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Double trouble came to Castlebar this week in the shape of winged runner wearing, uber-blonde quiffed twins as John and Edward Grimes, who throughout the X Factor series became affectionately know as Jedward, kicked off their own nationwide sell-out tour in Castlebar on Tuesday evening. Before they before bounded onto the stage in the Royal Theatre they took some time out to speak to the Mayo Advertiser.

Two young men who engaged in a terrifying but amateur armed raid on a shop in a small Westmeath town, could face three months behind bars.

IRISH INDIE electronic quartet Codes have been making waves on the domestic music scene ever since they first got together three years ago.

Smack-bang in the middle of a hectic festival season, Monaghan indie-kids The Flaws are still high on their Glastonbury experience as they prepare for a crack at Kilkenny’s new addition to the carousel, Thomastown’s Dysart Festival.

The Blizzards return this September with the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album, A Public Display of Affection. The Domino Effect will be released this September and the Mullingar five piece will be touring the country showcasing new songs from the album,

IT IS a manic time for Dublin indie-pop mavericks Fight Like Apes. “We have worked our asses off. We have not been home for even a week in months,” declares singer MayKay of the whirlwind circuit that has seen them play Oxegen, Glastonbury, Reading, and Castle-palooza, before supporting the Ting Tings British tour this month.

Fresh from a stint supporting The Tings Tings in London this weekend, Fight Like Apes return to The Stables tonight, Friday October 17.

Music fans planning to catch indie-electronica favourites Halves in Kilkenny this weekend will be glad to found out they now have the chance to revel in the sensational sounds of a quartet of promising acts.

NOW THAT we are in a recession, people are casting their minds back to the bleak 1980s and early 1990s when, as Tommy Tiernan said “you couldn’t get a job if you tried”.

A fundraiser will take place next Saturday to raise money for the treatment of Isabelle Chelsea Rose who lives with cystic fibrosis.  All funds made on the night will go towards her medical expenses.