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STEFANIE PREISSNER materialises on the path outside Dublin's Dawson Street Hotel with a burst of confident energy. Hair tied up (with a pen), wearing a navy blazer and makeup-free, she fits exactly the image of a determined writer: a tirelessly ambitious workhorse. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEXT Friday (September 16) will see a salvo of cultural events take Ireland's villages, towns and cities by storm as Culture Night returns for another year of creativity, stirring spectacles and thought-provoking performances that are sure to thrill, delight and inspire attendees. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This week Dublin's Abbey Theatre announced their commitment to 'embrace and enshrine' gender equality within theatre in this country, following last year's embarrassing announcement that only one out of the ten plays programmed for their 2016 programme was written by a woman. If they are actually going to achieve their new goals remains to be seen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHETHER you're skint after the long weekend of indulgence, avoiding the pedantic weather or simply 'can't cope' with the real world, there's never been a better time to wrap up in a blanket, popcorn in hand, and settle down to a television-bingeing session. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FIFTEEN years ago, world-renowned Irish playwright Conor McPherson was on his way to the London premiere of his seventh play Port Authority, when he began to feel an unbearable pain in his stomach. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE water is surprisingly tepid, my nose is running and it's the first time in my life I've been more than happy to be immersed headfirst into Irish waters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

YOU know what's awful? Socialising. Between the neverending whatsapp group messages, outfit planning, nightclub queuing and the obligatory morning-after cry as you gaze into the abyss that is your online bank balance, it's no wonder more and more of us are turning to our screens to provide our main source of weekend entertainment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT'S BEEN thirty years since The Commitments first burst from the pages of Roddy Doyle's bestselling novel. The first episode of The Barrytown Trilogy follows a group of unemployed young people in the north side of Dublin. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IN DUBLIN [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WE DIDN'T know it even existed but a Dublin-based gym is hoping to break the world record for the largest ever exercise ball class. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IRELAND'S relationship with fitness has undergone a huge transformation in recent years. Way back when, dwellers of my hometown in north Cork only knew of jogging as that strange hobby one 'odd' man did every morning around the local park. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT SEEMS that when it comes to food, the old adage that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs holds true. The most recent estimates say that Europeans throw out more than 88 million tonnes of food each year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCHOOL term is resuming for many of Ireland's little ones next week, so now's a good time for parents to have a think about what's about about to go in those new lunchboxes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE number of stay-at-home dads has been on the rise in Ireland, with the most recent CSO figures revealing over 11,000 Irish fathers have shifted the traditional gender role in order to help raise the family — and that's probably for the best. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON SHOW [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON BOOKS [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Billy Elliot [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON SCREEN [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON STAGE [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PALFEST IRELAND [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE SCENT OF SAWDUST [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WE ALL know too well that what we choose to fuel our bodies with can have a great effect on our physical and mental wellbeing, but did you know that when you eat can have an equally significant impact on your health? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCHOOL'S out, and while we all start the summer with grand goals of filling our kids' holiday bucket lists with a jampacked schedule that would make 'Ryan, whose dad's an accountant, and went waterskiing in Gabon' jealous, it's easy to veer off-course. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON STAGE [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RADIO ROOM debuted their ferocious new track, Nobody Told You, at a private listening party in Dublin last week. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON DANCE FANCY [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON STAGE [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CELEBRATE SINGING [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON WRITING [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IS IRELAND developing a digital dependency disorder? New research shows that we're now plugged in to some sort of technological device 80 per cent the time — with increasing screen time at work and home becoming a part of everyday life. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON SCREEN STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON STAGE [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has been named 'Free From retailer of the year' at the 2016 FreeFrom Food Awards. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that by utilizing a spa at a hot spring, is another way to salvage a skiing vocation when the snow and wind and the temperature drops below 0 degrees drowns out one's bad mood. Experience of author and his team leader, Montana historian, Bill Lang.

Offers information on the wolf repopulation effort at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Release of Canadian wolves in the park in January 1996; Availability of the course called `Yellowstone Wolves' at the Yellowstone Institute; Recommendation that visitors consult park rangers about dangers and precautions; Biologists' study of the wolves' acclimatization to the park. INSET: Wolf tracking, by G.O..

Presents travel information on lighthouses in the United States. History of lighthouses; Details on the lighthouses; Location of the lighthouses; Benefits of staying at lighthouse hotels INSET: Superior lights..