Seven things to do this week
TODAY Olé, Olé, Olé! The horsey set go all Mediterranean with a Spanish-themed day at the Curragh Racecourse, Co Kildare. There will be flamenco music, tapas and a chance to sample some fine Spanish wines. Spanish visitors - with valid identification - get in free. Tickets are from 20. Contact 045-441205.
TOMORROW Offaly singer Mundy has been a bit quiet of late but with the release of his third album, Raining Down Arrows, we are going to be seeing a lot more of Mr Enright over the summer. Tonight he takes his unique brand of lyrical magic to the Cork Opera House. Tickets 22/€25. Bookings 021-4270022.
MONDAY The fabulous Gardiner Street Gospel Choir will be raising the roof and raising much-needed funds tonight for Threshold, the charity that campaigns against homelessness and poor housing. Hosted by Sean Rocks of Lyric FM, the night promises gospel adaptations of artists such as U2, Bob Marley and Macy Gray. Support is from the Gloria Choir. The Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, College Green, Dublin, 8 p.m. Tickets are €25. Contact Andrea on 01-6786097.
TUESDAY Get in shape for the Women's Mini Marathon next month with a run around the (thankfully) flat Dublin Docklands area. The Docklands 7km Fun Run starts tonight at 7.45 p.m. from the International Financial Services Centre and all funds raised go the Temple Street Hospital in Dublin. The entry fee is 8 and 4 for students. Contact 1800-200604 or info@dublindocklands.ie.
WEDNESDAY Discover the stylish world of legendary Irish fashion designer and businesswoman Sybil Connolly at the South Tipperary County Museum, Clonmel. Check out some of her dresses, ceramics and glassware at the "Sybil Connolly - Ambassador of Style" exhibition which runs until June 19th. Open Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact 052-34550.
THURSDAY It's the last few days of the action-packed Bealtaine arts festival which celebrates creativity in older people. Today head to the Natural History Museum in Dublin for a tour of Animals of the Irish Countryside (2.30-3.30 p.m.). Later at Dalkey Library there's a talk by author Hugo Hamilton (7 p.m.), while over in Blanchardstown Library broadcaster and charity walker Donnacha O'Dulaing will muse about his life and times (7 p.m.). Contact 01-8057704.
FRIDAY Make a splash at the Athy Water Festival, Co Kildare, where it's all-hands-on-deck today and over the weekend. Choose from pedal boats, rowing boats, canoes or rafts or take a more leisurely cruise on the 50-passenger Princess Marcel, which in a former life ferried people around the canals of Amsterdam. There's a regatta, a Viking re-enactment and a boat-blessing ceremony, too.
