A guide to what's going on this week
After the excesses of Christmas, the mind turns to clean living - but where to begin? Try Dalkey Good Health Fair, a free event today and tomorrow (11am to 5pm) at Dalkey Heritage Centre, in Co Dublin.
They say laughter is good for your health, so head to the RDS in
Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, tomorrow night for Amnesty International's
Stop! You're Killing Me, a comedy event featuring
Des Bishop, Dara
O'Briain and Maeve Higgins.
Starting this Tuesday, you can catch a free weekly lunchtime concertwith the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at the NCH, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2. Each Tuesday from January 16th to February 6th. See www.rte.ie/music.
January doesn't have to be all about abstinence. The Shindigat the Brandon Hotel in Tralee is a weekend of Irish music, dancing, singing, storytelling and the occasional pint. See www.shindigtralee.ie.
Do you struggle to remember the name of someone you were introduced to five minutes ago? Fergal McCarthy can empathise. The Limerick-born artist is obsessed with the random nature of memory and how a word, name or smell can trigger a rush of memories. McCarthy exhibits under the title Trying Not To Forgetat the Back Loft, Dublin 8, today and tomorrow from 10am to 6pm.
Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy may have patched up their
differences, but demand for the musical based on their Saipan
bust-up,
I, Keano, shows no sign of abating. It returns for
another run at
the Olympia, Dublin 2, from Tuesday.
The Framesplay Vicar Street, Dublin 2, tomorrow
evening; on Friday and Saturday at the Point, country music
hall-of-famer
Willie Nelsonwill be joined by the Sharon Shannon
Big Band, Eddi
Reader and Damien Dempsey. Folk-rock songwriter
Scott Matthewsplays Whelan's, Dublin 2 on
Wednesday.
Ray LaMontagneplays the National Stadium in Dublin
on Wednesday, Cork Opera
House on Thursday, UCH Limerick on Friday and the Waterfront
Hall, Belfast on Saturday.
Michael Kelly