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The Arts Council in partnership with Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Galway and Creative Europe Desk Ireland is to hold the Festival Makers Conference in Galway on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 May. The event will provide opportunities for festival makers, festival stakeholders and artists to exchange ideas, share skills and discuss festival practice in Ireland.

New research, commissioned by My Nametags (www.mynametags.ie), reveals that Ireland is the most lenient parenting nation in Europe.

Galway Cycling Campaign were delighted to meet last week with the Ambassador of the Netherlands at the University of Galway. Joined by Ciaran Cannon TD, the group was keen to discuss the challenges facing Galway in making its streets safer for people who cycle, and making Galway City a more welcoming and liveable space.

Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc will host ph?n?, the first ever major international collaboration between theatres working for minority languages.

Cairde Sligo Arts Festival is one of two Irish festivals leading projects as part of EFFEA - the European Festival Fund for Emerging Artists. Cairde will be working with Aoife and Mark Carry of Twisted Lane Productions, a Spectacle Theatre company based in Connemara. Twisted Lane aim to excite, intrigue and astonish audiences with the highest quality, one of a kind spectacle experience. Aoife and Mark have been working internationally on large scale circus and spectacle shows since 2014 and have worked with companies like Cirque Du Soleil, Franco Dragone and MGM. They are excited to bring this extensive experience in large scale spectacle into their own work, and to a wider Irish audience.

Galway hoteliers have welcomed the Government’s decision to extend the nine per cent tourism VAT rate and reform the energy support scheme for businesses.

The focus of the event will be the history of the Dublin Bay 21s, a project which has brought seven 120-year-old one-design keelboats back to light and the plan for their future use and custodianship.

Based on a survey by Ireland Thinks, there are over 4,000 personnel impacted by long Covid-19 symptoms in County Westmeath, with 778 significantly impacted by the pandemic virus on a daily basis.

Christmas is fast approaching, and experts have revealed the unique ways that the festive season is celebrated around the world.

‘The most delicious box of chocolates your ears could ever have - stunning vocal performance.’ - New York Times