Dublin Fringe Festival: Prepare for belly laughs at Alison Spittle’s theatre production debut

Comedians Spittle, McGathy and Mamalis enjoy experimenting at Dublin Fringe Festival

Life Lessons: ‘I’ve been guilty of gossiping and being jealous’

The programme of 200+ acts extends across 13 stages and venues

From Bloom and Cat Laughs to Táin hillwalks and marine-themed festivals

Dara Ó Briain, Nish Kumar, Rose Matafeo and Jena Friedman also on 25th festival bill

The best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming year

After 16 days and 80 productions, festival wraps up with awards in 11 categories

Most riotous gig, most welcome encore, worst performance, best chat, tastiest food

As the international and fringe festivals close, Irish teams reflect on a good month

Capital city hosts 80 productions, from club culture and female sexuality to comedy and new theatre

The ‘big, sweaty’ Dublin nightclub is successful because it ‘doesn’t have notions’

The Boyle star on his tough-guy role in ‘Get Shorty’ and his county’s referendum journey

Every stage, every band, every slot for this year's festival, which runs from June 22nd - 24th

The Irish street artist’s best-known work has always engaged with social issues

Bloom, Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit, Vantastival, Women’s Mini Marathon and more

Zany or dark? Smart or dumb? Gently reassuring or wickedly disturbing? The festival has it all

Alison Spittle is on a quest to find out exactly what makes a culchie while Lost in Space offers an entirely different sort of quest

Sound Off: Mark O’Connell on life as a Dublin pedestrian

Deirdre O’Kane on homelessness and the refugee crisis and why enough is enough