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Foxes and Chickens has been the top new Irish board game over the past two years. Since the launch in 2012 it has sold in its thousands, both in Ireland and abroad, and has even been sent as presents as far as America, Canada, and Australia.

Five-year-old Conor Dufficy from Moate had his leg amputated following a tragic accident, and Conor and his family face many challenges in living as normal a life as possible.

THE DECADENT atmosphere of the clubs and music halls of 1920s Germany will be brought to life in Galway’s The Dirty Circus.

The funeral of the Taoiseach’s mother, Eithne Kenny (93), took place in Castlebar on Monday, where large crowds of sympathisers turned up at the funeral Mass which took place in the Church of The Holy Rosary.

Anyone perusing the Galway Arts Festival schedule would have been forgiven for raising an eyebrow on encountering the group charged with bringing the comedy programme to its finale. The London Snorkelling Team have been raising eyebrows for a while now, and not just for their name. This inventive ensemble have enjoyed a growing profile in recent months, playing festivals such as Latitude as well as renowned venues like London’s Roundhouse theatre to widespread critical acclaim. Their use of instruments such as the noog, farfisa, trombone, parabolic reflector, overhead projector, drums, saxophone, cavaquinho, coconut shells, baby bass, and horse combines to create a cocktail of music that has seen The Guardian brand them “as brilliant as they are hilarious”.

With selection conventions rapidly taking place around the county and country, following her recent selection Ann Phelan in Kilkenny is hopeful that there will be a successful conclusion come election day in Carlow-KIlkenny for the Labour Party.

Get ready for one of the biggest shows in Castlebar this summer as Dublin-four-piece Delorentos are about to hit Castlebar for an intimate show at Bar Ritz. Tomorrow night (Saturday, August 14) as part of the Finbar Hoban Presents... series Delorentos will take to the stage in Bar Ritz. With support slots to the likes of the Dave Matthews Band, The Coral, and The Arctic Monkeys under their belts, you will not want to miss this very exclusive show.

Get ready for one of the biggest shows in Castlebar this summer as Dublin-four-piece Delorentos are about to hit Castlebar for an intimate show at Bar Ritz. Tomorrow night (Saturday, August 14) as part of the Finbar Hoban Presents... series Delorentos will take to the stage in Bar Ritz. With support slots to the likes of the Dave Matthews Band, The Coral, and The Arctic Monkeys under their belts, you will not want to miss this very exclusive show.

The phone picks up and (in an admittedly biased way) I am expecting the sound of a laid back, overly blinged out, slightly arrogant musician. What I am not expecting is the polite, bubbly, and energetic Dublin accent that comes down the telephone line at me. It hardly paints a picture of your stereotypical hip-hop/rap star. But then again Messiah J & The Expert are hardly your stereotypical hip-hop duo.