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Fuaim Chonamara is continuing its successful run at Monroe's live of Dominick St for just two more nights. Following last Thursday night’s sell-out show with capacity crowds, the show will run again on August 28 for one additional night, due to demand, on Thursday, September 2.

The Aran Islands celebrate 40 years of air travel this weekend — honouring an invaluable service and life-line which began with a letter.

Galway 1-14 Kilkenny 2-10

Traditionally a male domain, the sport of rugby has just got more interesting following the selection of Westport woman Carol Staunton as a member of the Irish squad for 2010. The 26-year-old former Westport United player, who once before represented her country in rugby having made the Irish squad in 2008 where she got her first cap at the women’s European championship, is a passionate exponent of the virtues of rugby which she cites as the best possible all-round sport for teamplay and fitness. More specifically in terms of women’s rugby, Carol, daughter of Michael and Frankie, Slogger, is a keen advocate for greater participation by the fairer sex in the sport, believing that it is not only young people who need convincing of its worth, but also parents of young girls.

THE EXCITING sean nós dance show, Fuaim Chonamara, continues its summer run at Monroe’s Live on Thursdays at 8pm.

IN THE summer of 1978 a young man from Drogheda named Niall O’Dowd had just graduated from UCD with a BA degree but in unemployment-ravaged Ireland he felt his prospects lay elsewhere.

The annual City of Galway Championships, which remain one of the most popular in Ireland, produced some sparkling performances from the locals, as well as top performances from Alan McCormack (Sligo) and Rob Johnston (Ballinasloe) who both made the singles and doubles finals.

Today, Friday May 28, 25-year-old Castlebar man Mark Heverin will begin a gruelling Pedal to Peaks Challenge, where in 24 days he will climb to the highest point in each of the 32 counties and cycle all 1,900km between them — all in aid of the Irish Cancer Society.

They have performed with Sharon Shannon, De Dannan, and Altan and now the hugely popular and talented Cunningham family from Connemara are set to take centre stage themselves at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar on March 7, with a spectacular new music and dance show called Fuaim Chonamara (The Sound of Connemara). Fuaim Chonamara boasts a wealth of talented musicians and dancers from all over the west of Ireland. Brian Ó Cuinneagáin headlines the show direct from his US tour with Teada and Seamus Begley. He will be joined on stage by his sisters Irene, Ashling, and Lorraine, while his younger brother Michael also features as a dancer and musician.

The countdown is well and truly on to one of the biggest nights of the year. On Friday, March 5 The TF Royal Theatre in Castlebar will host an event that’s sure to entertain, enthral and excite, while also raising much-needed funds for the Irish Motor Neuron Disease Association. The Spar in Castlebar will pit well-known locals against one another in an evening of white-collar boxing that’ll push back the boundaries of fun and fund-raising.