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Film Club spring season finishes with breathtaking Swedish Masterpiece.

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Athlone Film Clubs finishes its spring season on Tuesday April 27 at 8pm in the Dean Crowe Theatre with the compelling Swedish masterpiece, Everlasting Moments.

Mayo one-two at Cork Week Regatta

For a small sailing club to win an event at the prestigious ACC Bank Cork Week Regatta is quite an achievement. For boats from a single club to finish first and second is an outstanding result. That is exactly what happened for Mayo Sailing Club in Cork this year. X-Rated and Roxanne finished first and second respectively in the X332 Class. It’s no wonder the champagne corks popped.

Yellow Rose leads the way

There's so much more to yawl racing than meets the eye! That's the verdict of people here generally as the annual Cruinniu Badoiri Acla continues to thrill the local population and visitors alike. This weekend past was no exception for great yawl racing despite “feast to famine” weather conditions which ranged from raging storm to midge friendly calm. Saturday's race in Tonragee (which translates as “back to the wind” ) was cancelled due to too much wind.

Fast boat to China — Green Dragon weighs in well for next leg

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Ireland’s entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, Green Dragon, is back in the water and preparing for Saturday’s in-shore racing in Singapore after the Christmas and New Year respite.

Johnny Duhan’s voyage continues in the Town Hall

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IN THE late 1980s, Johnny Duhan wrote a song that would make his name widely known, become a hit single for Christy Moore, and be sung at countless weddings across the world.

The return of the cancan with Can Can Casino

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Following hugely successful shows in November and January plus sell-out shows for the Moulin Rouge Christmas Special at the Ormonde Hotel, Can Can Casino are delighted to announce their return with an all new cast and show on Friday March 6, 2009 at Kyteler’s Inn, Kilkenny.

Imelda May takes the liberty of following her own path

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WHEN OTHER girls her age were listening to Wham, A-Ha, and Bros, Imelda May was extolling the virtues of Elvis, Eddie Cochrane, and Gene Vincent.

Green Dragon gets a taste of home in Boston

Supporting businesses of the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway have now passed the 100 mark as the fleet prepares for the in-port racing duel in Boston on Saturday.

By accident and design, Irish sailors are on top of the world

On Monday the public will have a rare opportunity to hear some of the Volvo Ocean sailors’ life stories.

A feast of music and art to savour at Volvo Ocean Race

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AFTER 18 months of diligent preparation, the Volvo Ocean Race is finally almost upon us, and the racing yachts’ arrival in Galway next week signals the commencement of two action-packed weeks of sailing, music, spectacle, culture, and craic in what will be Ireland’s largest ever free festival which is expected to bring 200,000 visitors to the city.

 

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