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Tourmakeady-born accordionist par excellence Mary Staunton performs with a dazzling line-up of fellow musicians at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday, September 16 at 8pm.

Tourmakeady-born accordionist par excellence Mary Staunton performs with a dazzling line-up of fellow musicians at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday, September 16 at 8pm.

With points for most college courses set to increase this year because of a surge in demand for third-level places, the Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is reminding Leaving Cert students of the many craft-related career options available to them.

An exhibition featuring the innovative and unique work of craftmakers selected for the Irish Craft Portfolio publication opens at the Kenny Gallery, Liosbán Retail Park, Galway next Saturday, August 14 at 2pm.

To mark National Drawing Day the National Craft Gallery is holding a fun day of drawing workshops in the Castle Yard and National Craft Galleries.

We headed to The Set Theatre for the opening night of Devious Theatre’s production of Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay on Wednesday last week. Another winner from Devious, who seem to be able to master any style of theatre at the moment. I vaguely remember seeing the play in The Abbey back in the seventies. At one stage a full sized car was driven on to the stage, complete with mobsters and machine guns. There wasn’t room for any such antics in The Set, but the ‘on again/off again’ saga of Dave Thompson’s moustache made up for that.

The Kenny Bookshop was founded in 1940 by Des and Maureen Kenny in the family home in High Street but nobody envisaged that 70 years later the family business would still be going stong and be a recognised ‘brand name’ across the globe.

Kilkenny Chamber is hosting a Business EXPO on Tuesday, October 21 from 4-7pm in the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel.

Members of Kilkenny Borough Council have called for a monument for the city that recognises the role that hurling plays in the life of Kilkenny people.

Local craft makers are preparing for Showcase Ireland and Kilkenny’s most talented craft designers are gearing up to take part in the prestigious event.