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DRUID AND playwright Enda Walsh won the Edinburgh Fringe First Award for Penelope, which is currently running at the Traverse Theatre in the Scottish capital.

The highly successful Lady Gregory Autumn Gatherings will continue in Coole Park, Gort, from Friday September 24 to Sunday September 26. Recognising the remarkable influence of Lady Augusta Gregory on the development of Irish theatre and literature, this 16th gathering highlights her unique inspiration for the early foundations of the Abbey Theatre.

B*SPOKE THEATRE Company come to the Town Hall next week with a production of Tom Murphy’s powerful play, The Sanctuary Lamp, which Murphy himself directs.

Reáchtálfar féile chomórtha Joe Éinniú i gCarna ón 30 Meitheamh – 2 Bealtaine. Is féile í seo a dhéanann comóradh ar shaol agus ar shaothar ceoil an amhránaí cháiliúil ón Aird Thoir. Ní dhéantar dearmad ach an oiread ar shaoithe eile Iorras Aithneach, mar is léir ó ócáid oscailte na féile nuair a thabharfar ómós do Sheán ‘ac Dhonnacha. Beidh an ócáid seo ar siúl in Áras Shorcha Ní Ghuairim agus is é Tim Dennehy a bheidh mar aoi chainteoir.

Did George Lee think he was going to be catapulted onto the front bench of Fine Gael without earning his stripes? Obviously he did. This whole debacle raises questions of the undoubted ability of celebrity candidates earning votes but then truly understanding what it takes to serve in public life.

When you don’t really know someone that well, but perhaps think you do, it’s very easy to pass judgement on their actions. Sweeping statements can come thick and fast when someone of national interest does something, that, well, let’s be honest, we didn’t really see coming. In my case, I had kinda forgotten about Georgelee, I was too busy being astounded by all things Charlie Bird after his eye opener of a documentary on how easy it is to be ungrateful and disappointingly average at a job most journalists would kill to have! But then again I’m a bit biased on these sorts of things!

When you don’t really know someone that well, but perhaps think you do, it’s very easy to pass judgement on their actions. Sweeping statements can come thick and fast when someone of national interest does something, that, well, let’s be honest, we didn’t really see coming. In my case, I had kinda forgotten about Georgelee, I was too busy being astounded by all things Charlie Bird after his eye opener of a documentary on how easy it is to be ungrateful and disappointingly average at a job most journalists would kill to have! But then again I’m a bit biased on these sorts of things!

The James Hoban Memorial Arbour, erected to commemorate the Kilkenny-born architect who designed and built the White House, will be officially opened on Sunday October 5.

Washington comes to NUI Galway on Thursday October 30, when the University hosts a US Presidential Election Debate featuring senior representatives of the Democrat and Republican parties. Just four days before the closely contested election, Grant Lally, national co-chairman of the Irish American Republicans, will go head-to-head in a debate with Bruce Morrison, former US Connecticut Congressman and author of the Morrison Visa Program.

One flew over the cuckoo’s next is a play that I didn’t want to see, but I couldn’t stop myself from from going.