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Dara O’Briain returns for one night only at The Royal Theatre Castlebar on Thursday, February 23. Dara is the biggest Irish comic to have emerged in recent years. Having become a huge star in Ireland he moved to the UK, and went from being a sold-out festival favourite in Edinburgh to selling out theatres across the UK and mainstream television success. His television work includes hosting popular TV shows such as Mock the Week and a run hosting The Apprentice: You're Fired! on BBC 2, along with the Three Men in a Boat series with Griff Rhys Jones and Rory Mc Grath which has run for a number of series.

Jason Henchy’s Daybreak in Eyre Square and Arthur McGuire’s Daybreak in Raven Terrace were both proud winners at the 2011 Daybreak Store of the Year awards, which were held recently in the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny.

Twenty two years ago Emer Murray had a tasting in The Ardilaun to launch her Christmas goodies, it was a great success so she is using the same formula again.

SINCE RETURNING to stand-up comedy the great Phill Jupitus has made the Róisín Dubh something of a second home for himself.

The biggest food festival of the year is kicking off in Kilkenny this evening as celebrity chefs rock into town in their droves to show off their skills and prowess.

An ESB bill which was thrown away in a pile of rubbish that was illegally dumped in the Carrowmore area led to the appearance of a Ballina man at Ballina District Court this week.

THE HARLEM Gospel Choir make a welcome return to Galway when they play the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday October 26 at 8pm.

Mullingar Choral Society, one of the gems in the cultural crown of Mullingar, is about to start rehearsals for the 2011/2012 season.The choir is getting going again on Monday September 5, in St Mary’s CBS (beside the cathedral). The choir is made up of ordinary men and women who turn in an extraordinary performance, year after year, with little or no fanfare, and the annual concert in the cathedral is one of the highlights of the town’s cultural calendar.

THE GREAT Ardal O’Hanlon is coming to County Galway to play The Comedy Club at Kudos in Oranmore on Saturday August 20.

MATT BERRY is best known for playing Dixon Bainbridge, the evil, megalomaniacal zoo owner in The Mighty Boosh, and the womanising Douglas Raynhom in The IT Crowd.