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Flute player Tim McHugh from Newport in Mayo was announced as winner of the Seán Ó Riada gold medal and prize money of €2,500 on Friday night. He was among 15 traditional flute and whistle players who took to the stage in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork to compete in the final. The judges on the night were renowned musicians Mary Bergin and Michael Tubridy, and they were joined by Matt Molloy via Skype from 1,500 miles away in the Canary Islands.

THE UNTIMELY passing last month of the much loved and respected Galway based Mayo musician, Fergal Walsh, comes as a great shock to many musicians, colleagues, family, and friends here in Galway and throughout the country.