Album review: Arab Strap

Music Reviews Tue, Mar 02, 2021

IT OPENS with a song about trying to connect - even if it is not the wisest course of action - with all the odds stacked against you: “Let’s move now before we’re back below.”

A swan, a river, and a new lease of life for Kevin Neary

Mon, Mar 01, 2021

IT WAS in the cold, dark, early, hours of a winter morning. He ventured to the waters of the Dublin's River Liffey, "in search of his purpose in life", and there he was "approached and consoled by a friend".

A virtual musical trip to Estonia

Mon, Mar 01, 2021

ESTONIA WILL be the next stop on the ConTempo Quartet’s journey through the classical music of the 27 EU member states, as part of its From Europe with Love concert series.

'Getting to Know...' Máire Éilís Ní Fhlatharta

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Chilling in the sun.

Pure Gold - strangeness and familiarity off the Mayo coast

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

"ABOVE WAS streaked blue, so divinely blue you’d believe in angels, so bright you couldn’t glance at it and not shudder...and amongst this hazy backdrop, I could hear the distant shearing of every make of lawn on the Island."

How bogland became portraits of two Connemara icons

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

PORTRÁIDÍ CRIATHRAIGH/Bog Portraits, a film about the creation of landscape installation artwork, where bogland at Ros Muc, is transformed into the faces of two iconic Connemara natives, premiers on Monday March 1.

NUI Galway Law Society to celebrate 100th birthday

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

The Student Law Society of NUI Galway will mark the society’s 100th anniversary with a series of virtual events featuring some of the most respected legal minds in Ireland.

Galway 2020 secures April extension

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

GALWAY 2020 has secured an extension to allow some events to move into April after Level 5 Government restrictions impacted on cultural events in January and February.

Six movies to check out on the new Disney Channel

Wed, Feb 24, 2021

LAUNCHING THIS week on Disney+ is a new channel, simply entitled Disney Channel, which has been hard to miss with the advertising bombardment surrounding it.

Glenn Gibson - the ‘accidental artist’

Wed, Feb 24, 2021

IT ALL began in the most unexpected fashion - an artistic career formed by paperclips and enduring long business meetings in the USA.

New Galway music - Walk Out

Tue, Feb 23, 2021

WALK OUT, the post-hardcore trio featuring members from Galway and Long Island, has released four new songs across all digital platforms, and is also working on an EP.

N.O.A.H release new single with Booka Brass Band

Tue, Feb 23, 2021

'DARKEST HOUR' the new single from the exciting Irish rock band N.O.A.H, and featuring the acclaimed Booka Brass Band, is out now.

Jason Byrne headlines as Comedy KARLnival takes a big step forward

Mon, Feb 22, 2021

JASON BYRNE, the man The Times calls "the outright king of live comedy" will headline the next Róisín Dubh online Comedy KARLnival as the show which has kept us laughing through the lockdown, takes a bold step into the future, becoming an online comedy club and a kind of TV show in one.

Cellissimo - a music festival for the senses

Mon, Feb 22, 2021

THE SOUND of the cello, a pleasure for the ear and appealing to the heart as the instrument many believe is closest in sound to the human voice, will be at the centre of a new festival for Galway.

Two exceptional pianists - live in your home

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

TWO EXCEPTIONAL pianists, on the cusp of major international careers - Sae Yoon Chon and Dmytro Choni - will perform works by Beethoven, Brahms, Rachmaninov, and others, at a Music for Galway online concert.

Jake Arden to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

JAKE ARDEN, the son of the writers and activists Margaretta D’Arcy and John Arden, will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading on Zoom.

Flirt FM marks 300th broadcast of Trivia Matters

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

TRIVIA MATTERS, the weekly radio show on NUI Galway base community and alternative radio station, Flirt FM 101.3, featuring fun topics, witty chat, and great music, will mark it's 300th broadcast this week.

Short films sought for Galway Film Fleadh 2021

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

GALWAY FILM Fleadh is now seeking short film submissions for its 2021 festival, ranging from drama and documentary, to live action and animation.

Food On The Edge launches book on cooking after Covid

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

In August 2020, when many in the restaurant business around the world found themselves enduring the brutal consequences of a global pandemic, many without income, without their staff and their business, Food On The Edge founder JP McMahon reached out to speakers and other contributors to the Food On The Edge symposium. His request was simple - to write a letter addressed to the industry.

“The basis of the request was that their contributions would serve to provide a global record of a particularly challenging time while allowing hope to shine on the future and the next generation of young cooks, chefs, farmers, and food activists," he said. "What we got was a series of deeply personal and moving accounts of their Covid-19 experience with many recounting losses and some reminiscing on valuable gains and insights.