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REVIEW BY JUDY MURPHY The Table; Branar @ the Town Hall Theatre Chickens play a central role in Branar’s new play The Table, offering a comic foil to the tragedy that unfolds in the Ó Flatharta family as this once-united home becomes divided over the fate of their most treasured possession. Denounced as stupid one […]

By John Fallon Pete Wilkins, as expected, has been appointed to take charge of Connacht from next season in succession to Andy Friend. He will become the province’s tenth boss in the professional era, having joined Connacht in 2017 as an assistant coach to Kieran Keane during the New Zealander’s sole season in charge. The […]

1923 Pokey houses Notwithstanding the high cost, everyone will welcome the progress that the erection of twenty houses denotes. These, with the forty-three houses for ex-servicemen now almost nearing completion at Fairhill, will go a far way to relieve the congestion and remove some of the city slums. They will provide decent dwellings for sixty […]

By Gerry Murphy Sometimes you feel that even at a huge price a car is somehow worth the money. The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class 580 E Hybrid Long Wheel Base AMG Line that I have been testing recently has a base price of €150,000, and while that sounds like a fortune to many, the specific customer […]

IT’S not pie in the sky anymore when it comes to farmers being energy self-sufficient . . . now it’s a case of looking at that great light in the sky! From this week, farmers can now apply for an enhanced grant rate of 60% – with an investment ceiling of 90,000 – for solar […]

World of Politics with Harry McGee The life of a politician is not an easy one, especially if you are a rural TD. Your life is spent traipsing up and down to Dublin each week for long days in Leinster House, in party rooms, or in Government Buildings if you are a Minister. Your Saturdays […]

Iamsold, the bidding and online auction platform has reported a strong start to 2023 – with around 40% of purchases being completed by cash buyers. According to company director Patrick Folan, despite increasing mortgage interest rates, the property market is still performing well – demand is well outstripping the low supply of properties coming to […]

Arts Week with Judy Murphy “Lucky” and “happy” are words that Cork actor Pat Kinevane uses frequently as he’s discussing his latest show, King, which is coming to Galway’s Town Hall Theatre next Wednesday, March 1, as part of a national tour. Written and performed by Pat, it’s the story of Luther, a man from […]

A colourful, charitable Galway barman plans to write himself into the Guinness Book of World Records – by visiting and consuming a beverage in 85 local bars in 24 hours! The mammoth pub crawl, on the weekend of March 31 and April 1, will bring Damien Reilly on a tour of Galway’s watering holes. Starting […]

Tipperary 4-9 Galway 1-9 Eanna O’Reilly at the Ragg Galway suffered a comprehensive defeat to Tipperary on Saturday afternoon at the Ragg on the opening weekend of the National Camogie League, the nine point defeat in a flat performance being Galway’s heaviest competitive loss since Cathal Murray became manager in 2018. An experimental and youthful […]