Dingle sees thousand descend on Co Kerry town as queues form for gigs, coffee, pints and chips

Music, dream homes, documentaries and a trip to the west of Ireland hit the small screen

Violent Night on wide release, Tori and Lokita and Three Minutes: A Lengthening in select cinemas, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover streaming

Book of the Day: 35 excellent contributors, including Damon Galgut, Sebastian Faulks and Marian Keyes, describe the books that enchanted or enlightened them

Chronicler of Star Wars, Alien and The Exorcist turns to David Lynch’s obsession with The Wizard of Oz

Hugh Linehan: Bob Dylan has been caught out badly, but do we overvalue the supposed authenticity of the signed edition?

The medium still feels in queasy transition as this year presents a very mixed bag with a few surprises

Gavin Daly, co-author of Citizen Quinn, on Trevor Birney's book that expands on his RTÉ documentary series

From a fateful letter written in 1884 and a gold key for Casement Park to a unique wooden hurling trophy and Brian Cody’s cap, each item is a magic door to a wider world

The first joint-work to win the Goldsmiths Prize uses an innovative and effect way to tell the story of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago still at the mercy of colonialism

English and Irish perceptions of the 17th century leader differ wildly, largely because the English know little or nothing about his actions in Ireland

Police suspect at some point during 2013 ‘Dublin Jimmy’ offered his skills and expertise to some Quinn supporters

Podcast review: Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri go to town each week on what they call airport books

Q&A with Audrey Magee, award-winning author of The Undertaking and The Colony

A powerful look at a wide and idiosyncratic range of work, including Jo Broughton’s photography, a slice of ham and a conversation about psychedelic flowers

Tony Clayton-Lea talks with Camille O'Sullivan and Zara Devlin, who vividly present the life story of French chanson singer Édith Piaf.

Van Morrison returns home as Villagers, Soda Blonde and Foil, Arms & Hog line up alongside exhibitions and installations

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Today’s poem is from The Translations of Seamus Heaney, just published by Faber

Where our parents were concerned the great attraction to the town in 1962 was its schools