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A new original TV3 drama, based on a small housing estate in the suburbs of Galway, is to hit our screens on Monday January 7 at 10pm.

JIMI HENDRIX died after choking on his own vomit; Brian Jones drowned on a summer’s day in 1969; Jim Morrison died of heart failure in Paris; Kurt Cobain put a gun in his mouth and said farewell to life. All were young men - only 27 years of age.

The Annual Remembrance Day Mass for Mayo, will take place in the Church of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar at 12pm, on Sunday, November 11. The annual Armistice Day wreath laying ceremony will take place in the Mayo Peace Park, at 1.30pm, immediately after the mass. The special guest speaker for the occasion is the Rt, Rev Patrick Rooke, the Church of Ireland, Bishop of Tuam, and Killala and Achonry. Everyone is invited to attend these events.

Join Journey Through Ireland on Saturday October 27 and experience a taste of Sligo. William Butler Yeats called Sligo ‘The Land of Heart’s Desire’ and its beauty, archaeology, and folklore filled his early poetry.

The Eighteenth Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering - a celebration of one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival, 19th century Irish writing and culture, and south Galway - returns from September 28 to 30.

A group of athletes are looking for some more to join them in a novel biathlon next month when they plan to cycle to Mayo, climb Croagh Patrick, and cycle back in aid of charity.

EDWARD HALL’S all-male Propeller theatre company have become firm Galway Arts Festival favourites in recent years and they deliver the goods yet again with Henry V at the Black Box in a staging that is brimful of verve and brio.

Aged just 36 and a mother of three young children, Gort woman and city teacher Ciara Grehan died suddenly on November 11, 2010. In a few weeks time, her memory will be celebrated with the launch of a foundation to benefit children with special needs.

Two leading local photographers have joined forces as part of a major national fundraising drive for the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation.

Toyota Ireland, sponsors of Munster Rugby, is supporting the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation as a nominated Irish charity. It will receive the 17 limited edition Munster jerseys to help raise much needed funds.