Retired chief justice Frank Clarke on his life in law: 'I think I found the hole that suited my peg'

The outgoing chief justice was the first member of his family to go to university

This week’s theatre: Country Girls hit the Abbey while Alice returns to Wonderland

Abbey Theatre stages O’Brien’s subversive classic as a much safer journey and Blue Raincoat re-re-imagines adventures in Wonderland.

Suspended solicitor urged woman to stay quiet about money he owed her

Declan O’Callaghan pressured client who faced losing her home as a result of unpaid funds

A taste of the theatre this week

Looking forwards, looking backwards and looking up – here’s what’s on view

David Munnelly, Joseph McNulty, Shane McGowan - 3’oh album review: The Mayo-Sligo connection

DAVID MUNNELLY, JOSEPH McNULTY, SHANE McGOWAN3’oh ****Independent release

Matt Molloy & John Carty - Out of the Ashes album review: tunes with verve and vitality

MATT MOLLOY & JOHN CARTY WITH ARTY McGLYNN, BRIAN McGRATH & NOEL O’GRADYOut of the Ashes ****Racket Records

Alice in Wonderland review: curious return to the past

Blue Raincoat takes a nostalgic trip down the rabbit hole of its own history

Shackleton review: A cold eye cast over a legendary survival story

This Blue Raincoat production is fascinatingly uninterested in the thrills of the survival story

Majority of Irish do not want armed police, says Kathleen O’Toole

Former Garda Inspectorate head speaks in light of murder of Garda Anthony Golden

Irish Lives: Bryan Rooney master fiddler and ‘Godfather’ of traditional music

TG4 documentary shows why fiddler Bryan Rooney is so revered

Review: The Playboy of the Western World

Blue Raincoat’s fascinating production sharpens up the Synge song by keeping cool

The Leitrim Equation 3

Leonard Barry: New Road

First Cosmonaut

In Blue Raincoat’s retelling of the space race, Yuri Gagarin makes for a reluctant star