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The Acoustic Yard singer/songwriter sessions at Matt Molloys, Westport, return on Tuesday, November 25, for the final session of the year.

The Midland Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force is running its annual Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week this week from November 10-14, with some 22 events taking place across Westmeath, Longford, Laois, and Offaly.

Hot on the heels of the successes of Sean Keane, Mick Hanly, and Paddy Casey during the summer, this newly formed folk club is continuing to attract the best of Ireland’s singer/ songwriters to The Pillar House, Society Street, Ballinasloe. An intimate venue which holds just 80 patrons seated and 120 standing, this is surely the best opportunity to be had to experience this calibre of artist in an ‘up close and personal’ setting.

Legendary Galway singer Sean Keane returns to Mayo for one night only this Christmas to perform with the highly acclaimed traditional music and dance show The Legend of Gráinne Mhaol on Sunday, December 29, at Hotel Westport. Labelled “the greatest Irish musical find of the 90s” Sean Keane has toured the world extensively over the past 20 years performing to sell-out audiences across Europe and America.

Legendary Galway singer Sean Keane will perform at The Legend of Gráinne Mhaol special Christmas concert at Hotel Westport on December 29. Steeped in Irish folklore and raised in a family famous for wonderful singing and music, Keane is regarded as one of Ireland’s finest traditional performers.

Dolphin Music Group have released albums by some of their foremost Irish artists including Mary Black, Frances Black, Ronnie Drew, Johnny McEvoy, Jack L, Dolores Keane, Paddy Reilly, Sonny Knowles, and Liam Clancy, as well as releasing Ireland’s biggest selling album ever A Woman’s Heart.

It is shaping up to be a Christmas to remember at Langtons in Kilkenny this year, as the famous establishment has gone all out to truly offer something for everyone.

Three music veterans, Jim Rooney, Arty McGlynn, and Mick Daly, will join forces for an evening of country, bluegrass, and traditional music not to be missed at the Bog Lane Theatre, Ballymahon, Co Longford, on Sunday November 6 at 8pm.

Frances Black, Niamh Kavanagh, Crystal Swing, Trad on the Prom, and Don Stiffe will all perform at the A Night For Manuela fundraising concert in The Salthill Hotel on Saturday October 15.

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland launched their 2011 Social Impact Programme this week with a call for applications from individuals who are developing new, big ideas to address the social and environmental challenges we face in Ireland. €500,000 in funding and support will be presented to three winners next October to help them grow and increase the impact that they are having in Ireland. Social Entrepreneurs Ireland also announced that the Social Impact Programme would be supported and sponsored by DCC plc. A new three year partnership has been agreed that will see DCC provide vital financial support as well as in-kind support.