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SHAKESPEARE, DINOSAURS, hip hop and butoh dancers were among the myriad attractions on offer during week two of the Galway Arts Festival.

Dara O’Briain returns for one night only at The Royal Theatre Castlebar on Thursday February 23 2012. After selling out two shows in Castlebar last year ‘O Briain takes to the stage in February with tickets on sale from today.

THE SAINT Cecelia Chorale from Los Angeles will be in concert with Anette Jorgensen’s Quay Singers in St Colman’s Church, Kinvara, this Saturday at 8pm.

The world premiere of a new play by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy; two Shakespeare plays by the great Propeller Theatre Company; and concerts from The Vaselines, De La Soul, and The Callino Quartet are among the highlights of this year’s Galway Arts Festival.

Physicists tell us everything that exists can be traced to a supposed single point of infinite density, called a singularity, that exploded some 14 billion years ago, and has been expanding ever since, giving rise to both space and time, ants and elephants, galaxies and hummingbirds, and, of course, you and me.

Kavanagh Travel is offering an Easter tour to the Battlefield of WW1 from April 21 to 26. Kavanagh Travel will collect travellers from the Kilkenny area and also along the route to Dublin where they will take the ferry from Dublin Port to Holyhead. From there the journey will continue across Pennines to Hull and board the overnight cruise ferry to Zeebrugge.

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Twelve Fianna Fail TDs, including three members of the cabinet, will not contest the next general election. It’s a sign of the level of cynicism that people now associate with the word ‘politics’, that most people wonder whether the retirements are so that politicians can take advantage of the current pension arrangement pensions. While some have left for reasons of health, the collective ship-jumping just three years after the formation of the most fraught Dail in our history prompts The Insider to wonder why people put themselves forward for office in the first place. Was it just to enjoy the trappings of power while the good times rolled, or was there a deeper commitment to lead and to give service?

This spy ‘mistaken-identity’ thriller was entertaining but it could have been so much more, with big guns such as Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in the lead roles, given a plot that could have been promising.

Labour General Election candidate for Mayo Dr Jerry Cowley has called on Mayo County Council to take immediate action to address the recurring problem of flooding in Newport and to improve the footpath access and lighting in the Oak Park Estate.