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THREE HOSTAGES, an Irishman, an Englishman, and an American, imprisoned in a cell in the Middle East ,is the setting for Frank McGuinness’s Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me.

OWEN PALLET is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist, who came to prominence initially under the moniker Final Fantasy, with his breakout second album He Poos Clouds winning the 2006 Polaris Music Prize.

“It’s hard to believe I’ve been answering questions about this book for two years,” muses author Anakana Schofield, speaking from her Vancouver home.

The first winter of the war was unusually cold. Commander Bill King’s submarine Snapper served in the North Sea from April 1939 for 12 months. During that time it had numerous contact with enemy ships, mainly in the Skagerrat Strait, between the southeast coast of Norway and the southwest coast of Sweden.

As Irish troops once again depart for Lebanon, the Irish Lebanese Cultural Foundation will celebrate its 10-year anniversary in Kilkenny tomorrow, with a day of musical, cultural and intellectual arts.

PSYCHEDELIC FOLK band The Driftwood Manor will perform songs from their new album The Same Figure (Leaving) upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday September 8 at 9pm.

SOME PEOPLE are just cool. They ooze a sense of calmness, experience, and ability to take life in their stride.

SOME PEOPLE are just cool. They ooze a sense of calmness, experience, and ability to take life in their stride.

If there is one place to warm yourself during the cold snap it has to be Ard Bia. From invigorating hot juices to homemade produce, there is something special for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Athlone Film Club is proud to present the award winning film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, in the Dean Crowe Theatre , Tuesday November 4 at 8pm.