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For generations, the Town Hall in Loughrea stood as one of the town’s most recognisable landmarks, a building woven into the social and cultural life of the community. In recent years, however, the historic structure had fallen silent, its prolonged dereliction becoming a source of disappointment for many local residents who long hoped to see the building restored to its former prominence. Now, after years of anticipation, that vision is finally becoming a reality as the long-awaited Loughrea Town Hall regeneration project moves steadily towards completion.

Twenty-six dancers from Dublin, Limerick, Galway and Cork will combine at the Town Hall Theatre on Friday, May 15, to explore femininity through the art of Heels dance.

Marc Roberts is a singer-songwriter, Eurovision runner up and Galway Bay FM presenter of the ‘Feel Good Breakfast’ at the weekends.

On November 25, 1951, the Galway Literary and Debating Society hosted a lecture by Dr Louis Evers on the composer Verdi. In seconding the motion of thanks, the Patrician Brother, Bro Cuthbert, said: “The present seems a fit time for Galway to step into the musical world. It would be a fine tribute to the subject of tonight’s lecture if a musical society were formed”. The Patrician Brothers' Past Pupils' Union took up this idea, and on February 29, 1952, the Patrician Choral Society was formed.

After decades of friendship, Irish eighties’ rock icons Leslie Dowdall and Flo McSweeney finally share the stage together for the very first time on their tour, Natural Women.

Guru It, the new play from Bernard Field and Hawtheatre, will begin its world premiere at The Town Hall Studio on Wednesday, March 25, at 8.30pm.

This week members of Loughrea Arts Recreation and Culture (LARC) were given a tour along with members of Galway Co Co, facilitated by the site manager from Finna Construction. Although the Town Hall is still a building site, the emerging layout is already becoming quite apparent.

It will be a homecoming of sorts as two of the dancers – Rogan and Shane – have Irish connections.

As the Town Hall Theatre enters its fourth decade, it is worth pausing to reflect on just how fortunate Galway is to have such a remarkable cultural home at the heart of the city. Few buildings anywhere can claim a history as layered, or a present as vibrant.

There is something quietly powerful about the turn of the year. It is, of course, just another date on the calendar, but it carries with it a psychological lift — a sense of renewal, of possibility, of beginnings. Perhaps that feeling is sharpened by the fact that we are emerging from the darkest weeks of the year, inching towards longer days, growth, and springtime. Our antennae, tuned for hope, begin to rise again.