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He may come from a land down under but Rory Faithfield is very much a songwriter in the Irish tradition.

With his staring eyes, square jaw, lengthy black hair, and dark suits, the image Galway born vocalist and songwriter Larry Beau presents to the world is that of a roguish Victorian dandy.

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.

The Halls are something of a unique feature in Mayo — a husband and wife team running a thriving family cleaning business since 1995, and mopping up a bucketful of accreditations along the way.

Judge William Harnett warned public houses and restaurants in Carlow that for next year’s annual licensing court there would be “hell” if all conditions and all paperwork for renewal was not complied with.

IN THE 1970s, the city of Leeds was synonymous with Leeds Utd and its talented but hard as nails side of Billy Bremner, Peter Lorimer, Johnny Giles, and Jack Charlton, and their manager Don Revie.

ONE OF the most popular comedy performers in Britain and Ireland is without doubt foul-mouthed funny man Mike Wilmot. Prowling the stage like a caged animal he strikes with lightning precision with a one-liner that leaves the audience helpless with laughter.

Standing on a Grecian style balcony looking over Cobh harbour, Cathy Davey reckons she’s pretty happy with how the year has turned out. After all she is an Irish Choice Music Prize nominated and Meteor Award winning singer/songwriter who is still gigging on the back of her critically acclaimed second album Tales of Silversleeve, which was released in October of 2007. “I’m going around Cork at the moment. It’s an amazing place, I’m happy this month,” she explains.

It’s been a long time, but finally The Jung Turks are back. After a lengthy hiatus, the Galway based duo of brothers Edward and James Rooney, return to the stage of the Róisín Dubh to play Strange Brew on Thursday at 9pm.

If you are reeling from being made redundant, having had your working hours cut or failing to land your first real job despite countless efforts you may be finding it increasingly difficult to stay positive and interested in your future.