Take a musical trip to Greece with ConTempo

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

“THINKING IS the best way to travel,” sang The Moody Blues in 1968, and with the Covid-19 pandemic, journeys of the imagination are the best way to ‘go abroad’.

Album review: Saint Sister

Music Reviews Mon, Jun 14, 2021

“MY BRILLIANT friend traces where I should end and where I should begin, and he touches me with all the need and the want that goes on between us.”

Frankie Gavin, Mairtín O’Connor, Johnny Duhan - live at the Town Hall

Mon, Jun 14, 2021

FRANKIE GAVIN, Mairtín O’Connor, and Johnny Duhan - three titans, not only of the Galway folk and traditional scene, but of Irish music, will be live in concert at the Town Hall Theatre.

'Getting to Know...' Annamaria Nic Dhonnacha, Ros na Rún

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Love and Laughter.

‘It was great to be part of this, because it involved the postman, my teachers, Baboró, and my family’

Wed, Jun 09, 2021

THROUGH THE tumultuous times of the Covid-19 global pandemic, children in Galway took on starring roles in two creative projects - St Pat’s Lockdown Olympics and The Street Are Ours - thanks to the RISE programme from the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, in partnership with Galway 2020.

Taking time to observe the birds

Mon, Jun 07, 2021

THROUGHOUT THE Covid-19 pandemic, and the unprecedented demands and strain it has put on health workers, one woman found respite through watching birdlife.

'Getting to Know...' writer Sarah Maria Griffin

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Walking, in a far away city at night with my partner, in no hurry.

Exhibition to explore Irish women’s fight for bodily autonomy

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

LITTLE MORE than two years on from the State’s historic vote to repeal the controversial 8th Amendment, a new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre will examine societal and religious attempts to suppress reproductive rights in Ireland.

Album review: Noel Gallagher

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 03, 2021

NOEL GALLAGHER’S refusal to wear a face mask has hardly been edifying, and his claims of “there's too many liberties being taken away from us”, is verging on tin foil hat territory.

Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 - ‘Let's get creative, Galway’

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Children across Galway city and county will celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg - a national day of creativity for children and young people – with a host of free online events and workshops on Saturday June 12.

Film review: Cruella

Films Reviews Wed, Jun 02, 2021

EMMA STONE plays Estella, a Vivian Westwood type young, aspiring, fashion designer working in a Devil Wears Prada like scenario with her boss, excellently named The Baroness played, magnificently, by Emma Thompson.

‘It’s amazing how much inspiration you can get from just looking around’

Wed, Jun 02, 2021

THE VIBRANT colours and abstract forms of the paintings of An Post worker Jeffrey Hirst have been gaining positive attention in recent times - from buyers, curators, and the public - and it comes during an unprecedented period, the most intense and busy he and his colleagues have ever known.

Domhnall Gleeson to star in new Enda Walsh play at Galway International Arts Festival

Wed, Jun 02, 2021

DOMHNALL GLEESON, best known for his roles in the new Star Wars trilogy, and as the hapless Doofus in Frank of Ireland, will star in Medicine, the new play by Enda Walsh.

Jane O’Leary’s music to be performed at Mayflower 400

Tue, Jun 01, 2021

MUSIC BY the Galway based composer, Jane O’Leary, will be performed at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, and by Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra.

‘Summer Boy’ - Crescent Moon releases new single

Tue, Jun 01, 2021

CRESCENT MOON, the Galway rapper and producer, releases his new single ‘Summer Boy’ on Thursday June 4, which also features Dublin rapper Conman Conrad and pop singer Viscose.

Lasta - a new festival in Galway, for young people, by young people

Mon, May 31, 2021

RISING GALWAY indie band NewDad, Hardy Bucks star and comedian Owen Colgan, and photographer Ruth Medjber are among those who will be taking part in an exciting new festival - Leasta, created for young people, by young people.

Druid to stage Chekhov’s The Seagull in Coole Park

Mon, May 31, 2021

DRUID THEATRE Company will return to Coole Park this summer for a series of live outdoor performances of Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed by Garry Hynes.

'Getting to Know...' Flirt FM's Eoghan Holland

Thu, May 27, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
I'm not a perfectionist but a balance of everything I like in good company.

Jack Taylor’s theatre of the absurd

Literature Reviews Thu, May 27, 2021

IN THE final novel in his Jack Taylor series, Ken Bruen’s most famous creation meets his end on Wolfe Tone Bridge after coming into sudden contact with the wrong end of a decidedly unfriendly blade.