Footlights

AN Irish Museum of Radio will open on May 29th in Cork City where 70 years ago the first broadcast of the Cork Frank Ronan are the shortlisted authors in the Listowel Writers Week £4,000 Kerry Ingredients Book Of The Year Award... Music For Galway host a celebration of Beethoven from Saturday for a week, which features Robert Taub on piano - phone 091-798140 for information or buy your tickets at Powell's Music Shop ... The Creative Writers Network will hold its first AGM on Saturday at the Duke Of York, Donegall Road Belfast information on 08 01247 46 1728... The inauguration of the Music Instrument Fund, a charity dedicated to lending instruments to gifted Irish musicians, takes place today at the National Concert Hall - for information contact 01-4960244.