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INDIE-ROCK, modern classical and rock fusions, folk, and Americana will all be heard from the strikingly original and critically acclaimed acts that will perform at this month’s series of Citóg gigs in the Róisín Dubh.

Roscommon will feature in the first programme in the new series of Tracks and Trails which will be transmitted on RTÉ One tonight, Thursday March 5.

AFTER 19 highly successful years, The Beautiful South called it a day in 2007 humorously citing “musical similarities” as the reason for the split. It marked the close of the second chapter of band leader Paul Heaton’s career - his first having been as leader/singer of The Housemartins - opening the way for his ‘third act’, that of solo artist.

HE IS taking the British police to court over data collection; held a flash mob in Apple’s London store in protest against multi-nationals and tax avoidance; ran a pro-choice rally in Belfast; and is determined to get banned from every Tesco store.

There were two big stories this week that caught the attention of the nation — one an enormous success story and the other a tale of woe for many who were hoping to have received their new qualification...

With the World Cup out of the way I had time to bring myself up to date with the rest of the goings on in the sporting world last weekend.

With the World Cup out of the way I had time to bring myself up to date with the rest of the goings on in the sporting world last weekend.

“Come with me, I’ll guarantee you the best time you’ve ever had,” growls Chris Smither enticingly on the first line of ‘Don’t Call Me Stranger’, the opening song from his latest album ime Stands Still.

Castlecomer Writers’ group is back to the Watergate Theatre this weekend with yet another great offering from the pens of members in north Kilkenny.