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THE ORGANISERS of the fourth Annual Galway Comedy Festival, which runs from October 21 to 25, have pulled out all the stops to keep ticket prices affordable for Galway audiences this year.

With a brand new show being beamed out from RTE every Monday night, and fresh off the plane from another successful run in Edinburgh, Jason Byrne is raring to go with his helter-skelter comedy show in Roscommon Arts Centre on Thursday October 7.

It has the hallmarks of a season-defining fixture, although it is only the fourth fixture. The two sides that are expected to battle for the last of three Heineken Cup places meet in this crunch Magners League fixture at the Galway Sportsground tomorrow (8pm). In the Irish pecking order it has always been Ulster which has grabbed that last place, and after Connacht’s loss in Edinburgh, there was nothing to suggest it would be otherwise. But last weekend’s spirited victory over Cardiff has provided Connacht with a much-needed confidence boost, and now Connacht coach Michael Bradley says it is vital his squad turns over Ulster if his side is to qualify for Europe.

Connacht head to the Dragon’s den on Saturday and for a second time already this season are under pressure to get a result and put behind them the previous week’s disappointing display.

“I’D MUCH rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they’re the first to be rescued off sinking ships.”

Maree took the honours in only their second game of the National League when they overcame local rivals Titans in a packed Calasanctius gym at the weekend.

FOR MORE than a decade Maria Tecce has wowed audiences around the world. An accomplished jazz vocalist and actress she has been described as “a sensual angel” and “like Audrey Hepburn channelling Eartha Kitt”.

Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh, the annual business award that recognises, honours and celebrates all the superb bilingual work undertaken in Galway city is now open for nominations.

Neil Delamere is one of the top headline acts working in the Irish comedy scene today and is one of the biggest factors in the huge success of RTE television’s hit show The Panel. Having performed on five continents, he staged his debut solo show in the Edinburgh festival in 2004. His live stand-up set was then recorded for the BBC comedy series One Night Stand.

BETHLEMAYHEM 09, a night featuring some of the best local and new indie bands takes place upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tonight at 8pm.