Bernadette Devlin McAliskey’s extraordinary political journey

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

SHE WAS the firebrand young MP from County Tyrone whose electrifying presence on the stage of Northern Irish politics in the late 1960s catapulted her to the forefront of the Civil Rights movement.

Who Needs Enemies? returns next week

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

FRESH FROM a Buddhist retreat in the Himalayas, Eoin Hancock returns to Galway to draw a line in the sand, and escape from his self-indulgent lifestyle and party animal friends.

Cillian Murphy on Misterman’s ‘amazing immersive experience’

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

Playwright Enda Walsh’s Misterman is one of the hottest tickets at this year’s Galway Arts Festival due in no small measure to the fact it sees Cillian Murphy take a rare break from his film career to ‘tread the boards’ again.

Enter the world of Silent

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

MCGOLDRIG ONCE had it all, but today he is homeless and has lost his mind. Yet through his fascination with Rudolph Valentino, he finds the courage to confront his past.

Last places for Core Theatre College course

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

CORE THEATRE College has filled all but two places for the performance course, starting on September 19.

The Guard competition winner

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

THE WINNER of a pair of tickets to the gala première screening of The Guard in The Eye this week is Fergus MacSweeney of Barna.

Garvey’s comedy open mic night

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.

Percy French Summer School

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

THE PERCY French Summer School will take place at Castlecoote House, Castlecoote, Co Roscommon, from Wednesday July 13 to Friday 15.

Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

GERRY MALLON’S Laughter Loft, the ever popular series of lunchtime comedy shows in The Ruby Room, The King’s Head, return this month.

The Vaselines - indie legends to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

WHAT IS it about Scotland and indie music? This is the nation which has given the genre many of its defining bands - Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub, Camera Obscura, and of course The Vaselines.

Mick Hanly and Arty McGlynn @ The Forge

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

TWO OF the giants of Irish folk - Mick Hanly and Arty McGlynn - along with Nollaig Casey, play The Forge in Moycullen this Saturday at 9pm.

Driftwood Manor album launch @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

GALWAY AVANT-folk band The Driftwood Manor will launch their new album with a show upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday July 15 at 9pm.

The album, The Same Figure (Leaving), is a joint release between independent Galway label Rusted Rail and independent Dublin label Slow Loris.

Track Dogs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

TRACK DOGS, the new band name for the Garrett Wall Band, are coming back to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Sunday at 10.30pm.

Philomena Lynott to sign My Boy in Easons

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

Philomena Lynott, the mother of Thin Lizzy leader and rock icon Phil Lynott, will be in Galway next weekend to sign copies of her book My Boy.

Ms Lynott will be in Easons on Shop Street, from 12 noon on Saturday July 16 to sign copies of the book and meet and greet Lizzy fans.

Schubert’s Octet to be performed in Tuam

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

LONDON’S CALLINO Quartet will perform Schubert’s masterpiece, the Octet in F major D803, at St Mary’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Tuam as part of this year’s Galway Arts Festival.

American and Irish poets to read at city museum

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

AMERICAN AND Galway writers will come together to read their work at the Over The Edge July Writers’ Gathering at The Kitchen in the Galway City Museum.

Contempo to begin Galway Cathedral Recitals

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

THE GALWAY Cathedral Recitals series of summer recitals returns with the opening concert, featuring the ConTempo Quartet and David Grealy, taking place this evening at 8pm.

See the art unfold at 126

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

Nine artists over nine consecutive days will create, destroy, and re-arrange artworks in 126, and the public will be able to see it unfold on-line and in the gallery.

Nudes from a new perspective

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

THE NUDE in Western art can be either be a study of the form, contours, and idiosyncrasies of the human body (eg, Gwen John, Lucien Freud), or be unashamed erotica (Ingres, Delveaux, Allen Jones) - it just depends on who is painting them.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Jul 07, 2011

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
The pursuit of it is as good as it gets.

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