"A rotted body politic riven with lies and factions and a sense that debauchery, despotism and tyranny governs all," is how director, Michael Barker-Caven describes the background of The Rape of Lucretia.

Opera: The Invader

Sinn Féin delegates lined up to attack the Coalition and claimed there had been no political reform as promised and cronyism was alive and kicking.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness last night apologised to the family of a garda killed by the IRA in 1980 at the opening of the party’s conference.

My introduction to dancing was following my sister to a class. She fled and I stayed.

Despite losing Arts Council funding, Cork City Ballet’s Alan Foley is refusing to give up on his dream, says Jo Kerrigan

Optimising nitrogen usage has a vital role to play in efficient, sustainable farming, according to 350 international scientists and policy makers gathered for the International Nitrogen Workshop.

The Wexford Employment and Advice Fair gets underway this afternoon at 3pm at Wexford Opera House.

The south-east can become the Irish Silicon Valley and is an ideal location for technology companies to locate, according to Sean Sherlock, the research and innovation minister.

Representatives from five of the world's largest companies will be in Wexford today for a technology conference.

Enterprises of all sizes need to embrace technology and use it to drive growth, a successful entrepreneur in the security industry has urged.

THIS week, Cork City Ballet stages classic love tragedy, Giselle. Directed by Alan Foley, the production will be reproduced for the company by Yuri Demakov of the Bolshoi.

TWO leading academics have urged graduates to remain positive in the face of the current economic crisis.