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GALWAY FILMGOERS will join with audiences in 203 cities across six continents to view and judge the next generation of filmmakers for the 12th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival.

GALWAY BASED indie-acoustic singer-songwriter Seán Kangataran has just released his self-titled debut album.

Ireland ranks in the top 10 most expensive fuel regions in Europe and internationally but many popular tourist destinations are also severely affected by rising fuel prices, according to Conor Faughnan of the AA. As people’s attention turns to holidays abroad at this time of year, the AA is consequently advising those travelling to be aware of costs.

THE NIGHT Nurse, a new short film from the independent Galway film and TV company, DIG Productions Ltd, will be screened at the Galway Film Fleadh this weekend.

MANCHESTER’S SLEAZIEST disco duo, the Disco Outcasts, will be spinning the decks at Deeper in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, on Saturday at 11pm.

Surprise, surprise, we didn’t win Eurovision again. The only one who seemed to think we had a chance was Marty Whelan, who kept blabbering on about how unfair the whole thing was to our little country, battling against the odds out on the edge of Europe. Let’s face it, Enda McEvoy has a better chance of getting a free weekend pass from the Cats Laugh Festival organisers than Niamh Kavanagh had of winning the competition.

Join Paul Claffey Tours for their hugely popular Music To Your Ears break in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone from Sunday to Tuesday June 21-23, 2009. Dance the recession away to the likes of Mike Denver, Jimmy Buckley, Declan Nerney, Dominic Kirwan, John McNicholl, and La Bamba.

THE AIRBOUND music festival in Croatia takes place from July 31 to August 2 and Irish promoters Bodytonic and Nightflight will be presenting a host of Irish acts during that weekend.

“COMMUNISM IS the death of the soul. It is the organisation of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.” So said American politician Adlai E Stevenson. It is the Western view of Communism, but not necessarily the view of everyone who experienced life in a Communist country.

Taekwon-do instructor Shane Fitzgibbon and his student Shane Rabbitte were on the podium at the recent rITF European Championships in Croatia.