Organisers said this year's theme aims to celebrate "where we come from, what grounds us, and how we continue to grow together".

Malcolm Byrne told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that he wanted Mr Bakhurst to remain at RTÉ to continue the work and changes he had started.

A failed IT project, unused X-ray equipment, and millions unspent on capital projects were the focus of a new report.

POET Charlene Egan is about to launch a book of freshly-penned poems and musings called Plucking Petals and will donate all the profits from its sale to a great cause.

A PARED-BACK performance telling the story of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton found a deeply personal home in St Mary’s Church last month, in the very place where his parents were married.

THE haunting tale of Ireland’s last wild wolf, shot on the slopes of Mount Leinster in 1786, has been brought to life in a beautifully illustrated new book that gives voice to the vanished predator.

A grandnephew of one of the 1916 Rising leaders says a near-fatal swimming pool accident changed the course of his life.

Anna Jansson (21) has been given the Milton Violin for use during her tenure.

The grants have been delivered through the Arts Council’s National Lottery Project Funding.

The Taoiseach listed projects and initiatives to connect both sides of the border during the annual Seamus Share Home Place lecture.

Live events dominate consumer expenditure, generating €786 million annually.

The Spotlight On Theatre And Dance From Northern Ireland initiative will be held on August 19th

A three-day conference at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast will bring together experts on the poet.

Costumes worn by stars including Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson and Owen Wilson will also go on display

Since the scandal emerged, Minister for the Arts Patrick O’Donovan has said is among issues that have caused “huge embarrassment” to his department in recent times

Muine Bheag Arts Radio is an experimental broadcasting platform that has been set up by local organisation Muine Bheag Arts

Float is produced by Crybaby Productions and written by emerging playwrights Orla Graham and Kirby Thompson.

Many of the participants who would have taken part in the parade wore their costumes to an open-mic night instead

It emerged that the Arts Council had spent €6.6675 million on a failed IT project.

‘I do want to recognise the really good work the Arts Council does do,’ Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said.