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Salthill-born writer Karl MacDermott released his fourth humorous novel this week, Fail Again Fail Even Better – The Struggles of an Obscure Irish Poet, which records the struggle of indefatigable anti-hero, Bosco Helly.

Many of the shows at this year's Galway Comedy Festival are filling up quickly, but fear not! There's plenty more where that came from...

The non-party candidate, with support of five political parties, is on a whistle-stop tour of the country after the first televised presidential debate on Monday. She will return to the city to fulfil a long-standing engagement at the sold-out ‘Gala for Gaza’ at the Ardilaun Hotel this Saturday, October 4.

Crannóg is published by WordsOnTheStreet, and appears in March and September. Each issue features about 10 short stories and 35 poems, often with emphasis on Galway’s writers, plus informative and enlightening interviews. The main interviewee for the current issue is poet and playwright Dermot Bolger.

A collection of 40 new sculptures, and more than a dozen framed drawings, by John Behan, will open at The Kenny Gallery in Liosbán this Saturday, September 20.

Spoiler alert: I saw some of this year’s most anticipated films, and ate great Italian food too.

Five years ago this week, the eyes of a locked-down nation turned to Galway. “Golfgate,” as it came to be known, stirred up national outrage. There was shock and fury at the flouting of Covid-19 restrictions by politicians and public figures. News bulletins were filled with questions: Who was in the room? Who sat beside whom? Who ate the dinner? The event ignited a firestorm—resignations were demanded, apologies made, careers dented temporarily. Even Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, became indirectly entangled.

University of Galway has dedicated a new ‘book bench’ on its campus in memory of Irish language poet Caitlín Maude, a graduate of the university.

The inaugural event, ‘The Out of Towners’, brought together five poets from across Ireland to celebrate newly published work, and Morgan’s reading from his latest collection, Blood Atlas, was a highlight of the evening.

Clifden Arts Festival 2025 is inviting audiences to embark on The Journey—a celebration of how art, story, and experience shape who we are. Running from September 17-28, this year’s theme explores paths of memory, heritage, migration, transformation, and the imagination. The festival continues to honour Clifden’s identity as a place where past and future meet through creativity.