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The world’s first arts festival dedicated to the ancient arts and rites of the Irish Wake will take place in Mayo later this month.

The groundbreaking Keening Festival will be the world’s first arts festival dedicated to the ancient arts of the Irish Wake and will take place on Saturday, May 18 in Mulranny in the Old Convent.

The Keening Festival offers an extraordinary programme of free walks, keening workshops, talks about the origin of the wake and its rites and an evening concert with world acclaimed Sean Nós singer Caitriona Ní Cheannabháin, BAFTA winner and bardic poet Kevin Toolis and violinist Lisa Fuk’u’da.

The internationally famous composer Peter Reynolds has also written original songs for a unique outdoor musical performance programmed for…

Simone Rocha has become the latest high-profile fashion designer to partner with divisive footwear brand Crocs.

The Irish designer unveiled a range of Crocs at her spring/summer catwalk show at London Fashion Week, held at the home of the English National Ballet on the Leamouth Peninsula.

Following in the footsteps of Spanish label Balenciaga and Scottish designer Christopher Kane, Dublin-born Rocha upgraded the traditional backless clog by adding chunky pearls and crystals.

Sporty lace-up styles in black and pink were decorated with silver and floral embellishments.

Fresh footwear aside, Rocha – who graduated from esteemed Central Saint Martins college in 2010 – returned to two familiar themes for SS24: bows and bouquets.

There were thin…

A Ukrainian couple living in a remote Irish village are seeking help to find their lost turtle. 

According to a post shared to the Bonmahon Tidy Towns Facebook page, the family recently moved to Bonmahon, Co Waterford after fleeing the war in Ukraine and lost their pet almost a week ago on August 16. 

The turtle, which is believed to have escaped through a window, has reportedly lived with the couple for 30 years. 

They are reportedly “desperate” to get him back. 

The post stated, “My parents moved recently to Bonmahon and yesterday they lost their turtle. Actually he just run away through the window.

“It’s [a] family pet, lived with us for 30 years, parents took all their animals with them fleeing the war from Ukraine. Maybe someone around…

WELL WISHES and comments of congratulations are still flooding in, as an Irish model and social media personality gets engaged.

Rozanna ‘Roz’ Purcell, 32, got engaged on the Cliffs of Moher in Clare on Thursday, August 10, to her long-term boyfriend, Zach Desmond. 

The Tipperary native and RTÉ radio broadcaster announced the news to her 558k Instagram followers, posting a trio of pictures with her fianceé. Irish stars including Ua Healy, Deirdre O’Kane and Greg O’Shea congratulated the pair.

Zach is the son of MCD Productions managing director, Denis Desmond and Irish sensation Hozier’s manager, Caroline Downey. 

She wrote: “We’re engaged. I would like to remind everyone that I broke my ring finger this year and that’s why…