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Electric Picnic unveils its brand new 'carnival town' area

Electric Picnic has unveiled its brand new offering ‘Fish ⚓Town’. Starting out as resident captain of The Salty Dog, Jerry Fish created one of the most entertaining and eclectic stages at Electric Picnic ‘The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow’ which he ...

16 Aug 2022 at 21:23

Arts & Entertainment

Unpublished works by renowned Irish writers to be sold in aid of National Print Museum

A limited-edition collection of unpublished works by some of Ireland's most prestigious writers has been commissioned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Print Museum. Six internationally renowned, prizewinning writers including ...

29 Sept 2022 at 17:32

Local News

Traditional song marries contemporary art on Portlaoise stage

Dunamaise Arts Centre welcomes Caoin, featuring Irish contemporary singer and visual artist Ceara Conway, to the Laois stage in October. Known for her unique use of traditional song and lament in contemporary art, for this performance ...

02 Oct 2022 at 15:53

National News

Andy Warhol portrait of Grace Kelly to go on sale in Dublin

A portrait of Grace Kelly by US artist Andy Warhol is to go on sale in Dublin next weekend. The portrait of one of the most well-known actors from the golden age of Hollywood is expected to fetch 200,000 euro at the antique fair ...

18 Sept 2022 at 13:01

National News

Tycoon Ben Dunne selling art collection featuring high-profile Lavery painting

Former supermarket tycoon Ben Dunne and his wife Mary are selling part of their personal art collection in an exhibition set to generate millions in sales. The Mary and Ben Dunne Collection, featuring 39 paintings, will be ...

21 Aug 2022 at 12:05

Movies

Long-time Academy member sentenced to eight years in prison for child sex abuse

Long time Academy member Jeffrey Cooper has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a child. Cooper, 70, sexually assaulted a girl, who was between 12 and 13 years old at the time, at his home ...

26 Jul 2022 at 11:07

Local News

Quaker tale to be told in new film set in Laois village

The Laois Short Film Bursary of €10,000 has been awarded to Songway Films for their short film The Light Within. The film is a supernatural tale set in Rosenallis in 1780 where Lydia, a teenager must defy her Quaker ...

31 Jul 2022 at 19:53

Arts & Entertainment

Rose of Tralee inspires unique drama in Laois

The Rose of Tralee, arguably the most popular summer festival has inspired a theatrical collaboration in Laois. Laois playwright Frances Harney and Tom Conroy, a local composer, in association with Mountmellick ...

18 May 2022 at 20:23

Arts & Entertainment

Goitse set to raise the roof on return for big Laois show in Portlaoise

A roof raising night of brilliant Trad music is promised on Sunday May 29 at the Dunmaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise when Goitse, make a welcome return after another successful tour in America. "We are ...

22 May 2022 at 13:24

Memory Lane

MEMORY LANE PICTURES: Laois 65 Kitchen Choir hit the high notes in Portlaoise

The 65 Kitchen Choir drew a big crowd to the Dunamase Arts Centre in Portlaoise in February 2010. Photographer Jim Yorke was on hand for the Leinster Express to capture the night on camera. Tap next ...

22 May 2022 at 19:23

Arts & Entertainment

Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute sells for sensational amount

Claude Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute has gone under the hammer for 56.6 million dollars (£45 million), making it the most valuable view of Italy by any artist sold at auction. ...

18 May 2022 at 12:45

Arts & Entertainment

Fiesta of Laois arts makes final stop by re:Centring on Portlaoise

Celebrating the return of audiences to the arts, Dunamaise Arts Centre is proud to present the finale of re:CENTRING Laois, funded by the Arts Council’s Faoin Spéir/In the Open initiative in ...

20 May 2022 at 14:23

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