Writers holding court in Galway

It may not have been the most pleasant journey there under Garda escort, but recuperating independent Galway county councillor Michael "Stroke" Fahy couldn't have picked a better time than this week to begin his one-year jail term in Castlerea. The Co Roscommon prison was selected as a venue for one of the many readings during this year's Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which opened in Galway on Tuesday. Login or subscribe for more.

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