Enjoy a daily online art exhibition

Thu, Apr 02, 2020

DESPITE THE coronavirus restrictions and consequent social distancing, Galway can still look forward to attending an art exhibition each day at 6pm.

‘This book is very much of the moment’

Thu, Apr 02, 2020

NEAR THE start of Sara Baume’s wonderful new book, handiwork, there is a quote from The Craftsman, by Richard Sennett.

Druid’s production of Playboy available to watch online for Leaving Cert students

Thu, Apr 02, 2020

DRUID THEATRE'S award-winning 2005 production of The Playboy Of The Western World by JM Synge is now available online for free as a resource for those studying the play for the Leaving Cert.

Getting To Know...

Thu, Apr 02, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being surrounded by a tight-knit group of friends.

Niamh Regan plays Mick Flannery's new gig series

Thu, Apr 02, 2020

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Niamh Regan will play tomorrow's Mini Gigs at Mick’s, the new series of online concerts curated by Mick Flannery, in partnership with PlayIrish.

ConTempo concerts postponed, but the music does not stop

Wed, Apr 01, 2020

CONTEMPO HAS cancelled its concerts for April and is planning to postpone shows planned for May, owing to the continuing restrictions needed to combat the coronavirus.

The Comedy KARLnival goes online

Mon, Mar 30, 2020

THE CORONAVIRUS may have stopped us from going out to see a comedy show, but it cannot stop stand-up comedy coming straight to us.

KAVA's latest exhibition goes online

Thu, Mar 26, 2020

AFTER DARK, the latest exhibition from members of Kinvara Area Visual Arts, will not be on display at the Kinvara Courthouse, owing to Covid-19 restrictions, but it will be online.

The best box sets to watch on Netflix and Amazon

Thu, Mar 26, 2020

WHILE I do love watching movies, sometimes when the nights are particularly long, having a TV show to binge on can be an enormous comfort. We have all watched a lot of these shows, such as Breaking Bad or Mad Men, so here are a few which maybe you have not seen yet.

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

Coffee Break Read Thu, Mar 26, 2020

Gugai - Róisín Dubh music promoter and founder of Strange Brew Records, chooses Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco

‘Doing these Open Mic live streams, I don’t feel like I'm in isolation'

Thu, Mar 26, 2020

IT WAS the first Sunday of the coronavirus restrictions. Pubs and venues were closed. Shops were shut. Streets were deserted. Galway was, to quote The Specials, “coming like a ghost town”.

Music for Galway's CELLISSIMO festival moved to next year

Thu, Mar 26, 2020

GALWAY CITY'S new festival, CELLISSIMO, a celebration of the cello, and which was to have its first outing between April and May, has been postponed.

Getting to know...

Thu, Mar 26, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Getting a good cup of tea when you’re out somewhere.

Daithí releases new self-isolation single

Thu, Mar 26, 2020

'AN IRISH Goodbye', the new single from composer, violinist, and producer Daithí is being described as the 'first Irish single written and recorded in self isolation'.

Daithí releases new self-isolation single

Wed, Mar 25, 2020

'AN IRISH Goodbye', the new single from composer, violinist, and producer Daithí is being described as the 'first Irish single written and recorded in self isolation'.

Maija Sofia to take part in live stream concert on Friday

Wed, Mar 25, 2020

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Maija Sofia, and County Kerry singer-songwriter, Junior Brother, who is signed to Galway label, Strange Brew Records, will take part in a live stream concert on Friday.

Simon Armitage - British Poet Laureate comes to Cúirt

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

SIMON ARMITAGE combines an ability to speak to a broad, non-specialist audience – he is one of the few living British poets the bloke down The Dog and Duck might be able to name – with a knack for acquiring establishment accolades.

Galway 2020’s Savage Beauty now an online experience

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

IT WAS to have been a public event, taking place this week in the run up to St Patrick’s Day, but following the coronavirus restrictions, Savage Beauty is now an online art experience.

Slyrydes - new single, Róisín Dubh gig in April

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

SLYRYDES, THE Galway punk/post-punk/indie rock band, are about to release their fifth single, 'I Claim To Be intelligent', while next month they play a headline show at the Róisín Dubh.

Album review: Låpsley

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 19, 2020

THE PERSONAL is political is a phrase/slogan/rallying call which has been around since the late 1960s, but is one that feels ever more pertinent and apt.

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