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DERMOT BOLGER has been one of the central movers on the Irish Literary landscape since the early 1970s. Founder of the Raven Arts, now New Island Press, he published Paul Durcan’s first book and created a publishing platform for a generation of Irish poets.

The promotion of Mayo as tourism destination was given another bump recently with Tourism Ireland arranged visits to the county for a major US tour operator and the Indian edition of the Lonely Plant Magazine which as 100,000 readers.

Roscommon’s Literary Festival for children, the BookWorms Festival, makes a welcome return this summer. Last year’s inaugural festival proved so popular with youngsters that this year it’s back and it’s even bigger! The festival runs from Wednesday to Saturday, June 8-11, with events taking place all around Roscommon town including Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon Library, The Comfy Cafe, The Pepper Mill, Molloy’s Bakery, Gleeson’s Townhouse, and various schools in the county.

The Inish: Island Conversations festival will take place on Inishbofin from today, running over the weekend, will feature the best in literature, poetry, film and music. Now in its second year, the cultural festival will see world-class performers, writers and artists convene in this special, secluded place for performances, talks, and conversations.

WELCOME TO Coldwood, a town not unlike HP Lovecraft's Arkham - the focal point of strange happenings, murders, disappearances, insanity, degradation, and terrifying encounters.

The national premiere of Outside Mullingar, by Irish-American John Patrick Shanley, will take place in Athlone Little Theatre this Sunday May 22, and will run until the following Saturday, May 28.

On the night of August 18, 1882, five members of one family, John Joyce, his wife Brighid, his mother Mairéad, his daughter Peigí, and his son Micheál, were murdered in Maamtrasna on the Galway/Mayo border. The motive for this multiple murder is unclear, but John was suspected of sheep stealing, his mother of being an informer, and his daughter of cavorting with the RIC who would have been the natural enemy of the locals. Two members of the family survived the horrific attack; a nine-year-old boy, Patsy, who was badly injured, and his older brother Máirtín who was working for a family in a neighbouring farm on the night.

The national premiere of Outside Mullingar, by Irish-American John Patrick Shanley will take place in Athlone Little Theatre on Sunday May 22, and will run until the following Saturday, May 28.

Rents in Westmeath were 11.3 per cent higher in the first quarter of 2016 when compared with the same time last year, according to the latest quarterly rental report by Daft.ie. The average advertised rent is now €671, up 27 per cent from the lowest point in 2013.

THE POET Kevin Higgins will host a series of poetry workshops this month in the Galway Arts Centre, where participants will be given writing exercises and feedback on their work.