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Ireland West Airport is expecting to have its busiest Christmas period in the airport’s 30 year history as thousands of people make their way home for Christmas to the West and North West. Over the Christmas period the airport is expected to handle close to 30,000 passengers, making it the busiest Christmas period in the Airports history with traffic expected to be up by almost 10% compared to last Christmas.

It’s been some year — a whirlwind of emotion, of joy and despair, of utter horror and desperation, of uncertainty and fear, but also a time of pride and happiness.

UTV Ireland’s six-part documentary series The Airport Up in Knock concludes on Monday, December 12 at 8pm. In the final episode, it’s the busiest day of the year for airport customer services with thousands of pilgrims setting off on special chartered flights to the miraculous springs of Lourdes in France. With most passengers in need of special assistance, Anne and the team will need to work fast and furiously to get everyone boarded.

The winner of this year’s Athlone Advertiser Christmas Art Competition will be flying to Legoland at Windsor courtesy of the competition sponsors Ireland West Airport Knock.

JOE ROONEY is best known as 'gurrier priest' Fr Damo from Father Ted, barfly Timmy Higgins on Killinaskully, and from his appearances on Red Rock, but he is also a first rate stand-up and improv comedian.

OUT OF The Whirlwind is the new DVD from Tommy Tiernan, capturing the Irish comic's Edinburgh Comedy Festival 2016 show, and the Galway Advertiser has five copies to give away.

The unanimously acclaimed one-man show Beowulf: The Blockbuster comes to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday December 5 at 8pm. A father with some serious news to impart brings his son on a cinematic journey through an ancient tale featuring explosions, Spielbergian monsters, John Williams' theme tunes, and superheroes from Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones and Bruce Lee right back to the original superhero, Beowulf.

Top Irish stand-up, Neil Delamere has announced details of his brand new tour - Handstand - which is coming to the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, on February 16, 2017.

The acclaimed one-man show Beowulf: The Blockbuster comes to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday December 5.

Ireland West Airport enjoyed a 14 per cent increase in passenger numbers during the summer period, with more than 360,000 passengers using the airport between June and October. The airport is on track to record the busiest year in its 30 year history, with annual passenger numbers set to exceed 720,000 for the first time in 2016.