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So we’re officially very old indeed! In fact, the Derry Journal is now the second oldest paper still in existence in Ireland and the oldest regional paper. But we might never have got here as the paper also carries the curious distiniction of being the only newspaper ever to be banned in the north and the south of Ireland post-Partition...

Anna Newell takes 3-6 years olds on a brand new adventure in her latest touring show, STILL HERE. This wordless physical theatre piece is a quirky playful explorative journey that starts from restriction and uncertainty and moves towards collaboration and connection with a gorgeous and unique musical score created by Eamon Sweeney.

Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner cast a wide net

Roma Downey, Nadine Coyle and thousands of others have graced the Derry Féis stage for a century.

Jun. 3—NEW BRITAIN — Josh Mooney ran his qualifier for the 110-meter hurdles late Wednesday afternoon, then had to report to the javelin area — across a nearby footbridge — before returning to the track for the finals of the hurdles. "It was kind of stressful," said Mooney, a Stonington High School sophomore competing in the first outdoor track and field state championship meet of his career ...

SPOTLIGHT: Historically informed performances - Kieran Beville Reporter: );  ); LOCAL musicians have created a new organisation to support historically informed performance in Limerick and its environs. March 21 is the confluence of a number of notable events – it is the spring equinox, and for classical music fans it is JS Bach’s birthday! Even more specifically for lovers of classical music, the 21st of March is annually feted around Europe and the world as Early Music Day. A few local ...

Music Network and Wicklow County Council Arts Office invite County Wicklow residents aged 55 and over to participate in a new shared learning music project with renowned Wicklow quartet Sonamus. Making Music with Sonamus: the Wicklow Teaching Residency presented by Music Network and Wicklow County Council Arts Office offers participants individual and group tuition on piano, guitar, cello or whistle between January and June 2021. Tuition is entirely free of charge and instruments will be prov...

Twenty-four artists from across the county have been awarded Bursary Awards totalling almost €320,000. The funding, granted by the Arts Council to more than 530 people in 27 counties, aims to help musicians, actors, writers, dancers, filmmakers, and visual and other artists to develop their art. The Arts Council said that, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, it had added significantly to the amount available in its second round of bursaries for 2020, and encouraged artists in every art form...