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Tourism in Ireland is changing. Yes, there will always be a market for the Book of Kells, The Ring of Kerry, the Aran Islands, and Paddy Reilly’s Fields; but we have seen this year how the call for The Gathering has worked a treat. Surely Galway has never had a busier summer? To achieve above average visitor numbers you clearly must offer more than the chocolate box Ireland.

THE FIRST film to be made inside Saudi Arabia; the Snow White tale reimagined as a girl and a troupe of bullfighters in Spain; and popular French actress Audrey Tautou as a proto-feminist - are just some of the delights in store for film fans at the Galway Film Society autumn/winter season screenings.

O’Donnellan & Joyce recorded the highest level of residential sales in what was described as the hottest auction in Europe.

O’Donnellan & Joyce has just launched its July 12 auction properties and the team have been overwhelmed with the response and interest that there is in the majority of the properties on offer. The auction will feature 27 properties and all must be sold.

O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers has announced that it is holding two mega property auctions on Friday July 12 and Thursday July 25. The auctions are open and transparent and there is exceptional value on offer, with reserve prices all at a very low level.

O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers has announced that it is holding two mega property auctions in July, the first on Friday July 12 and the second on Thursday July 25, in order to cater for the demand that currently exists.

O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers has announced that it is holding two mega property auctions in July, the first on Friday July 12 and the second on Thursday July 25, in order to cater for the demand that currently exists.

O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers has announced that it is holding two mega property auctions in July, the first on Friday July 12 and the second on Thursday July 25, in order to cater for the demand that currently exists.

In 1968 Des Kenny, a Galway bookseller, was preparing to open a commercial art gallery in Salthill, the first of its kind outside Dublin. He needed a star artist for its opening night. He made an unusual choice, and invited Seán Keating. Had he invited Keating 30 or 40 years previously he would have invited a giant of his trade. Then Keating was regarded as one of Ireland’s greatest painters who had, in large canvases, mythologised the fighting men of the War of Independence, and the builders and engineers of the great Ardnacrusha project; the harnessing of the Shannon’s energy to power the fledging Irish Free State. In 1968, however, he admitted to Kenny ‘ I am dead as far as the art world is concerned’.

Achill Island and Louisburgh have made it on to the longlist in The Irish Times’ competition The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland. It will join 23 other holiday hotspots in the race to be named as Ireland’s best place to holiday. The other finalists include Dingle, Inis Meain and The Shannon River. Every county in the country was represented in the competition, with over 1,400 entries submitted in total by members of the public. The winning place will be announced in The Irish Times on Monday, May 27. To view the longlist and to read the full submission for Achill Island and Louisburgh, visit www.irishtimes.com/bestplace