Cian Ó Cíobháin seeks listeners’ favourite An Taobh Tuathail discoveries

Mon, Apr 27, 2020

AN TAOBH Tuathail, Cian Ó Cíobháin underground music show on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, celebrates 21 years on air tomorrow, Friday May 1, with a special programme focused on listeners’ favourite musical discoveries from the show.

A choice of viewing from TG4's streaming service

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

AFTER SPENDING the last few weeks looking through streaming services from abroad, like Netflix and Amazon, I spent the last week trying to limit my content to local services. TG4 as we all know is a brilliant local resource, but maybe you have not seen the quality content they have in their website for free?

TribeTones cover Kodaline to 'send a little positivity' to Galway

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

GALWAY MUSICIANS and singers have been remarkable and resilient in how they have continued to make music and song despite the lockdown, and the latest example is from The TribeTones choir.

Cúirt 2020 - a weekend of literature online

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

THE CORONAVIRUS has curtailed Cúirt, but it could not stop it. The city's international festival of literature has moved online and over the next few days, Galway can enjoy a feast of author interviews, readings, and interaction.

Album review: Ezra Furman

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 23, 2020

ART HAS the ability to resonate with, and speak meaningfully to, situations it was never conceived to address, and there are points on Ezra Furman's new album that feel as though is speaking about the Covid-19 pandemic.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read...?

Coffee Break Read Thu, Apr 23, 2020

Sasha de Buyl, director of Cúirt
The Lonely City by Olivia Laing

Galway Film Society to screen When All Is Ruin Once Again

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

WHEN ALL Is Ruin Once Again, a poetic documentary filmed in and around Gort, and which won Best Cinematography In An Irish Feature award at the 2018 Galway Film Fleadh, gets an online screening this weekend.

Faraway Martin releases new single

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

WEST OF Ireland singer-songwriter, Faraway Martin, has released his new single, 'The Lights Turn On', a ballad following a couple's "journey through life, from love at first sight to bitter end".

Oranmore Arts Festival goes online in May

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

THE ORANMORE Arts Festival has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but rather than being cancelled, the organising committee has decided to move a selection of the programme online.

Poems for the Lockdown - the Leaving Cert

Coffee Break Read Mon, Apr 20, 2020

THIS POEM is from my first collection, The Boy With No Face, which came out in 2005. If I remember right, I wrote it in 2000. It was inspired, or rather provoked, by walking down St Mary’s Road one evening.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read...?

Coffee Break Read Thu, Apr 16, 2020

Susan Millar DuMars, poet and short story writer
Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Getting To Know...

Thu, Apr 16, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being surrounded by family and friends which seems a distant memory now!

Town Hall Theatre Patron Donation Awards 2020

Thu, Apr 16, 2020

THE TOWN Hall Theatre Galway is inviting applications for its inaugural Patron Donation Awards from artists, companies, or producers based in Galway city and county.

When this is all over, we have much to look forward to

Thu, Apr 16, 2020

RIGHT NOW, we are having to sacrifice much - going out, meeting friends, witnessing live music - but it needs to be done to stop the spread of Covid-19.

The All4 app - Channel 4's best all in one place

Thu, Apr 16, 2020

I RECENTLY downloaded the All4 app, and, unlike the iplayer, it works here in Ireland for free with no subscription. It has some great shows and a number of really good films. First up, the movies I think are worth a watch. Next week I will select my picks for the best TV shows.

Album review: Laura Marling

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 16, 2020

ENERVATION AND melancholy have dominated many albums released so far in 2020 - an understandable reaction to last year with Brexit, the continued presence of Trump, and climate change, as well as an uncomfortable presaging of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Going Green - KAVA artists exhibit online

Thu, Apr 16, 2020

GOING GREEN, the latest exhibition from members of the Kinvara Area Visual Arts group will be going online this weekend.

There's A Waltz - Ultan Conlon's new album is out tomorrow

Thu, Apr 16, 2020

THERE'S A Waltz, the new album, by Loughrea singer-songwriter Ultan Conlon, produced by the Grammy Award winning Sean Watkins, formerly of Nickel Creek, is released tomorrow [April 17].