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Nuclear soundpainting dance

JAPANESE BUTHO dance and the phenomenon of soundpainting combine in XP1 Nuclear Power, the debut show from the Galway Soundpainting Orchestra.

Hollywood came to Galway

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The renowned film actor, and patron of the Galway Huston School of Film, Anjelica Huston, was born in Los Angeles on July 8 1951. The news of her arrival was promptly cabled to the post office of Butiaba, in western Uganda. Two days later a barefoot runner bearing a telegram finally arrived at Murchison Falls, on the Nile, deep in the heart of the Belgian Congo, where The African Queen was being filmed.

Aran Islands airflights - a lifeline, not a luxury

It is strangely easy to forget that Ireland is an island. Part of that comes from the fact that, unlike Britain, Spain, or Japan, we have no real naval tradition.

Closing Aran Island air service could lead to island depopulation

The PSO for the air services amounts to an annual subvention of €1,880,913 to run the flights as well as the three aerodromes on the Aran Islands and the Connemara Regional Airport in Indreabhán. Aer Arann Islands currently employs 38 full-time and two part-time staff, to run these services.

Food, glorious food — Exciting programme announced for Galway Food Festival 2014

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The third Galway Food Festival programme of events was announced this week at the House Hotel by Jp McMahon, chairman of the annual event. The five day family-friendly festival will celebrate Galway as a good food destination from Thursday April 17 to Monday April 21 during the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

Japanese Film Festival returns to Galway

THE GREAT Passage, Japan’s official submission to the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film category, will receive its Irish premiere at The Japanese Film Festival.

John O’Conor in concert

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THE GREAT Irish pianist John O’Conor will perform John Field’s Three Nocturnes in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Friday March 28 at 8pm.

Japanese and Irish poetry reading

AN EVENING of Japanese and Irish poetry, with Hisa Kagawa and Nicki Griffin, takes place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop tomorrow at 8pm.

Tug-of-war fans descend on Breaffy

Up to 1,000 tug-of-war competitors and their fans are in Breaffy Sports Arena this weekend for the world indoor championships.

Tsunami emergency drill needed for Mayo

The force and danger of the mighty Atlantic lashing the Mayo coastline, which was all too evident in recent weeks, has prompted one Westport councillor to call for an emergency drill to be prepared and practised in the event of a tsunami striking here.

 

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