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Waiting for Poirot is an ensemble piece from playwright, Mike Finn, staged in the People's Park, Limerick, limetreetheatre.ie , Festival in a Van & Poetry Ireland bring Words Move to venues across Ireland, award-winning poet Rachael Hegarty is one of the performers, Dani Larkin is a rising star, her debut album is Notes for a Maiden Warrior

In a new memoir, 'A Very Strange Man', writer Alannah Hopkin recounts her twenty- nine-year relationship with novelist Aidan Higgins, Edward Twohig presents 'Print REbels' an exhibition of 140 historical and contemporary original prints, igs.ie, Pat Carty and Andrea Cleary review the latest albums, Soda Blonde, Inhaler and The WallFlowers.

Film reviews with Tara Brady & Darryl Jones from Marvel's Black Widow to Martin Eden & Tove, a studio 8 session with Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ahead of his gig at The Cáirde Sligo Arts Festival, Home (from Home) with The Henry Girls is online July 12-16 as part of The Earagail Arts Festival. More details on eaf.ie

Singer, composer, producer, sound designer Lux Alma has taken inspiration from the coastline of Kerry, To the Sea - the single & audio-visual celebration is out now, Peter Sirr’s 'Intimate City' is a about Dublin’s architectural & literary history, Chris Wasser revisits cult classic Donnie Darko at 20, Award-winning singer-songwriter, Ciaran Lavery

Druid Theatre’s Marie Mullen bursary is open for applications, the 2020 recipients Emily Foran & Sarah Baxter, The Lighthouse opens July 8, baritone, John Molloy, Irish National Opera Director, Diego Fascati, Anna Carey on the legacy of Tove Jansson, creator of The Moomins, Auguries of a Minor God, the debut poetry collection of Nidhi Zakaria Eipe

Donald Clarke & Ruth Barton review the latest film releases including Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round, & Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins story, Lisa Taddeo’s debut book 'Three Women' became a cultural sensation, 'Animal' is her debut novel, Dancer from the Dance Festival runs July 5-9th. Irishmoderndancetheatre.com

Blue Raincoat theatre company have produced Synge’s play In the Shadow of the Glen to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Chris Morash reviews, Look! It’s A Woman Writer Anthology, editor Éilís Ní Dhuibhne & poet Moya Cannon, Nadine O’Regan & Eamon Sweeney review albums, Laura Mvula, Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth, Brendan Tallon.

Kojaque on his much-anticipated full album, Town’s Dead, Martin Parr is one of the great social photographers, The Gallery of Photography presents his Irish photography 1979-2019, galleryofphotography.ie/martin-parr, Compass is a programme for emerging & established playwrights, Artistic director Lynne Parker & writers Iseult Deane & Ankur Vikal.

Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film, Deirdre Sullivan’s 'I want to Know That I Will Be Okay' is a new short story collection, Departures is a three-part series dublinbookfestival.com , poet Jane Clarke & writer Billy O'Callaghan feature, Zara Hedderman on where to begin with the music of Scott Walker.

Ambassador Dan Mulhall is the honorary President of Yeats Society Sligo, discusses Yeat's legacy, YeatsSociety.com, Ernest Hemingway is the subject of a six-part series, Declan Hughes previews, Declan Burke on Get Shorty, from classic book to film, 'The Important Things' is the debut collection of poems by Irish poet Audrey Molloy.