Kristin Hersh announces solo show for Róisín Dubh

Tue, Jul 12, 2016

KRISTIN HERSH, the singer-songwriter, author, leader of Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE, and an icon of American indie and alternative rock, will play Galway later this year.

Film review: Sanctuary

Films Reviews Tue, Jul 12, 2016

THE 2016 Galway Film Fleadh finished on a home-town high last Sunday night with the world premiere of Sanctuary, Len Collin’s terrific big-screen adaptation of Christian O’Reilly’s 2012 play for Blue Teapot Theatre Company.

We Are Scientists and 'Helter Seltzer' pop

Tue, Jul 12, 2016

"WE'RE NOT punk — we're too interested in making our songs as pretty as possible. We're not straight-up rock — our tastes are too left-of-centre. We're not indie-rock — our heads aren't far enough up our own butts."

'Hard Rock Hallelujah' - Lordi to play Monroe's Live

Mon, Jul 11, 2016

LORDI, THE Finnish heavy metal band who won the Eurovision in 2006 with ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah’, have announced they will play Galway later this year as part of the European Monster Tour.

Galway Film Fleadh 2016 awards

Mon, Jul 11, 2016

IRISH COMEDY-CRIME film The Young Offenders and Irish LGBT drama Lily were among the winners at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh's annual award ceremony which took place in the Town Hall Theatre last night.

Justin Conboy to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

JUSTIN CONBOY, the Salthill based writer, whose debut novel Code Thief was published in May, will read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in the Galway City Library on Thursday July 14 at 6.30pm.

Popical Island v Citóg Records @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

GALWAY'S CITÓG Records, and Dublin's Popical Island, two of Ireland's most exciting, diverse, and creative independent record labels, will go head to head in musical battle, at the Galway International Arts Festival.

The Siege of Jadotville - the Irish against the odds

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

THE CONGO 1961. Some 150 Irish soldiers were surrounded by more than 3,000 soldiers of the Katanga insurgency, heavily armed with artillery, heavy machine guns, and a fighter bomber.

Deirdre O’Kane @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

AFTER A seven-year break from stand-up, during which she had babies, made a movie in Vietnam, and became the mother of Moone Boy, Deirdre O’Kane returns with a new show. She is older, but is she wiser?

Aisling’s Seven – blending bank heists with romance

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

ASHLING AND Dan have a plan. Armed with nothing but their wits and a crime caper film obsession, they are plotting a daring heist on the Central Bank in Dublin.

Ruth McHugh’s Spectres of Modernity

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

RUTH MCHUGH'S striking new photographic exhibition, Spectres of Modernity, opens on Monday July 11 in the NUI Galway gallery, as part of Galway International Arts Festival.

Take a journey through the life of Eileen Gray

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

EILEEN GRAY defied categorisation throughout her long life. Born in Enniscorthy, Wexford, in 1878, she was one of the foremost furniture designers and architects of the last century, with her iconic Dragon Chair fetching the highest ever price at auction for a piece of 20th century furniture, yet many people are not familiar with her.

'It’s very exciting to see Hollywood waking up to the feminist cause'

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

Cinema buffs and movie fanatics galore are flocking to town for the Galway Film Fleadh and among the VIP attendees is Kirsten ‘Kiwi’ Smith, the screenwriter whose credits include the smash hit rom-coms 10 Things I Hate About You, Ella Enchanted, and Legally Blonde.

Pleasure Beach to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

PLEASURE BEACH'S music has been described as "melding indie-pop hooks, alternative-folk tinged vocal harmonies and post-rock inflected grandeur", by The Last Mixed Tape, while Pure M said the band were "years ahead in their knowledge of music".

The Young Offenders premieres at Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

TWO LADS cycle 160km on stolen bikes, pursued by gardaí, desperate to find a missing bale of cocaine worth €7 million. This is The Young Offenders, “the best Irish film I’ve seen in years," according to Ryan Tubridy.

Gerry Mallon's Laughter Loft

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

GERRY MALLON'S Laughter Loft, a long running Galway International Arts Festival favourite and institution, makes a welcome return from July 11 to 24, with Al Porter, Karl Spain, and Foil Arms and Hog all playing.

Galway to celebrate Patrick Kavanagh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

PATRICK KAVANAGH was a novelist, songwriter, and columnist with the RTÉ Guide, but he was above all one of the giants of 20th century Irish poetry and literature.

New one-man show on 'Humanity Dick'

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

RICHARD MARTIN, the larger than life Galwayman, duellist, and animal rights pioneer, nicknamed 'Humanity Dick' is the subject of a new one man show as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Optimo duo to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

OPTIMO - the DJ duo of Twitch and Johnny Wilkes - who play everything from obscure post-punk to floor-filling house music, will spin the decks at Electric on Friday July 15 as part of Galway International Arts Festival.

Manly men and their mothers

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

OKLAHOMA WAS recently voted the manliest state in the USA, prompting radio talk show host Joe Cristiano to investigate if the manliest men, in the manliest state in the Union, were willing to discuss their mothers live on air.

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