- Cabinet ministers stay, hints Kenny
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- Race row ex-mayor loses party whip
- PayPal to hire 1,000 more staff
- Family anger at gun suspect hearing
- U-turn made over cuts to schools
- Bank donates artworks to taxpayers
- Fury at child hospital overcrowding
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Entertainment
Brendan Keeley’s voyage continues on RTE’s The Voice
SINGER Brendan Keeley is looking forward to the next stage of ‘The Voice of Ireland’ as he took another step closer to perhaps securing the show’s lucrative prize of a recording contract with Universal Records.
Win tickets to see the Fureys & Davey Arthur in the Tullamore Court Hotel
The Fureys & Davey Arthur make their fourth appearance in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Saturday March 3 and the Offaly Express and www.offalyexpress.ie are giving you a chance to win tickets.
The Fureys & Davey Arthur at the Tullamore Court Hotel on Saturday March 3
The Fureys & Davey Arthur make their fourth appearance in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Saturday March 3. The band was formed in 1978 literally by accident. George, Paul and Davey were playing in Denmark with their own band called the Buskers and Eddie and Finbar, while touring in Germany were involved in a road accident. When George, Paul and Davey got news of the accident they immediately travelled to Germany to be with their brothers. They then decided that they should all be playing together and this was the start of the Fureys and Davey Arthur.
Evergreen launch new EP
EVERGREEN, fresh out of Lakeland Studios after recording their 4 track EP, will be in Birr Theatre & Arts Centre this Saturday, February 18 to perform and launch their EP.
Hilarious ‘Out of Order’ hits Tuar Ard
BALLYCUMBER Amateur Drama Group staged ‘Out of Order’ on Saturday & Sunday night in Ballycumber Hall.
Varied programme in Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
BIRR Film Club presents ‘The Skin I Live In’ on Tuesday, February 21 at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre.
Bressie confirmed for Teen Aware gig in Tullamore
Mullingar musician Bressie is confirmed for this year’s Teen Aware at Charleville Castle on Good Friday, April 6. Teen Aware is an event which commenced in 2011 to create suicide awareness.
€45,000 new ‘gateway’ sculpture planned for Birr
Birr will get a new ‘gateway’ sculpture on the Tullamore road, in a move to further complete the recommendations under the commissioned Birr Public Realm Plan, which is forming the basis of the works currently being carried out in Birr.
World War 1 book launched in Kilbeggan
AN enthusiastic and much-welcomed audience filled the lecture room of Kilbeggan Library last Wednesday for the launch of a book on Kilbeggan and its neighbourhood during World War 1.
Threading the tightrope at Tullamore Film Club
MAN ON WIRE: Me and heights just don’t go together, so we generally keep a pretty big distance between us.
Banjo festival financial boost for Tullamore
news that the world renowned Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival is to re-locate to Tullamore was greeted with delight in the town last week especially as no festival was held last year.
Award winning drama in Birr
Acorn Theatre Company bring Unforgiven to Birr this Saturday January 28. This comic of a play bears the same name as the Clint Eastwood western.
Keeley’s TV takeover
IT appears it was the republic of Keeley television with Tullamore singer, Brendan Keeley performing on the ‘The Voice of Ireland’ while his son, Sam graced television screens in RTE’s drama, RAW last week.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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