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DURING THE recent bad weather, a conversation I had with a Breton friend who lives outside Montreal came to mind: “When you get up in the morning and spend two hours digging your car out from the snow to discover that you have dug out your next door neighbour’s car, it is time to go back to bed.”

Eleven members of the Evolution Martial Arts Academy from Kilkenny travelled to Sacramento, California over Christmas to attend the Super Grands World games XX1 and Amateur Internationals.

SUSAN MILLAR DuMars, the Galway based writer, poet, and creative writing teacher, will launch her new short story collection, Lights In The Distance, this weekend.

CONOR J O’BRIEN first came to national attention with The Immediate. The avant-garde quartet became the toast of the Irish music scene with their debut album In Towers and Clouds in 2006 which was nominated for the Choice Music Prize.

As the emigration trend continues to draw young and old from our shores, new networking groups to connect Irish people abroad are coming on stream.

Castlecomer will ignite in a celebration of literature, theatre, film and just general fun-for-all as the town hosts its third annual ‘Writers and Arts Festival’ this month.

A Galway company is set to become one Europe’s leading firms in the commercial space and aerospace markets after securing €1.9 million worth of contracts to develop new technologies for space launchers and satellites.

COMEDIANS PLAYING guitars are not new, but a comedy sketch group who can play with the panache and skill of a well-honed rock band, and be hilarious at the same time, certainly is.

THE LONDON Lasses and Pete Quinn have made a significant contribution to the London Irish music scene and they are returning to Ireland to play a gig at the Crane on Tuesday. The internationally renowned traditional Irish band are touring Ireland on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.

Kildare group, Silken Thomas Players, were crowned All Ireland Champions last Saturday May 8 as the 2010 RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival drew to a close. Adjudicator Tom Doherty awarded the top prize to the group whose energetic production of Alan Bennett’s school drama The History Boys swept audiences away with their masterful performances and slick scene changes. Producer Sean Judge picked up the award for Best Director, while the group also collected the awards for Best Set, Best Lighting, and Best Stage Management.