AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoEducation: The CAO portal opens at noon on Thursday, with more than 1,400 courses available. Applications cost €35 by January 20; students can update course choices until July 1. Young Creators: Six Mayo teenagers will see their short plays performed at the Linenhall in Castlebar on November 15, after a mentoring programme with Fighting Words Mayo. Irish Music: Sinéad O’Connor’s children are working with Chrysalis Records on forthcoming releases from her catalogue. Composer and pianist Caomhán Maccana brings his 16-date debut tour to Mullingar Arts Centre on November 12. Festivals & Literature: Kildare’s 2027 Spirit of Brigid festival has announced Lisa O’Neill, Paul Brady, Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill among its performers. IMRAM returns with Irish-language literature, history and hip-hop, while Galway TradFest plans a week-long celebration of traditional music, song and dance. Community: Galway imam Ibrahim Noonan says he hopes to meet the three men jailed over a plot to bomb the city’s Maryam Mosque, to ask why they planned the attack.
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