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Druid Theatre yesterday announced a major new production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece Endgame. Directed by Garry Hynes, Endgame follows the Galway company’s acclaimed production of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.

Druid Theatre yesterday announced a major new production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece Endgame. Directed by Garry Hynes, Endgame follows the Galway company’s acclaimed production of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

When Sabina Higgins welcomes you into her private office before a long-scheduled interview, immaculately turned out in an azure, roll-neck woollen dress with anti-war and global sustainability badges pinned to her shoulder, you know she means business.

Waiting outside the office of the Irish Times’ managing director, one might expect a snotty Moneypenny to usher you into a dark, wood-panelled study where a stern Judi Dench as M, in James Bond, will be enthroned at a leathered desk, waiting to receive, with a thousand-yard death stare.

The national Music Network’s spring 2024 season begins next month with a quartet of highly acclaimed traditional musicians invited to showcase their skills in Co Galway.

Mark Sunday, November 26, in your family calendar as RTÉJr’s Joe The Magician performs his spectacular children’s comedy magic and illusion show in the surrounds of the Dean Crowe Theatre.

Sorcha Richardson’s debut album First Prize Bravery was the culmination of her experiences throughout young adulthood, when she ventured from home in Dublin to New York, Los Angeles and then back again.

This game was not actually played until September 1924 when Galway faced Limerick in a ‘dour hour’s hurling’. “Physical strength, fitness and courage were the dominating factors. The play was strenuous if fitful and an exciting period followed the interval when Limerick made determined efforts to wipe off the arrears. Galway finished with great dash and were clearly superior on the day’s form.” These were the words of PD Mehigan who reported on the game for the Irish Times.

The National Breast Cancer Research Institute in association with Blackrock Swimwear, are asking as many people as possible to ‘Swim in Pink’ on Sunday, October 22, in Galway at Ladies Beach and help raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research during October, breast cancer awareness month.