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TADHG MACDONNAGÁIN, the An Spidéal-based author, publisher, broadcaster, and singer-songwriter has won the Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin Award, the premier prize for writing as Gaeilge, for his biography of the itinerant poet Raiftearaí.

ENTHUSIASTS FOR Irish language novels will have the chance to meet authors Micheál Ó Conghaile, Jackie Mac Donncha, and Réaltán Ní Leannáin at Sliocht, a new event to bring authors and readers face to face.

There is a real sense of catering to all tastes at the Dean Crowe Theatre for the rest of this year, with a musical, a classic, and a new comedy all set to run at the Left Bank venue. 

Tonight, Friday, October 23 a great night of  poetry and song is in store in Claremorris when Terry McDonagh and the Reidy Brothers, Ger and Tony take to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre at 7.30pm.

THE IRISH Times award winning social affairs correspondent Kitty Holland will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday October 29 at 6.30pm.

Albert Hammond owes a lot to a man who had a barber's shop in Gibraltar. As a child the world famous singer/songwriter used to sweep hair off the floor in exchange for guitar lessons.

There's a dramatic contrast of styles up next at Athlone Little Theatre, with the staging of two modern one-act plays from Saturday October 24 to Friday October 30. 

AN UNCONVENTIONAL musical journey from Russian composer Alexander Borodin to American jazz singer Billy Holliday can be expected at a forthcoming concert from musical siblings Naomi and Matthew Berrill.

As part of the Galway Advertiser’s ongoing feature on recruitment in conjunction with our classified website classifieds.advertiser.ie/jobs, we share some tips from recruiters based around Galway

I am writing about the above topic this week because recently we have had the obvious race beginning between the successors to Enda Kenny.