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As an antidote to all the hustle and bustle, Music for Galway has organised vocal ensemble Collegium directed by Mark Duley to perform Heinrich Schütz’ setting of the St Matthew Passion.

Good Friday is always a day that feels different, and on April 3, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church offers Galwegians in the city centre an opportunity for choral reflection at 5pm.

Residents in Ballybane will have two upcoming opportunities to engage with local services and community activities at the Ballybane Community Hub over the coming weeks.

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The Feast of Mercy is celebrated on the Sunday after Easter Sunday, known as Divine Mercy Sunday, which takes place on April 27. The feast is preceded by a Novena of Chaplets starting on Good Friday.

In the eighteenth century, Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere mei Deus drew so many visitors to the Vatican, that the pope banned anyone from copying the secretly stored sheet music, on pain of excommunication.

In a week when the next president of the USA appointed an official to oversee an expulsion of undocumented migrants, Galway City councillors were celebrating the life of a man who dedicated his to regularising illegal immigrants in America.

High on the successes of Cellissimo and high up on the roof of Bonham Quay, Music for Galway unveiled plans for its 43rd International Concert Season 2024/25.

The new season is only eight games old, but it can already be neatly split into two categories. Against the Dublin teams, Galway United have lost four from four. Against the rest, they are unbeaten with ten points to show for their considerable efforts.

On this forthcoming Good Friday, Athlone Tidy Towns representatives are asking householders, families and individuals to assist with their annual litter pick and clean-up of the town.