What do 1,678,871 people, Stephen Fry and New York City have in common? British actor Stephen Fry has lent his endorsement to the world's biggest online documentary resource, RTÉ Radio 1's 'Documentary on One'.
Tweeting about the website, available at www.rte.ie/doconone, the renowned writer,

Returning from a 14th sell out year at the Edinburgh festival, Jason Byrne takes his Fringe show Jason Byrne 2010 to his favourite Irish venues this year, including the TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Saturday, November 27.
Jason is the biggest ever selling artist comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and is probably the most exciting live stand up performer in the world today.

If you want to take up a new, exciting hobby, make a career change or brush up on some existing skills, then check out Galway Film Centre's range of courses and workshops for the coming months.
The centre will also be screening films by local filmmakers receiving international

Jim Reeves toured Ireland in 1963 between his tours of South Africa and Europe.
Reeves and The Blue Boys were in Ireland from May 30 to June 19, 1963; with a tour of US military bases from June 10 to June 15, after which they returned to Ireland.
They performed in most counties in Ireland, though Reeves occasionally cut

What do you get when you cross Tom Waits with a circus showband, when you mix Jacques Brel with Mink DeVille, when you lock Dr. John, Dean Martin and The Fun Lovin' Criminals in the same room?
The answer is Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, the most eclectic bunch of musical

A groundbreaking album to start the new decade in an old-time acoustic fashion, The New Farming Scene from Edinburgh's Southern Tenant Folk Union, creates the first true crossover of the modern folk tradition with its not-so-distantly related bluegrass sound.