Leisure Features

• One Direction to play Dublin and Belfast in March 2013

  9:03am yesterday
  

  To celebrate winning their very first BRIT Award, One Direction have announced details of their first Arena Tour of 2013. ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ scooped Best British Single at the BRITS and comes just weeks after the band wrapped up their... more

• Go on, go on ... Head to Craggy Island for TedFest this February

  17th February 2012
  

  Every February, Inishmore of the Aran Islands becomes Craggy Island as nuns, priests, ‘lovely girls’ and doting housekeepers descend on its rugged shores. Yes, the splendid storm of drink, music, sport and irreverent fancy dress that is TedFest... more

• Cork Printmakers Exhibition at Dublin's National Print Museum

  17th February 2012
  

  A new exhibition at the National Print Museum in Dublin explores Ireland through the alphabet. Ireland: Alphabet Series, A Cork Printmakers Travelling Exhibition opens Thursday, 24 February 2012. The exhibition consists of 26 prints by 26... more

• Paris fashion, beauty and style at Brown Thomas

  14th February 2012
  

  Bienvenue à Paris!For all confirmed French style connoisseurs out there, or for those who simply admire that certain je ne sais quoi inherently possessed by the women of Paris, Brown Thomas is bringing the fashion capital to Dublin from... more

• The Coronas play Live at the Marquee this June

  14th February 2012
  

  After another sell out tour in December and following the success of two hit singles from the platinum-selling album, Closer To You, The Coronas play their biggest Cork show to date on Friday, June 15 as part of Live at the Marquee 2012. The... more

• Extra dates for Dara O Briain's Ireland tour in 2012

  14th February 2012
  

  Irish funny man Dara O Briain is Live at the Marquee in June and returns to Dublin's Vicar Street in July. Extra dates for ‘Dara O Briain: Craic Dealer’ have been added to his 2012 tour due to phenomenal demand. In 2010, the... more

• Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2012: the Highlights

  13th February 2012
  

  Al Pacino, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg and Glenn Close are among the stars set to descend on Dublin this February for the 10th annual Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. Between February 16th and 26th, more than 130 films – Irish... more

• IFI teams up with Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

  8th February 2012
  

  The Irish Film Institute (IFI), in collaboration with the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF), presents three film programmes to run in conjunction with the festival. Hosted at the IFI, the screenings include film works by... more

• Equus on stage across Ireland

  8th February 2012
  

  The London Classic Theatre presents Peter Schaffer’s unique psychological thriller Equus. The Tony Award-winning play runs in theatres across Ireland this spring. In a Hampshire stable, a youth blinds six horses with a metal spike. Convicted of... more

• Plaza Suite at the Gaiety

  7th February 2012
  

  Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre presents Neil Simon’s witty, sophisticated and downright hilarious Plaza Suite for two weeks this February and March.Rough Magic theatre company follows its sell-out hit production of The Importance of Being Earnest,... more