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Forget Westlife, Boyzone, or even One Direction, and make way for the new kids on the block, a group of NUI Galway students who have donned the obligatory matching white outfits, plastered the cheesy grins, and brought their dodgy syncronised dance moves not just to the campus grounds, but to the streets of Galway, and to a YouTube audience all in aid of a very worthy cause.

X FACTOR’S Kitty Brucknell will perform at Dignity on Shop Street tomorrow night, for what will be one of her first shows in Ireland.

It was Claire Henriques’ version of ‘Gloria’ by Linda Branigan that stole the show at the fundraiser for The Susie Long Foundation, The Hope Foundation and Kilkenny Kats Special Olympics. Claire Henriques’ ‘shimmy’ left the audience screaming for more and after a three-way sing-off against Jedward and Gemma Brennan aka Amy Winehouse, Claire took the top spot.

Rehearsals are currently under way for Druid’s upcoming production of John B Keane’s Big Maggie and among the cast is Keith Duffy who plays the part of travelling salesman Teddy Heelin. At the end of Monday’s rehearsals, Duffy sat down to talk about the play and reflect on some of the highlights of his years in music, television, and performing. “I’m very lucky to have had the career that I have,” he states candidly. “As a teenager I wasn’t very ambitious, I was quite insecure and didn’t have much confidence in myself. Getting into Boyzone was the first bit of luck I’d had in life. And we didn’t really know what it was we were trying to create, whether it was a hit single or to sell out a big venue, we were all new to the business. Everything just seemed to happen naturally, it’s only looking back you realise how lucky we were.

Former Mayo person of the year and Kiltimagh native Louis Walsh has “vigorously denied” allegations that he indecently assaulted a 24-year-old man.

NEW IRISH girlband Wonderland are coming to Galway where they will do an in-store appearance in HMV, Edward Square, on Wednesday at 1pm.

SINGER, SONGWRITER, DJ, and broadcaster, Marc Roberts grew up listening to American country classics and British and Irish pop in his native Crossmolina, County Mayo.

Forget about X-Factor, You’re a Star, or Ireland’s Got Talent as the west’s biggest ever Battle of the Bands competition Blast 2010 is launched at the west’s newest and most exciting entertainment venue, the Gateway Live in Belmullet, Co Mayo.

Chief executive of the Special Olympics World Games Mary Davis has emerged as a serious contender to become the next President of Ireland.

Fear not fans of spectacular quiffs, bouncy pop and colourful performances, the Jedward train is still on track to pull into a Kilkenny station next month.