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When John Prine passed as a result of Covid in April 2020, the world was bereft at the loss of a multi Grammy award winner revered by many as one of the foremost American country/folk singer songwriters of our time.

Three solo exhibitions opened at the riverside Luan Gallery in the heart of Athlone in recent times.

Some of Galway’s top elite athletes will compete in a series of indoor micro meets this weekend.

Galway athletes Alanna Lally and Aisling Joyce are making their mark in the USA.

Ella & Jo Cosmetics is an award-winning cosmetics company established in 2017 owned and operated by Expert Skin Therapist and Business owner, Niamh Ryan, and well-known Irish make-up artist and influencer, Charlene Flanagan. The pair have have created a cosmetics business that has innovation and problem-solving at its core.

There's a wide selection of movies coming up in Mayo Movie World for movie lovers, with four new movies opening this weekend.

It’s a busy time for the Mayo Youth Orchestra, directed by Dr Anne Moriarty, as they prepare for what promises to be two great evening concerts in Mayo this June. On Tuesday evening June 11, the orchestra will perform in the Great National Hotel, Ballina, together with the Waubonsie Valley High School Orchestra, from Illinois. Also taking part are members of the Bofield Ceilí Band. Then on Wednesday June 19, the Mayo Youth Orchestra will perform with the Grand Haven High School Orchestra from Michigan, in Holy Trinity Church, Westport.

In September 2020 the Folan family from Oranmore with friends, will take on the challenge of travelling the iconic Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles, USA. They do so with the aim of benefitting two local charities which have helped them overcome adversity.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny was in the United States this week as part of his final trade mission as the leader of the Government. Mr Kenny, who has led the country since 2011, is expected to step down next week when Leo Varadkar's elevation to the position will be voted on in the Dáil. As part of his trip to the US Kenny met with the executive management of Baxter Healthcare in its headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. 

Writer Joshua Ferris, who reads at Cúirt this Saturday, has been variously described as "one of America’s sharpest observers of 21st century life" (Daily Express), a "Virgil of the disaffected" (LA Times) and "a gifted satirist very much in touch with the fear and paranoia that undercuts US society" (The Irish Times).