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Claregalway Castle will host Ireland’s Specialist Nurseries (ISNA) and rare plant specialists at the Spring Garden Fair on Sunday April 3 from 11am to 6pm. A variety of informal practical talks and demonstrations on transforming your garden will be given by these gold medal winning nurseries from both Bloom and Hampton Court flower shows. Go along and get all your gardening questions answered and enjoy coffee and cakes in coffee shop.

JOHN BANVILLE has just completed a new Benjamin Black mystery. "This one is a change from the usual," he tells me. "It's set in Prague in the late 1500s at the court of Rudolf II."

Connacht's first major new signing for next season, South African Marnitz Boshoff, is set to strengthen Pat Lam's options in the pivotal outhalf position.

Linenhall Film Club continues its spring 2016 season with moving and magical Japanese drama Uzumasa Limelight on Tuesday March 15 at 8pm. The film is poignant, nostalgic, portrait of the men behind the golden age of chanbara (Japanese sword-fighting dramas and films). Uzumasa Limelight goes behind the scenes of the distinctive film genre for which Japan is famous.

Euro NCAP has revealed the Best in Class cars of 2015 out of 40 vehicles released during a very busy year.

THE ANNUAL evening of Japanese and Irish poetry will take place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop this Saturday, with Japanese tanka poet Hisa Kagawa, and Galway poets Annie and Ted Deppe.

Euro NCAP has revealed the Best in Class cars of 2015 out of more than 40 vehicles released during a very busy year.

Continuing the tradition of its predecessors, the new Mazda MX-5 racked up another nine awards in 2016, including several in Europe. Launched in summer, the new edition of the roadster has now won more than 15 prizes.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

The Chinese joined forces with the Irish in Dublin recently for the relaunch of the LDV (Leyland DAF) vans, with the new V80 range.