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I am glad Galway does not have Michelin starred restaurants. I have eaten in two Dublin restaurants when the family occasion, so I was told, warranted a Michelin starred meal. The first occasion was very good. The owner/chef visited all the tables and chatted pleasantly, hoping that we had enjoyed our meal. We all had. On the following two occasions, including another restaurant, which to my disbelief, retained its Michelin star this year, both meals were a disgrace. Incredibly over priced, snobby and condescending waiters, tiny portions, and pretentious food. Apart from the obligatory ‘is everything all right?’ no sincere effort was made to connect with the customer.

While it may not admit it, it is hard to imagine the EU not having a Plan B if the unthinkable - or rather not as unthinkable as it was six months ago - happens and the euro ceases to be.

The Erris Film Club will take place on the first Tuesday of every month. For November they will show Jigs and Reels on Tuesday November 1 at 7 p.m. Come and experience our recently fitted sound surround system. To find out more or to get involved, contact Lisa on 097 81079 or email [email protected]

The awesome foursome of musicians that is NoCrows bring their energy and flair to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for a concert on Wednesday October 12 at 8pm. NoCrows boasts a line-up of flamenco/manouche guitarist Felip, Waterboy fiddle star Steve Wickham, cello/mandolin talent Anna Houston, and hot double bassist Eddie Lee. The band’s repertoire is truly global as their music ranges from Irish traditional to classical and gypsy swing as well as folk tunes from Finland, Moldova, Russia, Venezuela, Greece and beyond, as witnessed on acclaimed albums Magpie and the recently released No Crows On The Moon. NoCrows has toured widely in Europe and Ireland, including major festivals Glastonbury and Dranouter in Belgium. Come and check them out.

The warm, funny, poignant and critically acclaimed new Irish play Brighton by Jim Nolan plays at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday October 5 at 8pm.

The Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre, is delighted to announce the nationwide tour of Carmel Winters’ much applauded production of B for Baby from August to November of this year. Directed by Mikel Murfi, the first stage of the B for Baby tour started on Thursday August 4 in the Tampere Theatre Festival in Finland. From there the tour returned to Ireland to begin the nationwide run, covering the length and breadth of Ireland, taking in 14 venues in total. These include theatres in Meath, Laois, Louth, Kerry, Antrim, Donegal, Sligo, Waterford, Carlow, Wicklow, Longford, Cork, Galway, Dublin and of course, Roscommon with a performance at Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday September 30 and Saturday October 1 at 8pm.

Vintners president Carlow-based publican Gerry Mellett last night backed calls by Alcohol Action Ireland for a minimum price for alcohol to help prevent the abuse and misuse of alcohol and the irresponsible sale and promotion of alcohol.

The ISPCC website features the heartbreaking story of Holly (15). After months of suffering at the hands of bullies at school and on a social networking site she plucked up the courage to contact the Childline One to One instant messaging service and admit that she was finding it hard to cope. Holly had her hair pulled and her lunch taken. She was being threatened and called names. Worst of all she was feeling isolated, scared and lonely as her former friends no longer talked to her.

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh returns from Tuesday July 5 to Sunday 10 and film fans are in store for a feast of new Irish cinema, feature documentaries, short films, Oscar winners, and movies from Korea, Argentina, India, Germany, and Japan.

It’s perhaps no surprise that France and Italy are fond of cream-coloured cars given their famous café cultures. But why do buyers in the Czech Republic favour blue far more than any other nation? And even though, we Irish may be traditionally associated with green, we much prefer driving silver.