In this week's Offaly Independent

This week's Offaly Independent is packed with news, features, photos and lots of sport to get you ready for the weekend.

- Check out a Rhode company's work with the world famous Steinway piano company in New York.

- Birr opera singer John Molloy makes his big screen debut!

- Offaly's Greenway welcomes a new car park at Cappincur.

- New housing scheme earmarked for Charleville Road.

- In sport, O'Connor and Mooney selected for U20 Athletics Championships.

- Our columnist Kevin Egan looks at the difficult tasks ahead for Offaly's GAA teams.