Christy’s back in town at The Hub

Irish music fans are already anticipating the return of Christy Moore who has confirmed that he will perform in Kilkenny for a summer concert.

Christy Moore will play with long-standing musical colleague Declan Sinnott at The Hub at Cillin Hill on July 9 next and tickets for the concert go on sale this Friday.

Musicians protest at Tommy Fleming concert in Kilkenny  

Members of the Musicians Union of Ireland (MUI) held a protest at the Watergate Theatre in Kilkenny last week where singer Tommy Fleming was performing.

The MUI in a statement said that the protest followed the refusal by Tommy Fleming and his company, TF Productions, to pay fees owed to a musician he contracted to perform with him last year.

Seeing red over Greens

What a brilliant idea! The Green Party made an agreement with Bertie Ahern in 2007 to rotate their seats at the cabinet table.

With a total of six TDs this means that everyone would get a chance to sit in the back of a government Merc over the life of the current Dail. A TD has to serve only two years as minister to qualify for a pension, so the magnificent half dozen would also qualify for a ministerial pension before getting turfed out at the next election. Even Fianna Fail under Haughey didn’t have the brass neck to come up with such a scheme.

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• Seeing red over Greens
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• Three one-act plays to treat theatre goers
• The motion of emotion with Katja Wittmer
• Classic parody with Apres Match
• Actor’s workshop in physical theatre
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• Kilkenny actor scoops role in Ireland’s national theatre company
• A good read?
• Seamus Fogarty gig promises to hit the sweetspot
• Local playwright premieres newest play in Cleeres
• Moving statues at the Watergate in Pray for us Sinners
• Jimmy MacCarthy returns with upcoming gigs and a brand new album on the way
• The Minutes time their entrance at the Set