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AMONG THE posse of cool comics riding into Galway for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival is acclaimed Aussie gagmeister, Damian ‘Damo’ Clark with his new show, Grand Theft Damo. Originally from Perth, Damian has been based in Britain for the past three years, following a stint living in Ireland, and has been delighting audiences and critics with his infectious energy and rambunctious routines.

SSE Airtricity Moycullen return to the top level of Irish basketball when they open their premier league campaign against Killester on Saturday in Dublin.

Galway based company Ocean Harvest Technology launched its new bovine products at the National Ploughing Championships in Laois last week. As part of the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Hub, Ocean Harvest presented and exhibited throughout the three day agricultural festival.

"LIKE AN explorer from the 16th Century, Kansas-born Andy McKee has taken uncharted waters with his instrument and is circumnavigating the globe of guitar possibilities, mixing traditions from American folk with Millennial sensibilities to create a whole new genre of not only playing, but approach to his trade."

The Mayo minor hurlers contest the All Ireland Minor C Hurling final against Tyrone on Saturday in Ballinamore in Leitrim at 2.30pm. This is third year in a row that Mayo have reached this stage of the competition, winning it on both of their last two appearances in the final and beating Monaghan in both of those finals. This year it is Ulster opponents once again for Mayo with the red hand men from Tyrone standing in their way of collecting a three-in-a-row.

Over 240 delegates from 18 countries worldwide came to Galway recently for the 18th Annual Irish Academy of Management (IAM) Conference 2015. Hosted by NUI Galway’s J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, the conference saw over 150 research presentations across a diverse range of business topics exploring the conference theme of ‘Towards Socially Responsible Management?’ 

MARC ROBERTS' tribute show to John Denver, a multimedia journey through the singer-songwriter's life and music, which has won critical acclaim and toured internationally, returns to the Town Hall Theatre on Friday September 25 at 8pm.

Ryan Sheridan and his full band, who just released the number one selling album in Ireland titled Here and Now, comes to play the Garbo's venue in Castlebar next Friday night, September 18. But that’s not all, local acts The New Social and Michael Oliver Sheridan have also been added to the bill in what promises to be a great night of music for the county town this September.

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This has been the week that saw McDonald’s announce the launch of an ‘artisan’ burger to be called the MacMór, which aims to use Ballymaloe Relish, Charleville Cheddar, Dawn Meats beef, and Dew Valley bacon. The idea of McDonald’s selling anything ‘artisan’ came as a surprise to many in the food world, and it seems now that the company will have to change the description to something a little less aspirational.