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A flagship Gathering event planned for the north Mayo area received a major boost this week with the news that Ballina’s most famous citizen, former president of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, is to be guest of honour and keynote speaker at the festival’s gala dinner in Ballina on August 9 next.

REBECCA STORM, one of the most popular leading ladies in musical theatre over the past 30 years, makes a welcome visit to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre on Friday December 7.

The Walk and Talk weekend organised by Clogher Environmental Group in conjunction with Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail and Sláinte Ireland Tours was a tremendous success.

The lord mayor of Manchester, Elaine Boyes, is to pay an official visit to Mayo as a guest of the Mayo Emigrant Liaison Committee.

The Manchester Irish Festival committee and the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring, are among the recipients of the 2012 Irish Diaspora Mayo Awards.

THE WEDDING Present return to the Róisín Dubh on Saturday November 3 to play their acclaimed 1991 album Seamonsters.

The last of Connacht’s major new recruits for next season was completed on Tuesday when former Scottish international Dan Parks agreed to join the Irish province.

The Aftermath are an Irish mod/pop rock band, currently based in Mullingar. Leading the line up are brothers Johnny (guitar, keys, vocals) and Michael Cronin (drums, percussion, samples, vocals), who are originally from Longford but raised in Leeds. The rest of the band is made up of Mullingar guitarist Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray. The Aftermath released their debut album Friendlier Up Here in 2008.

Charlie Cooke, a member of the legendary Chelsea side of the late 1960s and 1970s, is coming to Galway to lead the Coerver Coaching course which takes place at the end of this month.