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Up and coming Galway company, Zelig Theatre, have pulled off quite a coup for their new production, the world premiere of Pat McCabe’s Appointment in Limbo which they will stage in the Town Hall.

THE IRISH Times critic John Kenny will be among the featured readers at the next Over The Edge reading in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Thursday October 30 at 6.30pm.

John Banville, one of the major writers of contemporary Irish fiction, is the subject of a new book by NUI Galway’s Dr John Kenny.

Michael Lyng Motors SFC Replay

IN TIMES of recession, when uncertainty is the name of the game, there is something solid and comforting about a book. It will always be there on the shelf, a source of strength, consolation, and reassurance.

I have often been intrigued by the stories of German spies parachuted into Ireland during World War II. It was quite an intriguing time. De Valera was anxious to steer the country in neutral waters, despite serious pressure from Britain and America to at least open our ports to the transatlantic convoys which were being hammered by German U-boats. The IRA and its sympathisers, were pro German to such an extent that Germany believed it could foster a lot of trouble in Britain’s ‘back yard’ by encouraging the IRA to make mischief.

MURDER, DRINK, pornography, and dodgy footwear - just some of the elements which make up Town Of Fiction, the debut collection of short stories by the Galway-based Atlantis Collective.

ONCE AGAIN we reach the season of goodwill and of exchanging gifts to show our appreciation and love for those whose presence we cherish.