James 2000 Guineas next month.

SIX men pleaded not guilty yesterday as they went on trial over the theft of Edvard Munch's masterpieces The Scream and Madonna, snatched from an Oslo museum 18 months ago.

A FASCINATING exhibition of maritime paintings has been launched — in every sense — at the Port of Cork headquarters.

CHILDREN’S festival organisers in Waterford will be finding out who’s nautical and who’s nice over the coming days as the fifth annual Hullabaloo Festival kicks into action.

LIMERICK’S much-maligned image got an unexpected boost this week when the city won an international tourism award.

Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream and other tableaux were stolen from a Norway art museum today.