Joe Carey owns The White Horse venue which will host the Ballincollig Winter Music Festival in the Cork suburb from January 25-28. A keen musician himself, he is also a member of the White Horse Guitar Club and Jodavino.

From rock ’n’ roll kids to real-life guitar heroes, dads who reignited their love of music in the corner of their local pub are set to perform the biggest gig of their lives tonight in one of Ireland’s most historic venues.

Brian Morrissey is from Nenagh, Co Tipperary, and has been living in Cork since 2008. He is the creator/producer of Pulses of Tradition, which features Irish traditional music, song and dance, which runs in Triskel Christchurch in Cork from June to September.

A round-up of all the best entertainment news

A round-up of all the best entertainment news

Here’s some great things to do around the country this weekend.

The new Kilkenny Cookery School has just been opened by wife-and-husband chef team, Mary and Neil McEvoy. 

The Chieftains’ Matt Molloy talks to Eoin Edwards about some of his and his instrument’s epic journeys

One of the country’s top musicians will bring music into healthcare settings as part of a major music festival in Cork next week.

MUSIC NEWS: The big issue among the music world’s chattering classes this week has been the announcement of Metallica’s headline slot at Glastonbury.

An Irish artist and author has created an image of Jesus that is two acres in size and, in doing so, believes he has uncovered how our ancestors created large images on the landscape such as the White Horse in Uffington in England, which dates from the Bronze Age.

The fifth Ballincollig Winter Music Festival features familiar Irish acts such as Mick Flannery, Hermitage Green, Karan Casey and Comhaltas Ceolteoirí Éireann, and an international musician, Kepa Junkera. Junkera remains open to other influences, but is nourished by his Basque culture.

While touring her new record, Julie Feeney has let singers in each area pick which songs they want to work on, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

Music legend Paul Brady is set to perform one of his most intimate gigs as part of a Cork town’s music festival this weekend.

IT WAS great to catch up with the wines of Santa Rita at a recent tasting.

Pop star and UFO fan Robbie Williams’ imminent move to a £7m country house may be as much to do with its location in an extra-terrestrial hotspot as his desire to rejoin Take That, it emerged today.

Stars of big and small screen turned out today for the wedding of Billie Piper to fellow actor Laurence Fox.