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Declan O'Rourke has been called the Irish Leonard Cohen, and won the praise of a host of industry giants including Chris Rea, Paul Weller, Paul Brady and Snow Patrol. The Meteor award nominee has been busy over the past two years since the release of his second record Big, Bad, Beautiful World, and recently announced his forthcoming concert at Roscommon Arts Centre on Saturday May 22.

Declan O'Rourke has been called the Irish Leonard Cohen, and won the praise of a host of industry giants including Chris Rea, Paul Weller, Paul Brady and Snow Patrol. The Meteor award nominee has been busy over the past two years since the release of his second record Big, Bad, Beautiful World, and recently announced his forthcoming concert at Roscommon Arts Centre on Saturday May 22.

You have possibly seen the falafel stall at our Galway markets; Oranmore, Moycullen, and Galway city. You will also see it at most music festivals and you may even see it on some TV and film sets. You may have seen it and passed by, wondering what exactly it is, and would I like it?

He was the classic grumpy old man. He was loud, he was vulgar and his social habits left a lot to be desired.

Most Irish eyes last Saturday were on Northern Irish singer Eoghan Quigg in the final of ITV show The X Factor. However, it has emerged that the eventual winner Alexandra Burke also has Irish blood coursing through her veins and has strong family connections with Galway.

Which person do you most admire?

Robert Sarazin Blake is in this singer/songwriter thing for the long haul. Some people become themselves, later on in life. For Blake it was rather early, having first stepped onstage at Seattle's Folk Life festival when he was 15.

If your looking for a night of excellent live entertainment and fun and something very different then Bar Ritz Castlebar is the place to be next Saturday Night May 30 as up-beat bluegrass traditional folk group The Rye make a very welcome return to the Finbar Hoban Presents… series, Mayo’s only alternative event.

If your looking for a night of excellent live entertainment and fun and something very different then Bar Ritz Castlebar is the place to be next Saturday Night May 30 as up-beat bluegrass traditional folk group The Rye make a very welcome return to the Finbar Hoban Presents… series, Mayo’s only alternative event.

Only a month after the superb Rhythm and Roots Festival, Americana fans in Kilkenny will be spoiled all over again with the much-anticipated arrival in town of the Handsome Family.