Ranging from opera to a skatepark installation, the programme marks an extraordinary balancing act

Photography features strongly, with Kim Haughton’s study of the late JP Donleavy, Fionn McCann’s Cezanne’s Apple and Mandy O’Neill’s striking study, Diane

Diamond ring makes €73,900 at John Weldon

Art auctioneer says prices down 40-50% from peak but recovery is in sight

Open submission process and 600 artworks guarantee good – and puzzling – surprises

‘Women on Walls’ project aims to redress imbalance and inspire other offices to do same

Since 1991, IMC has helped promote jazz and bring European musicians together

Colour is a big part of Kelly’s Kilkenny home, but she also has a passion for ceramics

There’s a severe dearth of women in portaits on Irish walls, and the Royal Irish Academy is doing its bit to redress the balance

Whyte’s auction highlight is a ‘rare depiction of urban life in 1920s Ireland’. The show also includes work by Paul Henry, Patrick Hennessy, Edmond Delrenne and Blaise Smith

The blasts of colour and eclectic decor running through this Rathmines, Dublin 6, home give it a sense of fun, quirkiness and individuality, writes Elizabeth Birdthistle

Audited accounts up to the end of 2012 have now been presented to C&AG, says college

Bedwyr Williams shows us a broken-down future; while Gypsy Ray’s photographs display great warmth

Its theme is the anxiety of life in the modern world, but the annual festival is rock steady