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Thu, Mar 26, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Getting a good cup of tea when you’re out somewhere.

Daithí releases new self-isolation single

Thu, Mar 26, 2020

'AN IRISH Goodbye', the new single from composer, violinist, and producer Daithí is being described as the 'first Irish single written and recorded in self isolation'.

Daithí releases new self-isolation single

Wed, Mar 25, 2020

'AN IRISH Goodbye', the new single from composer, violinist, and producer Daithí is being described as the 'first Irish single written and recorded in self isolation'.

Maija Sofia to take part in live stream concert on Friday

Wed, Mar 25, 2020

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Maija Sofia, and County Kerry singer-songwriter, Junior Brother, who is signed to Galway label, Strange Brew Records, will take part in a live stream concert on Friday.

Simon Armitage - British Poet Laureate comes to Cúirt

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

SIMON ARMITAGE combines an ability to speak to a broad, non-specialist audience – he is one of the few living British poets the bloke down The Dog and Duck might be able to name – with a knack for acquiring establishment accolades.

Galway 2020’s Savage Beauty now an online experience

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

IT WAS to have been a public event, taking place this week in the run up to St Patrick’s Day, but following the coronavirus restrictions, Savage Beauty is now an online art experience.

Slyrydes - new single, Róisín Dubh gig in April

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

SLYRYDES, THE Galway punk/post-punk/indie rock band, are about to release their fifth single, 'I Claim To Be intelligent', while next month they play a headline show at the Róisín Dubh.

Album review: Låpsley

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 19, 2020

THE PERSONAL is political is a phrase/slogan/rallying call which has been around since the late 1960s, but is one that feels ever more pertinent and apt.

What to watch on Netflix and Amazon during the lockdown

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

WITH THE CINEMAS closed, and Ireland in lockdown generally, we need distractions, good things to do, and stuff that will raise spirits, and this is where Netflix and Amazon come in.

Cúirt 2020 Reading List announced

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

THE CORONAVIRUS has placed massive restrictions on our work, movement, and socialising, but we can still look forward to the Cúirt literary festival at the end of April, and in the meantime catch up on some reading.

As You Were – as you will be

Literature Reviews Thu, Mar 19, 2020

ANY CLAIM, like that on the back cover of the proof copy of As You Were, Elaine Feeney’s debut novel, to be published on April 16 by Harvill Secker, that this is “The Irish fiction debut of 2020” needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.

French Ketamine releases new single 'One Thing'

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

GALWAY BAND French Ketamine release their new single, 'One Thing' on all streaming platforms on Thursday March 26.

Galway Drum Show postponed until August

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

THE GALWAY Drum Show 2020, which was due to take place next week, has been postponed until August, in response to the Covid 19 outbreak.

Galway 2020 - postponed and cancelled events

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

A MAJORITY of events scheduled as part of Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture have been postponed owing to coronavirus restrictions, although a small number of events have been cancelled.

A pop song about the coronavirus lockdown

Mon, Mar 16, 2020

“Hibernation in the spring, lots of social distancing, we're in lockdown and shut in, is this really happening?”

Galway Film Society Season postponed

Mon, Mar 16, 2020

THE GALWAY Film Society screenings at the Pálás Cinema have been postponed until further notice in the interest of customer safety.

Seann Walsh headlines the Friday night KARLnival

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

HE GOT out of Brighton, survived that Strictly Come Dancing controversy, called a recent tour After This One, I'm Going Home, but Seann Walsh is nothing if not irrepressible.

Breakfast On Pluto - the musical to premiere at GIAF 2020

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

PATRICK/PUSSY Braden, love child of an errant priest and a local girl is the most flamboyant character in the border town of Tyreelin. Bored with life in 1970s Ireland, he heads to London in search of his mother and a glamtastic new life.

Wilderland Film Festival makes Galway debut

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

THE WILDERLAND Film Festival is "special because it gives audiences unparalleled insight into some of the world’s most incredible wildlife”. So said Scottish wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan, best known for The Polar Bear Family & Me.

Galway Street Club annual St Patrick's Day shows

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

IT IS fast becoming a Galway institution - Galway Street Club's annual shows for the St Patrick's Day period - with the multi-national band playing the Róisín Dubh on Monday March 16 at 9pm and Tuesday 17 at 6pm.

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