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Peadar O’Dowd’s credentials for writing about Galway were impeccable. One of four children, Nono, Willie, Martin and Peadar, born to their parents John and Bridget, he grew up in Bohermore and was always grateful for the fact. He lived his life there and throughout that life would celebrate the area and its people in hundreds of articles and interviews he published in various newspapers and journals.

Third year University of Galway medical student, Cormac Kinsella was laid to rest in his home village of Ballon, Co Carlow on December 22.

Award-winning duo directors Brian and Seán Power, choreographer Declan J Gardiner and musical director John O’Dea have prepared a huge cast, including a full chorus, with Tweens and Smurfs to add music and dance to the story.

Go Greener Energy is a Connacht based SEAI registered attic insulation installer covering Mayo, Galway, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. The company was started by Mayo based Aidan and John, an architectural technologist and a civil engineer.

Larry was the eldest child of Jack and Ethel Cheevers who lived on Dalysfort Road in Salthill. They were the owners of the Forster Park Hotel and the iconic Park Café which was attached to it. Larry was educated in the Jes and in Castleknock College and went on to study dentistry in UCG — you could only do first year there at the time — and later in UCD where he finished the course and qualified.

After a summer run including sold-out shows in the Marquee, Cork; King John’s Castle, Limerick; Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens, Galway Arts Festival, and a special performance at Áras an Uachtarain for President Michael D Higgins and guest, Bell X1 are readying themselves to get back indoors this winter.

Q: I often find interviews stilted or impersonal. I struggle to bring the real me into the room. It’s like listening to a recording of myself. Any tips on how to make interviews more real?

Hot off the heels of their acclaimed performance at Electric Picnic, Dublin ensemble, the Bionic Rats will bring their reggae, rocksteady and ska influenced sound to Monroe’s Live on Friday, September 29.

All to play for as Galway football championship heats up

A new exhibition of over 40 paintings by renowned artist Kenneth Webb, Webb – 70 years at Kennys, opened at The Kenny Gallery last Friday, and will run throughout the month of September.