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Lunchtime theatre is popular again, and at the moment CafΘ Theatre is staging This Property Is Condemned, by Tennessee Williams, at Bewley's on Grafton Street in Dublin. It's on from Monday to Saturday until September 15th. Tickets cost £8, with soup and a sandwich included; doors open at 12.50 p.m.

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The National Theatre presents Brian Friel's play, Translations, on the Abbey stage, directed by Ben Barnes. Set in Donegal in 1833, it traces the tension as the English and Irish cultures clash, one threatening to erode the other (bookings on 01-8787222).

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Sodom And Gomorrah: A Reportage From The Lost Cities is an exhibition of 12 dramatic, large-scale images from the lost biblical cities. Devised by the Italian artist Alessandro Bavari, it is on show at the Guinness Storehouse, St James's Gate, Dublin (01-4084800).

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If you're not Irish, at least you can "be Irish for a day", at the Causey Farm, near Navan, Co Meath. You can learn s·gβn rope-making, cΘil∅ dancing and bodhrβn playing, and eat a colcannon supper, all followed by a traditional music session. There are tours on Tuesdays and Fridays (046-34135).