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TONIGHT FROM 9pm, Monroe’s Live will host a major fundraising concert for The Hope Foundation, the charity which works for street children in Calcutta.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

In the late 18th and mid 19th centuries, at least 28 German travel writers wrote extensively about Ireland. I’ll tell some of what a few of them had to say in the weeks ahead, but by far the most colourful was Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Puckler-Muskau. He lived his 86 years to the full. As a dashing cavalry officer he fought against Napoleon until he inherited Muskau Park near Berlin to which he added brilliant landscapes and gardens. He searched for the source of the Nile, and fought off bandits in the deserts of North Africa. He walked through much of Europe, taking notes of his observations all of which were eventually published. In 1814 he visited England and delighted the dandy Prince of Wales by introducing the rectangular monocle. His struggle with the English language caused laughter in high society, and generally he was a source of amusement; but he seemed to have enjoyed himself immensely.*

Last year saw Cars Love Girls crash onto the Irish music scene with a verve that was impossible to ignore. And now they’re finally getting a chance to show music lovers in Mullingar what all the hype is about. The brother and sister duo play John Dalys on Friday March 9 - the same day they release their debut album.

Goldfrapp - The Singles

AFTER A requiem Mass at Vienna’s St Stephen’s Cathedral, the funeral party entered Vienna’s Capuchin Friary (Kapuzinerkirche) after the following “knocking” ceremony.

I was very impressed at the dignity and solemnity at the funeral of Otto von Hapsburg who died aged 94 years on July 4. Twelve days later he was entombed in the Imperial crypt of St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, with some pomp and ceremony; but his actual ‘ Three Knock’ burial was simplicity itself.

A fairytale classic will come to Kilkenny in the New Year, as Watergate Productions has announced Snow White and the Seven Dwarves as the annual panto for January 2012.

Record Fairs Ireland returns to Athlone tomorrow, Saturday August 20, to offer the town a vinyl record fix for the autumn, and will be in the Prince of Wales hotel from 10.30am.

Midlands Simon Community is encouraging you to revisit the fantastic decade of music that was the 80s at a summer social barbeque in The Bounty, Athlone, this Saturday July 16, followed by an 80s-themed disco (fancy dress optional).