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City native makes fiction debut with stunning rural noir whodunnit

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It was a sort of homecoming for Galway-native writer Michelle McDonagh last week as she savoured the atmosphere of Cuirt the week in which her debut novel was launched in her native city.

'We should be given Government bonds to cheer people up'

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FEET PLACED firmly in a pair of high heels, armed with a six-string acoustic guitar and a host of comedy songs, all wrapped in a sequinned dress, it can only be The Nualas, back in the ring for another swing, and ready to deliver a Glam Slam!

Coen looking to steer Mayo back to where they belong

"Once the dust settled on last year, we felt we let the county down and we said we had to dig in and see where we can bring this" Mayo hurling manager JP Coen told the Mayo Advertiser when we sat down to speak ahead of Saturday's Nicky Rackard Cup final. The dust he was speaking about was Mayo's relegation from the Christy Ring Cup last year.

Film noir in a theatre setting

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QUINN IS a desperate man in a situation he can’t control. There’s a woman, a fat man with alarmingly high-waisted trousers, and all around is the subtle whiff of violence. This is film noir - not for the screen, but for the stage.

Rochford ready to roll with Mayo

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This weekend Stephen Rochford will take his first training session with the Mayo senior team, just three weeks out from their first game of the 2016. Last Thursday night Rochford met the press for the first time since his appointment and spoke at length about his hopes and the challenges ahead for the next year and much more. 

Special screening of The Usual Suspects

THE USUAL Suspects, one of the all-time great crime thrillers, will be given a special screening in Galway by The Jameson Cult Film Club.

The darkest Batman yet

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THE DARK Knight, the second Batman film directed by Christopher Nolan, possibly comes closest to representing the darker side of the urban vigilante’s character of all the Batman movies.

The best blockbuster of the 21st century, so far

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After waiting in the queue for twenty minutes at the weekend to see Christopher Nolan's latest Batman movie The Dark Knight, and then to be told it was all sold-out it was clear from the outset that many people were just as curious to see if the movie was really as good as it was hyped up to be.

Spoof spy thriller is less than the sum of its parts

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A new film from the Coen brothers is always greeted with deserved anticipation, and their latest, Burn After Reading is no exception, as evidenced by a packed cinema last Friday.

 

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