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THIS WEEKEND the Galway Film Fleadh hosts Oscar-winning actress Brenda Fricker as its special guest, when she partakes in an interview with Sean Rocks from RTÉ Radio’s Arena at 3pm on Sunday in the Town Hall Theatre.

The Importance of Being Wilde by Stephen Burns is a compelling play on the life and extraordinary career of Oscar Wilde, one of the most flamboyant and brilliantly original Irishmen of all time.

THE GREAT Passage, Japan’s official submission to the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film category, will receive its Irish premiere at The Japanese Film Festival.

Award season is well and truly upon us with the BAFTA’s taking place only a few days ago and the biggest awards of all, the Oscars, taking place in LA this weekend.

Athlone Film Club continues its winter season with the award-winning French dramatic film , Love (Amour), on Tuesday November 26 at 8pm in the Dean Crowe Theatre. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2012 and the Oscar for Best Foreign Film 2013, Amour is a film not to be missed.

Fine Gael Mayo TD John O’Mahony has urged Mayo sports clubs and organisations to register their interest on the new online system for Sports Capital Funding.

This year marks the birth of a new festival on Galway’s already bustling calendar; the Oscar Wilde Festival. The two day event is both a celebration of the famed writer’s life and works as well as a reminder of Wilde’s strong links to this city and the west of Ireland.

In a rare, not-to-be-missed collaboration, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Heathers will perform live at Wineport Lodge in Glasson on Wednesday September 4. The unique event will begin with a drinks reception, followed by a five-course dinner in The Restaurant and the one-night-only performance by two of the country’s most gifted acts. The concert will include a beautiful collection of songs and melodies as these talented artists perform live together in this unique setting.

OSCAR WILDE’S bittersweet story of love, loyalty, charity, and selflessness, The Happy Prince, has served as an inspiration to many musicians over the decades.