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ONE OF Ireland’s most successful bands have announced they will perform an exclusive intimate gig at Monroe’s Live on January 22. Renowned for their charismatic live stage performances and strong work ethic, the Dublin boys most recently performed to more than 10,000 people as part of the Volvo Ocean Race celebrations. They have also released a new cd, Aslan Uncase’d, an album of covers that will feature as part of this live set.

THE PERFORMING Arts School Galway’s annual panto takes to the boards next week and this year’s offering is The Frog Prince.

Advanced talks are currently under way between Aer Arann and Aer Lingus with the view of creating a commercial alliance that would see them operating joint flights from provincial UK cities to Dublin and Cork.

She was the kind of person who, once encountered, was never forgotten. People who had met her only briefly would say to me; “How’s your friend Felicity?” Tall, attractive, a dynamic individual, Felicity Stewart made an immediate impact; her colourful personality displayed not only in her choice of flamboyant clothing but so, too, her hair was always changing colour from natural pale red to a variety of bottled shades.

Several Galway basketball clubs will be in action over the coming weeks in national cup events.

O’EMPEROR have been hailed by Hotpress as “nothing short of genius”, Futuresounds compared them to Fleet Foxes, while Totally Dublin said they “have ticked off the right boxes to create a post-rock classic”.

An alarming 56 per cent of drivers in Ireland are driving with dangerous or very dangerously under-inflated tyres, according to the results of Michelin’s 2009 Fill Up With Air campaign.

The freezing conditions that have beset the country have seen the cancellation of the first round of games in the Connacht FBD League this weekend. The Connacht council announced the decision on Wednesday saying: “Due to hazardous driving conditions and having checked the weather forecast for the weekend Connacht GAA Council has postponed the start of the FBD Insurance League until Sunday January 17.” Mayo were scheduled to open their FBD League campaign with a tie in Garrymore against the students from NUIG on Sunday, but all the ties have now been put back a week due to the snow and ice. Mayo will now start their campaign on Sunday week, and follow it up with a game at home to Sligo IT on Sunday January 24 in Charlestown, and wrap up the league stages on Sunday January 31 in Ballinlough against Roscommon. The home final for the league has been pencilled in for either Saturday February 20 or Sunday February 28, and the final against New York on Sunday October 10.

An alarming 56 per cent of drivers in Ireland are driving with dangerous or very dangerously under-inflated tyres, according to the results of Michelin’s 2009 Fill Up With Air campaign.

A new men’s health awareness campaign is urging Irish men to show the same commitment to their health as they do to supporting the boys in green.