Take The Points with Des Bishop

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

'TAKE THE point' is good advice on the pitch, but an even better metaphor for life, especially when you do not take advice well, and especially if you are one of those angry troll types on Twitter.

Galway film to get New York world premiere

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

THE WORLD premiere of the Galway made film, The Butterfly Love Song, takes place this weekend in New York as part of Irish Screen America's three-day film festival.

Clay Galway - a new group's first exhibition

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

CLAY GALWAY, a group of 32 ceramic artists from Galway city and county, will hold its debut exhibition in Tribeton on Merchants Road, with the official opening being this evening [Thursday October 24] at 7pm.

Boy singers sought for St Nicholas' Schola Cantorum

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

IN 1486, by special Papal Bull, St Nicholas' Collegiate Church established a college with singing priests, appointed by the Galway Corporation, which was instructed to train young children to sing at daily church services.

Slyrydes new single out tomorrow

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

'DANGEROUS ANIMALS', the new single from Slyrydes, finds the Galway band tackling ignorance, bigotry, and a world where threatening forces are on the rise.

Land Without God - examining the legacy of institutional abuse

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

LAND WITHOUT God, a new documentary examining the legacy of institutional abuse by the Irish Church and State, will be screened in The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Actors sought for 9 to 5 - The Musical

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

TWIN PRODUCTIONS will be holding auditions for Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 - The Musical in the Connacht Hotel on Monday [October 28] at 5pm. Anyone over 16 is eligible to try for a part.

Moon Looks On - Galway gig this weekend

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

THIS YEAR has been a big one for Irish folk-pop band Moon Looks On, having played three shows at the Glastonbury festival and appearing at the 2000 Trees festival in Gloucestershire.

Welsh choirs to sing for hospice memorial concerts

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

TWO LEADING Welsh choirs - Côr Mebion Ardudwy male choir and Cana-Mi-Geib - are coming to Galway to perform two special memorial concerts in support of Galway Hospice.

Leading jazz guitarist to play Galway

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

MIKE NIELSEN, one of Europe's finest jazz guitarists, will join forces with Galway guitar great, Aengus Hackett, for a night of six string magic at The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street.

Misfits tribute this weekend

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

WHERE GOMIES Dare, who describe themselves as "Galway's ugliest Misfits tribute band" play Sally Longs this Friday [October 25] at 9pm.

The Dirty Circus' Halloween Extravaganza

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

THE REIGNING Miss Burlesque Ireland winner, Bella Curve, and one of Ireland's leading comedians, Paul Currie, take to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre for The Dirty Circus' Halloween Extravaganza.

Le Boom play the Róisín this weekend

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

IN THREE years, Irish electro-pop duo Le Boom have racked up 2.1 million streams for their five single releases so far; played Primavera Sound and Electric Picnic, and put on shows in New York, Reykjavik, and Bilbao.

Liam Jones' journeys through the west

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

OLD BOOTS And Other Stories may seem like an odd title for an exhibition of landscape paintings, but this is because the exhibition itself represents various journeys for the artist.

A close-up view on wildlife with Colin Stafford-Johnson

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

COLIN STAFFORD-Johnson, the Emmy award winning Irish cinematographer, whose works has been seen on the BBC's Animal Babies: First Year on Earth and RTE's Wild Ireland - Edge of the World, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

Tom O'Mahony - Defending The Caveman

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

DEFENDING THE Caveman, Rob Becker’s celebrated theatre show, mixing stand-up comedy, lecture, and therapy session, is an attempt to resolve the battle of the sexes, is coming to Galway.

Dark Lies The Island - new Irish film opens at The Eye

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

DARK LIES The Island, the new Irish film scripted by acclaimed novelist Kevin Barry, and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, who directed Perriers Bounty, and episodes of Moone Boy, opens in The Eye tomorrow.

Album review: Daithí

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 17, 2019

INTROSPECTIVE, CONFESSIONAL songwriting is not an approach readily associated with electronic music, which tends mostly towards the austere and abstract on one side, or euphoric, Balearic, hedonism on the other.

'I’ve never done anything like this before'

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

COMING TO the Black Box is Woman Undone, a profoundly moving, brave, and beautiful fusion of theatre, music and dance, which tells the early life of singer Mary Coughlan.

Judy marks major comeback for Renée Zellweger

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 17, 2019

JUDY IS based on the stage play End of the Rainbow. It is a sturdy and competent music biopic, there seems to be one of these every year and this is a one of the good ones.

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