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Michael Corbett has not walked since a car accident left him a quadriplegic in 1975. However, this did not stop the man from Newport from wishing to climb one of his county’s highest peaks — Croagh Patrick.

Newly-promoted Moycullen found that honest effort was not enough to bridge the gap between the National League and Superleague basketball when they opened their new campaign on Saturday evening.

Dutch brass trio De Jongen Driest will take up residency in Galway as part of the Galway Ensemble in Residence’s Autumn School Programme and treat the city to two concerts.

This Saturday (October 24) find out some odd and interesting facts about bats. This will be followed by some batty games and crafts. A talk on the origins of Halloween will take place on Sunday October 25 at 2pm. Some traditional Halloween games will then be played. Find out what it’s like to be a conservation ranger by attending a talk on the day in the life of a ranger at 2pm on Monday October 26. All events will take place in Ballycroy National Park Visitor Centre (098 49888).

Theatre companies are gathering in force for the beginning of RoolaBoola Children’s Arts Festival, taking place all next week at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar and culminating in a weekend of fun and excitement for young people and their families over the October Bank Holiday. The annual festival kicks off in truly spellbinding style next Monday October 19 with The Musician, a darkly thrilling piece of musical theatre by Northern Ireland’s Cahoots, purveyors of world-class children’s theatre. The Musician is a new opera for children that tells the story of the child who became the best known flautist of them all… the Pied Piper.

TRISTAN IS broken hearted and intends to leap to his doom from the Wolfe Tone Bridge into the River Corrib, but just before he jumps he meets the mysterious Ghostwriter.

The John Street garden centre will run its annual pumpkin carving kids club on October 27, 28 and 29. Children from age five years and up are invited to take part in this fun and exciting class, where they will learn about pumpkin carving and the fun that comes around this spooky Halloween time.

The Athenry Heritage Centre will be transformed into a cavern of delight with spooks, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night this Saturday. Enjoy making wands and spells, experience the creepy crawly exhibits, and watch the enchanting Hansel and Gretel puppet show with the Hobgoblin Puppet Company. Be part of ‘The Scary Factor’ and win a prize. There will be face-painting, and prizes for the scariest costume. The centre will provide three performances beginning at 10.30am, 1.30pm, and 3pm.

ON SUNDAY, the GPO on Eglinton Street will host a gig by drum‘n’bass legend Goldie - just one of a number of big events the venue has this month.

This Friday Rafter Dempsey’s bar and restaurant on Friary St is the place to go to celebrate Halloween.