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The Other Poet Drives a Black Mercedes from Foyle is a paean to a writer’s imagination and experience, where the liminal border between the conscious world and the other world exists.

For a century and a half, policymakers and preachers have tried to break Ireland’s matriarchal spine. First came colonial statutes that stripped women of ancient Brehon era property rights; then, after Independence, a clerical regime insisted a woman’s duty began and ended inside four walls and that maxim even made its way into the Constitution. Both forces notched victories on paper. Yet the lived chain of female authority, mother to daughter, sister to sister never snapped. I know, because that chain carried me out of Bessborough Mother-and-Baby Home and set me, my child, and several generations of my family back on our feet.

Led by Joe Bunker, The Collective is a London-based choir of actors, songwriters, musical directors, composers and singers founded in 2016, and its first public performance was with the PopUp Choir of Minneapolis, co-founded by choral conductor Heather Nelson. Nelson was appointed to Galway’s Cois Cladaigh choir earlier this year.

Tolü Makay, born Toluope Makanjuola, is a Irish-Nigerian singer, songwriter, and performer famous for her cover of 'N17' – but she is more than that, describing her sound as “cinematic pop soul,” backed by a stunningly beautiful vocal range.

With less than one month to go until the Bluebird Care Galway Summer Rally, the maximum 150-car entry limit looks set to be hit.

Thursday night summer concerts will continue in Galway Cathedral for another three weeks, with this evening’s event featuring a guest appearance from Europe.

Galway's Kieran Molloy knocked out Sean Noakes to retain his IBF European Welterweight title at Copperbox Arena in London last weekend.

The Galway Vindicator of October 3, 1866, contained the following report … “For some four or five years now, The National Bank has had in its possession a plot of ground on the east side of Eyre Square directly opposite Forster Street and adjacent to the Provincial Bank, which was purchased from the proprietor Mr Levingston for £600, for the purpose of erecting thereon a new building, the present bank being in St Augustine Street which was considered too backward for the improving business of the concern in Galway.

“We’re dealing with questions of identity, questions about the language, and about the position of the language today. And we’re looking at those questions in a humorous, engaging way that will get people thinking about them.”

Fr Walter Macken, son of the famous author Walter Macken and Peggy Kenny of Kenny’s Bookshop, died peacefully in Dublin on May 21st last. Fr Walter was a well-known figure both in Galway, where he lived for many years and in Dublin.