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THERE IS a school of thought popular among middle-brow critics of both genders, who tend to prevail in journals such as Poetry Ireland Review, and in the literary pages of formerly important newspapers, that poetry should avoid two particular ailments.

SEAN AND Brian Powers’ Twin Productions brought a feast of Monty Python-inspired laughter, zaniness, and song to the Town Hall Theatre last week with their lively staging of Broadway smash Spamalot - the musical’s first Irish production.

Today FM’s lunchtime presenters, Dermot & Dave's brand new show hits the Radisson Blu Hotel on Friday, April 7.

Today FM’s lunchtime presenters, Dermot & Dave's brand new show hits the Radisson Blu Hotel on Friday, April 7.

The 2017 Galway Food Festival (to run April 13-17 April during the Easter Bank Holiday weekend) was launched on Monday in Caprice at Church Lane, Galway and it features a mouthwatering programme of events.

Today FM’s lunchtime presenters, Dermot & Dave's brand new show hits the Radisson Blu Hotel on Friday, April 7.

After last weekend's disrupted Premier League schedule due to the FA Cup quarter-finals, we are back to a full complement of matches for game week 29.

It is three years to the month since the signing into law by President Higgins of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The act abolished Ireland’s 80 town councils as part of a range of measures designed to reform local administration. Three of those town councils operated in the Mayo towns of Ballina, Westport, and in the county capital, Castlebar. The debate continues as to whether the abolition of an entire tier of local government was largely beneficial or harmful. It may take longer than three years for any lasting effects to register themselves.

During the Georgian era, powerful Protestant families owned large tracts of land throughout County Mayo and the province of Connacht. The Castlebar based Bingham family, together with the descendants of Sir Arthur Gore (1685-1742), formed a family compact or oligarchy through marriage and blood whereby political appointments and other influential positions would be secured among themselves. In an era when marriage was determined by the spirit of collateral calculation, the children of Sir Arthur Gore and Elizabeth Annesley would cement the oligarchy.

Galway International Arts Festival is delighted to announce that celebrated UK theatre company Kneehigh will bring their five-star show Tristan & Yseult to the Galway International Arts Festival in July.