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JOHN LYNN, "the rising star of Irish comedy," according to The Sunday Times, and a man simply declared “brilliant” by The Irish Times, headlines next week's Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

AMONG THE legion of writers converging onGalway from near and far for next month’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature is Joshua Cohen, who has been widely hailed as one of America’s best young novelists.

STING SANG about being 'An Englishman in New York', but Tyrone comedian Aaron McCann is coming to Galway to tell us what it is like to be a culchie in America.

From national parks and theme parks to dazzling futuristic cities, the USA has something for every traveller. Whether it is the laid-back jazz of the Deep South or the iconic sights of DC, this country promises unique and diverse experiences for everyone who visits. The team in Corrib Travel can help find you something to suit everyone, whether it's a road trip on Route 66 or a sightseeing escorted tour in California, a shopping trip in New York, family fun in Orlando, or the awe-inspiring Niagara Falls.

“On Thursday night a crowd numbering several thousand assembled inside the Square, and two men set to work sawing at the base of life-size bronze monument of Lord Dunkellin, a brother of the notorious landlord, Lord Clanricarde of Portumna. In a scene reminiscent of the downfall of Saddam Hussain’s statue in Baghdad, shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a rope was fastened around Dunkellin’s neck, and with a mighty pull, down it fell amidst great applause.”

The people from the townland of Eachléim are to feature on TG4's Bailte programme - a series presented by Síle Nic Chon Aonaigh that looks at townlands all around Ireland - on next Wednesday at 8.30pm; the show will be repeated again on Saturday, March 16 at 7.15pm.

O’Donnellan & Joyce recorded virtually 100 per cent sales of Galway properties in its Wild Atlantic Way spring property auction, when 42 properties went under the auction hammer on Friday March 1.

Martin Mulkerrins has progressed to the quarter finals of the O’Neills Senior Singles Championship following a routine 21-5 21-13 victory over Kerry’s Dominick Lynch.

AS TECHNOLOGY progresses, at what point will the distinctions between machines and humans become blurred? Can poetry still be a voice or rage and reason against oppression and discrimination? And Irish literature, what lies behind its recent renaissance?

Former Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh has been nominated by Fine Gael to contest the Midlands North-West constituency for the European Elections alongside the party's sitting MEP Mairead McGuinness.