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‘The bus comes at last with a great blaze of headlights, and figures emerge from the darkness and climb aboard….’

THIS YEAR has, as Stephen Fry noted at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, been "a very dark time for the performing arts". A sector so reliant on human interaction; the gathering together of people; and which lives on the shared experience, remains one of the most profoundly affected, and curtailed, areas of life and activity.

Athlone IT has retained its position as Ireland’s top-ranked institute of technology in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021, the official league table benchmarking the country’s 19 higher education institutions.

Since the release of Niamh Regan’s debut album Hemet on September 4 this year, she has quietly and assuredly taken her position at the top table of the Irish music scene.

The things we want to talk about this week are mostly the same as those of last week, because they keep re-occurring and they keep being interesting and demanding attention and discussion.

WHEN ULTAN Conlon emerged from the recording studio in Burbank, California, on the final day of sessions for what would become his fourth album, he could have had no idea of the world into which it would be released.

Thursday April 2

"NEVER BEFORE have I been to a gig where the atmosphere has been so electric." So said The Irish News about the long running, legendary Irish band, The 4 of Us, who are coming to Galway in April.

THEY CREATED the musical genre rockgrass - a fusion of classic rock and bluegrass/American folk - have won the respect of legendary rockers, been going for nearly 20 years, and are returning to Galway.

Two days of celebrations kick off this Saturday at Wholly Cow Burgers in Newcastle to mark the restaurant’s 2nd birthday. All weekend, customers of the Newcastle establishment located across from UHG, will be treated to a glass of bubbles, the chance to win a €100 voucher and some extra special treats.