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CURSED BY Good Intentions, a one-man show from local writer/performer Conor Montage has its Irish premiere at An Taibhdhearc on Sunday October 29 at 7pm as part of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival.

With less than two weeks to go to the biggest comedy festival this town has ever seen, there are tickets available for so many great shows that it’s hard to know where to start.

HIS APPETITE for music is boundless, his belief in its power as a unifying force which can cross social divisions is deeply held, and in the Electric clubnight MOVE, DJ John Daly turns that passion into practice.

IN SEPTEMBER 1917, while fighting in Flanders during World War I, Liam O’Flaherty was seriously injured, suffering shell-shock, the trauma of which remained with him all his life.

WITH LESS than two weeks to go to the biggest comedy festival this town has ever seen, there are still tickets available for an array of great shows at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival - so much so, it's hard to know where to start!

Maja Rikner is a certified beauty therapist and make-up artist from Sweden and has been in the industry for more than 17 years. After working in Sweden, Australia, and on cruise ships she joined Lancôme, London, as a make-up artist 10 years ago – and is now senior make-up artist.

NUI Galway is to become custodian of the extensive archives of Conradh na Gaeilge, Ireland’s oldest Irish language organisation which celebrates its 125th anniversary next year. Conradh na Gaeilge has agreed to permanently deposit archival material spanning over a century of its existence, providing an unparalleled insight into linguistic, cultural, social and political aspects of Ireland’s past.

WHEN IS a bus not a bus? When it’s a double-decker comedy venue on wheels! One of the oddest successes of last year’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival returns to Eyre Square this October - Bob’s BlundaBus, a big red converted ex-London bus.

Our illustration today is of the minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Galway city branch of Sinn Féin which was held in Keane’s Hotel, Eyre Square, on February 15, 1907. T Breathnach was in the chair.

A new addiction has been sweeping the county, regularly gathering crowds of up to 200 who get together to rid themselves of their two left feet, and it's called the Tom Jive four week beginner jive course.