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An Taisce’s National Spring Clean campaign is about to kick off in Mayo with hundreds of groups organising clean-up events throughout the county in the coming weeks.

The closing date for entries for Fleadh Mhaigh Eo 2012 is April 1. Entry forms can be had from your local Comhaltas branch or from any Coiste Mhaigh Eo officer. Entries to be sent to Liz Hughes, Kiltarnat, Newport. The Fleadh will be held in Newport on the weekend of May 12 and 13.

Galway and the Scottish city of Stirling are on the verge of signing an agreement that is hoped will boost cultural ties between the cities and provide a boost for the arts, tourism, and the local economies.

This Saturday Druid will present a free public reading of the play The Chooky Brae, by the acclaimed Scottish writer DC Jackson in the Druid Lane Theatre at 12 noon.

Serious questions were raised at Monday’s city council meeting to have land in Ballindooley listed as a heritage site, which some councillors suspected was a means to block a proposed Traveller halting site for the area.

One of the most diverse and mature woodlands in the country has been discovered under our very noses in County Westmeath.

If you are looking for a good night out this weekend then look no further than Hotel Newport on Saturday night.

At the October meeting of Stirling Council a motion was passed declaring a cultural agreement between Galway and Stirling. The motion an exact replica of a motion proposed by Labour Councillor Billy Cameron at the June meeting of Galway City Council, is not a twinning arrangement but focuses on the exchange of ideas, cultural heritage, social, recreational, educational, sporting and other activities between both communities.

Kilkenny music lovers are in for a magical evening when the 70-strong all male Morriston Orpheus Choir from Wales makes a return visit to the Marble City on Saturday November 5, for a fundraising concert in aid of the Susie Long Hospice Fund and the Building of Hope Kenya Project 2012.