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O, hurry, where by water, among the trees,

You can bottle down most pop music acts by reciting how many hits they have had and how many millions of albums they have sold. These conventional measures fall short when you’re assessing the impact of The Beach Boys. To be sure, this band has birthed a torrent of hit singles and sold albums by the tens of millions, but the band’s greater significance lies in the fact that it changed the musical landscape so profoundly, that every pop act since has been in its debt.

There was welcome news on the jobs front yesterday with the announcement that leading American entertainment software company, Electronic Arts (EA), is to locate its European customer service and operations centre in Galway city, a move that is expected to create 200 jobs.

The shocking revelation that four of the big multi-nationals in County Mayo are considering pulling out of the region due to the dire condition of our roads has provided the reality check that infrastructure is a top priority for the future success of the region. Coca Cola and Hollister in Ballina, Baxter in Castlebar, and Allergan in Westport are all massive employers in the area yet lumps and bumps in our roads are forcing management to consider exiting the market.

Leading electronic passport developer HID Global, is to make substantial investment in expanding its Connemara plant, it was announced this week.

Parents can learn how to help their children in the run up to the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams by attending a special lecture on the subject to be held next month.

Rhythm and Roots fever is in the air, and it extends into this month’s One Take Sessions at Cleere's, taking place this Friday in Cleere's Theatre on Parliament Street.

IMAGINE A church which welcomed all believers in God, regardless of their specific creed, and imagine it welcomed all couples, regardless of their sexual orientation, and provided a space for them to marry.

THE INSPIRED American Indie-folk band Port O’Brien play Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm, in what will be their second show in the Dominick Street venue.

WE ARE Family, this year’s edition of The Cat’s Cradle, published by Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust and launched at Cúirt later this month, borrows its title from an unlikely source.