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IT IS 2029 and Ireland is in the midst of an economic boom. The one and only Ross O’Carroll-Kelly is about to turn 50 – and life could not be better. His wife, Sorcha, is Taoiseach; his sons are the backbone of the Castlerock College Junior Cup team; and he still does allright with the ladies and as managing director of Hook, Lyon and Sinker estate agents.

The premiere of an original 90-minute music and dance orchestral composition by Mayo composer and Musical Director, Kathy Fahey, is to be performed by Mayo Concert Orchestra at a gala event in Castlebar later this year, before the work is taken to the stage in New York.

A total of 2,978 people are employed in Údarás na Gaeltachta supported companies across the Gaeltacht in Galway, the highest figure since 2000.

The Shamrock Lodge Hotel is the venue in which to be on Sunday, February 17, as the Ronan Collin's Showband Show entertains a reminiscing audience for one night only.

This year more than 750 transition year students are looking forward to taking part in Údarás na Gaeltachta’s Clár na gComhlachtaí, which encourages budding entrepreneurs in the Gaeltacht areas of Cork, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Meath, Kerry, and Waterford to develop their own mini-enterprises and compete in a national final.

IF YOU can only think of leprechauns when you think of mythical Irish creatures, think again! Ireland’s mythology is bursting with mysterious and fantastical characters, as a new book reveals.

The world of Irish traditional music is this week coming to terms with the loss of one of Alec Finn, one of its most influential masters over the last four decades.

THE 24th Junior Film Fleadh is accepting volunteer applications. Applicants must be over 18 and available to work any, all or some days, between 9.30am and 3.30pm from Tuesday November 6 to Saturday 10.

Eat, drink and be scary during the Halloween weekend at The Prince, Athlone. On Friday, October 26, get your weekend off to a spooky start with our creepy two for one cocktails ,live music with party band ‘Radiostar’ & DJ until 2am.

The word “energy” peppers Noeline Kavanagh’s conversation as she talks about her time with Macnas and looks forward to this weekend’s Halloween parade, Out Of The Wild Sky. Kavanagh herself is a human dynamo; though sitting at her office desk she is still a constant whirr of motioning arms, expressive gestures, and infectious enthusiasm.