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THE GALWAY Jazz Festival returns from Tuesday October 9 to Sunday 14 for its eighth year, with an expanded programme which includes Irish-French trio Pinto.

NUI GALWAY’S Medical Orchestra will play the university’s Bailey Allen Hall on Thursday March 22 at 8pm for the final Arts in Action 2012 concert.

Galway singer Don Stiffe has secured his place in the final of the All-Ireland Talent Show following an outstanding rendition of the Christy Hennessy ballad, “Roll Back the Clouds”.

Galway folk singer-songwriter Don Stiffe and Abbeyknockmoy’s Cosa Beoga is seeking the support of everyone in Galway city and county when he takes to the stage for the final of the All-Ireland Talent Show.

MUSIC AND medicine have come together at NUI, Galway to form a unique partnership that is a nationwide first for any university.

Galway folk singer-songwriter Don Stiffe is seeking the support of the people of Galway city and county when he takes to the stage for the final of the All-Ireland Talent Show.

In the early years of the 20th century the Irish language increasingly was associated with poverty and backwardness. In the national school system, which was established in 1831, children had been beaten with what became known as a ‘tally stick’ if they were caught speaking Irish. Apparently every time a child was heard speaking Irish, a notch was cut on the stick, and the poor child received the same number of blows.

This year’s Galway Arts festival succeeds yet again in giving some insight into the minds of remarkable artists whose personal magic interprets our world. These include international journalists Niall O’Dowd, John Lancaster, several writers including Bret Easton Ellis, and the renowned theatre and opera director Sir Peter Hall. On Saturday afternoon, the playwright and poet Frank McGuinness teased out some paths through the labyrinthine mind of Ireland’s leading painter Brian Bourke.

FROM TIMBALAND to the traditional music of Galway, two young brothers from Inis Mór have released an album which showcases their impressive talents.

Galwegians who have lost their lives through suicide will be remembered at a special candlelight vigil and concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church tonight at 8pm.