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AFTER A lengthy hiatus, singer, actress, and model Samantha Mumba returns to live music duties and will play Monroe’s Live next month.

Originally from Dublin but now living in Knocnacarra, Niall Mooney will be once again vying to have his composition selected as the Irish entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. He was first struck by euro song fever in 2009 when he penned the Irish entry which was sung by Niamh Kavanagh. He repeated this feat again in 2010, and now he is renewing his fervour for the Eurovision Song Contest with a song entitled ‘Fire’ and sung by Mulingar resident, Zoe Alexis.

It was the year that Shergar was kidnapped, Eamon Coughlan won the 5000m gold medal at the World Championships in Helsinki, Tommy Walsh and Samantha Mumba were born and Cork were defeated, once again, in the All-Ireland Final.

AS PART of the Irish comedy explosion in the 1990s Dubliner Jason Byrne emerged as a high-energy in-your-face new act. Over he next decade he was to become one of the biggest touring acts in Ireland and Britain and his RTÉ series Anonymous - which featured Ronan Keating, Glenda Gilson, Hector, and Samantha Mumba in various disguises - proved to be a big hit with viewers.

Music mogul Louis Walsh from Kiltimagh has been announced as the Mayo Person of the Year.