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All Ireland Talent Show Winner Chloe Coyle

Thirteen year old Chloe Coyle, described as having the voice of an angel, has been crowned the winner of RTE’s All-Ireland Talent show competition.

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Chloe’s voice, together with her calm, innocent, stage presence and pure presentation, reminiscent of top recording artist Charlotte Church (Charlotte Maria Reed) in her younger days, won over the viewing audience to claim the competition’s top prize of €50,000. (Coincidentally, she has the same initials as Charlotte Church.)

The talented young singer from Tyrone, represented the northern end of Ireland and was mentored by former Euro-Vision winner Dana (Rosemary Scallon).

The Source – Biber’s First Rosary Sonata In D Minor,

In association with Music Network, the Source Arts Centre, here in Thurles, compliments this years Easter Ceremonies with Biber’s First Rosary Sonata in D minor, performed by Ariadne Daskalakis and Trio Vintage (US/Germany).
This magical event is regrettably for one night only, on Thursday 25th March at 8.00pm and is a must see, particularly, for students of the Cello and Violin.

This classical tour sees prize-winning Boston born violinist and beauty, Ariadne Daskalakis, perform with two of Germany’s foremost, early music specialists, Markus Möllenbeck (On Cello) and Gerald Hambitzer (On Harpichord).

Here is a real opportunity to see and hear some real, beautiful and rich performances on your very own doorstep.

Check hereunder for just a taste of this companies rich talents.

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The company will also be performing works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Nicola Matteis.

So if an evening in the company of these wonderful performers is for you, why not drop down to The Source and allow yourself to soak up and be transported by this rich classical sound.

By the way Ariadne Daskalakis will be interviewed on Pat Kenny’s radio show on the morning of Wed 25th March.

This is a special evening not to be missed and tickets are priced at just €18. (€16 concession).
Book now by calling the Source Box Office on 0504 90204 or log on at www.thesourceartscentre.ie

Irish Eurovision Failure May Be Ended

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Now after years of misfires, misfits and a mischievous turkey, Ireland has spoken and placed their 2010 Eurovision hopes and dreams in the hands of a real talent who has already tasted that sweet success that is Eurovision glory, Niamh Kavanagh.

Niamh successfully topped Friday night’s public vote and regional judging on the Late Late Show to earn her place in Oslo for what surely promises to be Ireland’s most realistic hope for Euro glory in over a decade.

The winning song ‘It’s For You’ fought off some stiff competition, but in the end, scoring maximum points, this song correctly came out the clear winner.

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Eurovision purists will know Niamh from her past heroics, way back in 1993, where in a unforgettable night in Millstreet, she won over the Union with her rapturous rendition of ‘In Your Eyes’, the second of Ireland’s ‘3 in a row’ Euro successes on the 1990’s.

The Dubliner, who now lives in County Antrim, surely has what it takes to drag Ireland out of the Eurovision doldrums and back to the glory days that defined the nation’s songbook in the 90’s.

Ireland holds the record for the most number of wins in the contest, having won a total of seven times, including three times in a row in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

We’re behind you all the way Niamh.

The Forgotten Roads Of North Tipperary

Although some senior Government Ministers are staying at home, this coming St. Patrick’s Day, 23 key Government figures are flying to locations around the world to meet with key business and political figures to sell our wares.

We are told that these Government Ministers are using St Patrick’s Day as an opportunity to promote Ireland to locations around the world.

We understand that the Minister for Transport Mr Noel Dempsey will be in Toronto, Canada this St Patrick’s Day, to attend the Ireland Fund’s St Patrick’s day lunch with 1,000 business and political decision makers, meeting clients and their customers at an Enterprise Ireland business breakfast. It would appear, however, that Mr Dempsey’s “Ministerial Mercedes”, not to mention the vehicles of local TD’s, Local and County Councillors have not driven on the road from Templetuohy to Johnstown in the past three years.

The video hereunder demonstrates the current state of the road presently tolerated and shared by residents and those trying to transact their everyday business in and around Thurles, Templetuohy and the Moyne areas of Co.Tipperary.

Tipperary’s Rural Roads Are Deteriorating from George Willoughby.

We now ask a simple question “Minister, with the greatest respect, how do you promote a country with a secondary road structure familiar, only, to a fourth world State”

While in daylight this road surface is visible, some night soon some unfamiliar stranger to this area is going to loose their life.

Its Official – Olly Murs Live At HQ Nightclub Thurles

We broke the news first last week regarding Olly Murs intended visit and live performance at HQ Nightclub.

Tonight about 30 minutes ago, the HQ Nightclub web site ( www.nightclubhq.com ) officially confirmed that Olly Murs will be performing live at their venue here in Thurles on May 4th, 2010, with support from Diane Sullivan and Pat Fitz.