Mary Coughlan releases new single

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

MARY COUGHLAN, arguably Ireland's greatest jazz singer, will release her latest single, ‘Forward Bound’, tom arrow, Friday February 5.

2021 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

Rita Ann Higgins, one of Galway's most original and outspoken poets, will be among those taking part in the 2021 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase.

Album review: The Staves

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 04, 2021

"THE HUMAN voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, the most moving...even the greatest virtuoso will never be able to give you even a fraction of the emotion a beautiful voice can...That is our share of the divine.”

French film to premiere in Galway

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

LEGACY, THE new film by French photographer and film-maker, Yann Arthus Bertrand, about the crisis facing humanity from climate change, will receive its Irish premiere in Galway.

Galway 2020 - back and in business for 2021 with new events

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

We may have entered the second month of 2021, but the continuing Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown makes it seem like an extension of last year. Yet, in the words of Galway city arts officer, James Harrold, "we will be in ‘play’ mode again and the deferred pleasures of 2020 will be back in our calendars".

‘I have always been fortunate to be linked with Druid’

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

PUTNEY BRIDGE, London. It is 7.40am on a bright May morning in 2017. A woman is on her way to work when a jogger, determined not to break his stride or change his pattern, pushes her out of the way, into the path of an oncoming bus.

Sharon Shannon to launch NUIG's Arts in Action festival with online concert

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

SHARON SHANNON, one of Ireland's finest and most popular traditional musicians, will open NUI Galway’s 2021 Arts in Action programme with a free online concert.

Baboró seeks writers for new playwriting programme

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

YOU, FIN, and the Play Between is a new, six month playwriting programme which is seeking entrants, but the deadline is fast approaching.

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Family, friends, an open fire, and musical instruments.

‘Lockdown Diaries’ - seeking stories of older people's experience of the pandemic

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

THE GALWAY County Council and Galway Public Libraries are seeking submissions from older residents of Galway city and county to reflect on life in Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic.

What's streaming on All 4?

Wed, Feb 03, 2021

ALL 4, the on demand service from Channel 4 is full of great programmes and is completely free. There are a few ads, indeed some in the middle of episodes, but they ran smoothly and with no buffering.

Al Murray - the pub landlord, live in your front room

Mon, Feb 01, 2021

GREGARIOUS, COCKY, outspoken, back-slapping, pint raising, Bulldog spirited, and brimming with Jingoism, it can only be The Pub Landlord, and he will be serving the laughs in your front room.

Ceol ó Kylemore: Ceiliúradh na mBan

Thu, Jan 28, 2021

ON THE eve of Saint Brigid's Day/Lá 'le Bríde, TG4 will broadcast Ceol ó Kylemore: Ceiliúradh na mBan, a feast of traditional Irish much from some of the leading women in the field.

Fleadh extends Solstice screenings for another month

Thu, Jan 28, 2021

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh has extended its winter streaming season, Solstice, celebrating independent Irish films made between 1978 and 2011, for an additional month.

Sonya Kelly's new play - live streamed from The Mick Lally Theatre

Thu, Jan 28, 2021

ONCE UPON A Bridge, the new play by Sonya Kelly, author of Furniture, the hit play of the 2018 Galway International Arts Festival, will be performed by Druid in February.

Album review: Ashnikko

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 28, 2021

SHE LOOKS like a blue haired version of She-Ra's Entrapta, armed with an equally colourful array of hip hop, garage, and pop beats - even a touch of emo - and an attitude that screams 'women power'.

‘There were chapters in my twenties where I could have been a bit like Luke’

Thu, Jan 28, 2021

WHEN THE email arrived, asking Fiachna Ó Braonáin to audition for a part in TG4’s long running soap Ros ns Rún, his first thought was “Again?”

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Jan 28, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being healthy.

Fia Rua - new single, new album

Thu, Jan 28, 2021

FIA RUA - the Galway based singer-songwriter and actor Eoghan Burke - has released a new single, 'The Ballad Of Tony Dunne', a murder balled set in a pub in the midlands.