TV Rásaí na Gaillimhe returns

BACK IN THE SADDLE Sorcha Ní Chéide and Don Wycherley star in the second series of RΡsaí na Gaillimhe, which starts tomorrow night.

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TG4’s fast-moving comedy drama RΡsaí na Gaillimhe returns to our screens tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 9.30pm. Set around events on and off the course during the most hedonistic week of the summer – Race Week in Galway – the show won the Irish Language prize at the 2010 Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) after being shortlisted in no less than seven categories.
The Galway races again form the perfect setting for another seven expisodes of dodgy schemes, misplaced dreams, wanton excesses and outright indulgence. The plot updates us on the shenanigans of former high-flying Government Minister Ultan Keane (Don Wycherley), now down on his luck and fighting for his political life.
Keane will have to resort to drastic and extreme measures to ensure his survival, aided and abetted by his shrewd side-kick, Creed (Tom Ó SúilleabhΡin). Enter newly-released convicts the de Barra brothers and life is sure to be complicated for SiobhΡn (Carrie Crowley), the Garda officer trying to battle crime and anti-social behaviour in the City of the Tribes as thousands gather for the racing and ructions. A stag party and an emergency-room doctor add spice to an already volatile mix as rogues, rascals and the righteous all try to survive a tumultuous and traumatic week that will alter their lives forever.
Instantly accessible to new viewers, RΡsaí na Gaillimhe 2 promises to be part thriller, part romp and entirely enjoyable. The cast includes Don Wycherley, TomΡs Ó SúilleabhΡin, Carrie Crowley, Sorcha Ní Chéide, Donncha Crowley, Owen Roe, Éamonn Hunt, Marcus Lamb, PΡraic Breathnach, Bob Quinn, Neasa Ní Chuanaigh, Paddy C Courtney, Barry McGovern, Liz Quinn, Aoife Nic Ardghail, Fred McCloskey, Róisín Ní ChualΡin and Bríd Ní Neachtain.