KILRUSH is the place to be from August 7-11 as the fifth Traditional Music and Set Dancing Festival takes place.Things will kick off on Wednesday, August 7 with a seisiún at Teach Cheoil at 9pm. On the Thursday night, there will be a singers club with Jerry McNamara at the Haven Arms beginning at 10pm.

ENNIS is the venue for a number of classical concerts taking place this week as part of the Summer Music on the Shannon/Summer Music in Galway (SMS/SMG) Festival.

The works of 10 emerging artists from the Kinvara area will be on display as part of a new exhibition, which will be launched this August Bank Holiday weekend at Kinvara’s Market Square.

THE decision by the European Commission to prioritise the availability of ebooks is a positive step for people with visual disabilities according to Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Disability and Equality Martin Conway.

The WolverineDIRECTED BY: James MangoldSTARRING: Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Rila FukushimaCERT: 12A I feel you might be needing some good news, those of you who’ve been turning to this page in recent times with a terrible sense of foreboding.

It’s a rare thing for a sequel to be better than its predecessor. Traditionally follow-up films suffer from second album syndrome. In an effort to bigger, better, darker, insert-superlative-here, whatever makes a flick great is lost and the result is something that would best be served in the dog’s bowl at dinner time. The Matrix Reloaded for example.

  A NEW traffic plan will be implemented in Scariff from next Tuesday and motorists are being advised to be mindful of the changes, which will see a one-way system introduced on Main Street and Jones’ Road. Motorists will now only be able to travel one way in a northbound direction on Main Street from Scariff Bridge to the Market House and one way in a southbound direction on Jones’ Road from the green to the ambulance station. Other roads are to remain the same. The traffic management plan is to facilitate additional car parking in the town, at the Main Street and the town square. Senior executive engineer for the Killaloe Electoral Area, Hugh McGrath said, weather permitting, it is expected to unveil signage and lay new road markings next Tuesday and begin the plan that afternoon. In addition to the one-way systems, he outlined a new parking arrangement will be put in place. “There will be a restriction …

Planning permission has been granted to the board of management of Scoil Iosaif Noafa (St Joseph’s National School) in Kinvara for the development of an ASD unit catering for children with autism and special needs.