MUSIC Max Zaska’s much-anticipated debut album ‘It Takes A Village’ will be released on Friday, February 1
Zaska set to release debut album
Staying In
Castlebar man’s film to air on RTÉ on Friday night
Soulsmith, written and directed by Kevin Henry, will make its Irish TV premiere on RTÉ One on Friday night
An insight into life in the force
BOOKS Retired Det Sergeant Cyril Meehan’s ‘In Dark Blue’ offers readers a fascinating factual account of policing in Ireland
Fortune-teller inspires Achill chef to write her first novel
BOOKS Achill novelist Katrina Gallagher talks to Anton McNulty about her first novel, ‘Fifteen Ascending’
Rooney’s rise
CULTURE Castlebar author longlisted for 2018 Man Booker Prize for her yet-to-be-published second novel
Irish country music chronicled in new book
BOOKS Murrisk-based author Kevin Martin’s latest tome looks at the popular genre’s rise
Traces of wild wings and wonder
BOOKS John Shelly reviews ‘Eagle Country’, by Westport-based author and poet Seán Lysaght
Ballina author launches new novel
BOOKS ‘Secrets We Keep’, a novel by Ballina woman Faith Hogan, will be launched in Easons, Ballina, on May 10 at 7.30pm
Ballaghaderreen poet releases new work
CULTURE Ballaghaderreen resident Jessamine O’Connor has released a new collection of poems, entitled ‘Pact’
Hats off to hetty
CULTURE Westport artist Hetty Lawlor (17), daughter of Jimmy Lawlor, to compete for Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2017
Mayo’s history, heritage and topography explored
BOOKS Áine Ryan looks at the eclectic mix of factual gems contained in ‘Exploring Mayo’, a new book by Bernard O’Hara