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AS THE Covid pandemic begins to wane, as restrictions ease, and people can gather for arts and cultural events once more, how appropriate it is that Cúirt 2022 should be themed around meetings and interactions.

It was once said of the Rolling Stones: “They wanted to be American. How British is that?” Something of the same could be said of Alt-J - at least in regards to their new album.

IT WAS once said of the Rolling Stones: “They wanted to be American. How British is that?” Something of the same could be said of Alt-J - at least in regards to their new album.

Fifteen years before the Galway-Clifden railway started, the first light-rail track laid in Galway was the tram service to Salthill. For more than 39 years a series of horse-drawn trams ran from the depot in Forster Street, along the east and south sides of Eyre Square, heading west through Shop Street and Dominick Street, over the bridge, and along the Salthill road. Then it was in the countryside with open fields and thatched cottages. The line came to an end at the Eglinton Hotel (now a hostel), where the horse was switched to the other end of the tram for the return journey. The Eglinton became Europe’s most westerly tram terminus.

Achill Island's Dooagh Pipe Band and Manchester’s award-winning Fianna Phadraig Pipe Band are joining forces to celebrate this year's Home to Mayo Festival in May.

This is the best time of year film-wise, we are getting all the Oscar contenders and every week there is a new movie worth seeing in the cinema.

It is probable that if the coastal route had been chosen for the Clifden railway, rather than the Oughterard/ Maam Cross way, the line would still be viable today. The idea of the so-called ‘Balfour lines’, proposed by an enlightened chief secretary for Ireland, Arthur J Balfour, and given the go-ahead in the 1889 Light Railways (Ireland) Act, was to give far-flung towns and communities access to bigger markets, and to grasp the benefits of employment and opportunities.

A fundraising campaign has been launched to help a Crossmolina man get treatment for a rare form of cancer.

CHARLES VILLIERS Stanford is one of the greatest composers to have ever come out of Ireland. Yet in Ireland, both the man, and his music, continue to go somewhat under the radar - certainly in comparison to his predecessor, John Field.

TG4 will broadcast a musical celebration in memory of Joe Burke, a giant of traditional music and accordion playing, in a special programme on Christmas Day. One of the most talented musicians of his era, Joe Burke died last February and in celebration of the rich musical heritage he left after him, this programme will air on Christmas day with performances from some of the most influential Irish musical figures.