Scribes of sport, arts and screen lift the lid on their professions

How do you become a music manger? And do we have enough in the country to match the artistic pool of talent? The Off Topic podcast gets down to business

Practitioners of the toughest gig in comedy talk us through the secrets of improv on this week’s Off Topic Podcast

Armenian chef’s hip-hop perfect tee-up for Kendrick Lamar after Chvrches disappoint

Remco de Fouw wins €5,000 and €10,000 commission for ‘Random Access Memory V’

A round-up of the best nights out across the country

The pool echoes with Serena Williams-worthy grunts and growls

Trying to teach a 35-year-old (stroppy) dog a new trick is never going to be easy

Learn to swim a mile with our 12-week Get Swimming programme, in association with Swim Ireland

Tom Kenny has worked as a lighting designer with everyone from Hillary Clinton to Robert Plant – but no one taught him more than David Bowie

Department of Arts gets hike of 12%, but Arts Council is not happy with modest rise

A blend of physical prowess, humour, trapeze and tease in the Spiegeltent

Feeling overwhelmed already? Christmas doesn’t have to be so stressful.

‘The Daily Ticket’ will be spreading the news around Stradbally next Saturday and Sunday

The 50 people - in public service, business and law - who run the Republic

From creating art to embracing digital, there are lots of ways to improve our lives

It’s raucous and chaotic, but this Second Coming falls short of its predecessor

For anyone who asks, this is the moment of the festival - the pinnacle of Electric Picnic 2013

The 10 Days of Dublin festival is in full flow, with about 200 acts for audiences to choose from before the festival ends on Saturday. It’s an uncurated, open-format festival; to narrow it down, we’ve selected one show to see for each remaining day

The Californian act brought their shock-and-awe tactics to bear in Dublin and the results were explosive