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EOIN HANCOCK has the worst friends imaginable, who get him into scraps that are both illegal and near life threatening, and they are about to throw him into more mayhem.

HIS FIRST time in Galway was in 1962 as a teen folk singing ‘wannabe’. A decade later he was back as part of Irish trad’s first ‘supergroup’. Ten years later he was a controversial supporter of the Hunger Strikers. And tomorrow he headlines the Galway Arts Festival Big Top.

Westmeath’s second-ever Olympian Martin Fagan (28) received a two-year ban from all competition this week after his prompt admission to doping offences.

NEXT WEEKEND sees the latest instalment of Music For Galway’s annual midwinter festival. This year’s offering is entitled Intimate Voices and offers a varied musical programme, ranging from the 17th to the 21st century, as well as a unique combination of artistry involving voice, dance, literature, drama, and visual art, as well as two internationally renowned quartets.

Christy Moore has just released his new album Folk Tale at the tail end of last month. It was produced by Declan Sinnott and Folk Tale is the latest result of Christy and Declan’s unique musical alliance. Their long collaboration has gained a loyal and ever increasing following. He will be back on stage in The Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Saturday April 28, and a ticket for the show could make a perfect Christmas present for the music fan in your life.

Ann Murray (Mayo AC) won the women's masters race in the Connacht Cross Country championships held in Galway on Saturday.

EOIN HANCOCK is lucky to have a girlfriend like Cindy. No matter how angry she gets with him, she sticks around, but he’s quite unlucky to have friends like Bottle, Raymo, and Gonz - the kind of ‘friends’ you would not wish on your worst enemy.

WHO NEEDS Enemies?, the black-comic farce by local playwright Conor Montague proved to be one of the Galway theatre hits of the year, and now comes the sequel.

Arriving at the Town Hall theatre to meet Rod Goodall for this interview, I find him hunkered on the steps outside and feeding bits of sandwich to a hungry young gull flapping eagerly around his feet. It could easily be an image of Faith Healer’s Teddy, the cockney showbiz agent who Goodall portrays in the play, auditioning a new performer. Teddy, after all, informs the audience that his roster of talent has included a bagpipe-playing whippet and a woman who can speak to pigeons, so a sassy seagull would fit right in. And Goodall’s convivial ease with the bird mirrors the sociable warmth of Teddy’s character.

FRENCH CHANTEUSE Caroline Moreau comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week with her compelling new show Amours toujours etc... in which she applies her powerful vocal sensibility to a range of fascinating and eclectic material – some new, some familiar – which she will sing in French.