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"It's been devastating at every level" - we chatted to Deirdre O'Kane about Covid's affect on the arts industry, and her new campaign with CMRF.

Menopause, Covid-19, and teenagers are the core ingredients in the potent cocktail from which poured comedian Deirdre O’Kane’s latest stand-up show which she will be bringing back to Leeside next weekend.

The last few years have been something of a whirlwind for Deirdre O’Kane. A co-founder of Comic Relief in Ireland, she fronted the critically and audience...

Eventbrite - The Craic Den Comedy Club presents DEIRDRE O'KANE + Guests - Craic Den Comedy Club @ Workmans Club - Thursday, 24 March 2022 at The Workman's Club, Dublin 8, Dublin. Find event and ticket information.

People greatly value the work of nearly 800 smaller and local charities and community groups in Laois and the thousands of others in other parts of Ireland, acc...

Kirsty Real from Clara, Offaly was involved in the launch of We Act this week, a new national campaign aimed at building on the huge upswell of community activi...

The nostalgia is high. Last year saw the brief, but welcome return of ever Irish millenials favourite show, The Den. After an almost 10 year hiatus, Ray D’Arcy returned to our screens amidst the doom and gloom of lockdown with his pals Zig, Zag, and of course Dustin the Turkey. After the success of their short comeback last year, it seems RTE are set to officially announce that they are coming out of retirement for good and will be back as a regular show rather than just a one-off special. Th...

Normal People meets Fleabag: Connell, Marianne and the hot priest return The Irish Comic Relief sketch debuts on British TV on Friday March 19th. Here’s how it was made Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 15:00   Richard Curtis is behind a fair few iconic screen moments of his own, but when the screenwriter and film-maker clapped eyes on the Normal People-meets-Fleabag sketch that Element Pictures contributed to RTÉ Does Comic Relief last summer, he called it his favourite seven minutes of film of all tim...

Late Late Toy Show was top of the box in 2020 Updated / Monday, 11 Jan 2021 20:04 The Late Late Toy Show was the most watched programme on Irish television in 2020, while hit drama Normal People was the most watched show on the RTÉ Player, according to new figures revealing that RTÉ aired 43 of the top 50 TV programmes of the year. Lockdowns, working from home and remote learning due to the pandemic saw changes in viewing habits, with RTÉs all-day share of viewing increasing by 7% to 27.2%...

Philanthropic donations almost doubled in 2020 in response to Covid-19 Community Foundation for Ireland disburses Late Late Toy Show €6.5 million Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 13:52   Donations from private and corporate donors almost doubled in 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Community Foundation for Ireland. The philanthropic foundation, which disburses private donations into grants for charities and community groups, said it had issued more than €15 million in 1,377 gr...