Louise Bruton

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

Spa treatments, a music festival, a hotel in a ship and a special bungalow

A guide to what’s on this weekend

Music, musicals and movies to entertain you

Ticket Awards 2017: The best music of the year

Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, Lorde, and SZA reigned supreme this year, while the Irish music scene has never been so vibrant

Electric Picnic: Who got drunk, did drugs, vomited? Many people

Patrick Freyne: I saw bearded men wrestle. I saw nipple rings. I saw Pat Kenny

Dublin Fringe Festival reveals its 2017 line-up

Artistic director Kris Nelson unveils his final programme

Body & Soul 2017: Driving directions and last-minute information

Time to pack your bags and plan your route

This is your four-week warning: festival season is nearly upon us

Consider every weekend until the end of May as practice sessions for getting yourself festival fit for the summer

Harry Styles: Sign of the Times shows he’s done with the fame circus

This is the debut single that Zayn and Niall wish they could have released

RTÉ Choice Music Prize shortlist revealed

Lineup features Rusangano Family, All Tvvins and James Vincent McMorrow in a shortlist dominated by indie rock

So, Niall Horan wants to be a serious musician. What's wrong with being fun?

When men leave pop bands, they go serious. When women leave pop bands, they release Crazy in Love

Podcast: The secret lives of writers

Scribes of sport, arts and screen lift the lid on their professions

Electric Picnic 2016: 25 Unmissable moments

Here are the 25 moments at this year’s festival our team are most looking forward to

Irish female musicians strike a note for equality

Women singer-songwriters such as Lisa Hannigan, Saint Sister, Wyvern Lingo Mary Black and more explain what it’s like to perform in the male-dominated music world

Off Topic podcast: Sexual consent, Viceland and RTÉ’s general direction

Lynn Ruane joins the show to discuss Trinity’s consent workshops, and we look at RTÉ’s hunt for a new boss

Access all areas: how festivals cater for people with mobility problems

‘Legless in Dublin’ blogger Louise Bruton and Body & Soul founder Avril Stanley join Roísín Ingle on this week’s podcast

Wheelchair access blog Legless in Dublin gets new website

Louise Bruton continues to review cafés, bars, venues, festivals in Ireland and abroad