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By Joe Barrett Members from the Spink branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCE) took home medals from this year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann that was held in…

Some 18 Laois arts groups and individual artists have been awarded small sums of money towards their work for 2023. The Arts Act grant has awarded €6,000 t...

By Joe Barrett Nine individuals and eight groups in Laois will share a total of €6,000 for this year’s allocation after councillors at their March meeting…

Final preparations are being made for the first ever Spink Music Festival Inspiring in Abbeyleix The organisers Spink Comhaltas say the festival features n...

By Joe Barrett A new two-day music festival – Inspiring Young Musicians for the Future – will take place in Abbeyleix on Saturday and Sunday 25/26 March.

Spink Comhaltas are delighted to announce the launch of a new music festival in Abbeyleix on 25/26th March. The theme of the Festival is “Inspiring Young ...

LAOIS School of Music celebrated its 21st birthday recently with not one but two concerts over the weekend 22-23 October in St Peter’s Church of Ireland…

By Joe Barrett THE Dunamaise Arts Centre was packed to capacity last week when David Vesey performed his debut classical piano concert. David is known as a…

Laois Pianist and traditional musician David Vesey performed to a large crowd at the Dunamaise Theatre last weekend.  The accomplished pianist held the fre...

The performance included a tribute to the late traditional Offaly musician Ashling Murphy