Planning permission has been granted for a near €40m RDS-style indoor exhibition and sports centre on the western outskirts of Cork city.

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

A tear-inducing tribute to the human trafficking victims was among the highlights of Sinead O'Connor's magnificent gig in Cork, writes Aine Bonner.

London songstress Mica Paris’s show might be a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, but she isn’t at all interested in delivering an Ella Fitzgerald impression.

Monday is the day for the screening of Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars, part-concert film, part music documentary.

Once Sliabh Luachra exponents Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly hit the first note in ‘The Tenpenny Bit’ jig were on lift off.

As they celebrate four decades of Cork Folk Festival, organisers William ‘Hammy’ Hammond and Jim Walsh select some standout memories, writes

She’s come a long way since her Cork Opera House debut, aged 11, as Little Red Riding Hood. Next week, the actress tells Marjorie Brennan, she returns to the same stage in Angela’s Ashes.

As the Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival hits Cork, Cillian Murphy and the other curators pick their top tips for the weekend ahead, and tell Des O’Driscoll about their magic moments from previous events.

FESTIVAL TIME: All Together Now and Indiependence are among the events making the most of the bank holiday weekend, with strong line-ups over the next few days.

The inaugural Cork Podcast Festival has announced more live events to be held across Leeside in October, including discussions with Blindboy of the Rubberbandits and wrestling star Bret 'The Hitman' Hart.

A large and ambitious collaboration between dance-theatre company Junk Ensemble and Belfast musical production company Dumbworld saw 80 Cork choristers, young and old, take to the cavernous stage of the Opera House for a Dance Opera that set out to explore our deepest, darkest fears.

If anyone deserves to take a bow, it’s Adam King, and this weekend he got to do just that following his debut at the Cork Opera House.

All of this week's entertainment news with Des O'Driscoll.

We’ve a lot to learn from the students who responded to Greta Thunberg’s call for a global strike to protest about accelerating climate change, writes Donal O’Keeffe.

GIG WISE: Some extra tickets went on sale this morning for the Spice Girls at Croke Park in May.

Former UCC lecturer Derry Cotter has written Leeside Story, a tale of love in Cork city, says Colette Sheridan.

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world.

There’s no shortage of music options at the newly-expanded festival.

As the Leeside venue gets ready for a concert performance of The Mikado, Cathy Desmond gives the lowdown on the ever-popular operetta.

Walling the River Lee will not contain flooding and will destroy Cork’s unique offering as a place to live, writes Victoria White.

An old Irish church has been named alongside the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney’s Opera House as some of the coolest constructions on the planet.

The man who brought huge international singers like Jon Bon Jovi and Paul Heaton to his tiny pub in Co Meath over the last 10 years will pull his last pint on New Year's Eve.

Remembrance Sunday commemorations will take place across the world, and the island of Ireland, today.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the world of entertainment.

Brendan Gleeson tells Esther McCarthy about the fun he had working on ‘Paddington 2’, and his mixed feelings about Cork GAA.

Harry Connolly is a veteran of all 40 Cork Jazz Festivals having played at each and every one.

Youngsters from the Cork Music Generation joining the New York Brass Band to play Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ on the open-air stage in Emmet Place encapsulated an unofficial theme for this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz festival: The international musical connections the festival has built up over its 40-year history.

MUSIC NEWS: We haven’t heard much from Tom Waits in recent years, but ANTI-records has announced the re-release of the seven albums the 67-year-old had put out on the label. 

The First Lady of Song played two memorable concerts at the jazz festival in 1980, writes Des O’Driscoll

We’ve delved into the archives to share some of our favourite stories from the last 40 years of the Cork Jazz Festival.

As the Cork Jazz Festival turns 40, Richard Fitzpatrick asked a few familiar faces to share their fondest memories of the famous festival. 

Kenneth Branagh said he was humbled and proud after being awarded the freedom of his home city of Belfast.

Cork hit all the right notes with its unique music event, write Eoghan O’Sullivan and Des O’Driscoll

The Cork Opera House stage must feel like a second home to Lisa Hannigan. 

Warm tributes have been paid to theatre giant Michael Twomey — one half of the legendary comedy duo Cha and Miah — who died yesterday aged 84.

Annie opens at the Opera House next week. Ciara McDonnell joins the cast in rehearsals to see what it takes to bring the musical to the stage

Since supporting Dan Deacon at Andrew’s Lane Theatre in Dublin and playing to 14 people in Whelan’s later that year, 2009, the trajectory for Future Islands has been on a steep upward curve.

Des O’Driscoll with the latest entertainment news and events...

As ProdiJIG returns to the stage, Marjorie Brennan meets the man behind the dance sensation, Alan Kenefick and his stage and real life partner Nawal Elbadri. 

Tommy Barker reports on a rural, riverside and generously sized apartment on Kilmacsimon Quay.

It's even been lauded by the original Prince and the Revolution drummer Bobby Z as “authentic and on the money”.