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AFTER SPENDING much of last year cooped up in the BBC writing and recording his new sitcom Father Figure, Jason Byrne is unleashed back on the live circuit for 2014.

“I CAN think of nothing better than lying in a field listening to Zervas & Pepper. Perfect festival music.” So declared the BBC’s Mark Radcliffe.

One of the biggest names on the Irish comedy scene, Neil Delamere, returns to Roscommon with his highly anticipated new show Smart Bomb. Renowned for acutely observed yarns and his signature whip smart audience banter, don’t miss this comedy livewire in action in the Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday January 10. Tickets are on sale now and are proving popular, so early booking is highly recommended.

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Andrew Maxwell, will return to Ireland touring his new show Banana Kingdom. With this blissfully funny show, Andrew will cover most of Ireland taking in 27 venues across the country, and will visit Galway on Saturday March 15 at the Róisín Dubh.

WHETHER IT be on RTE’s The Panel or The Republic of Telly, Irish audiences are well acquainted with the name Neil Delamere.

STEVE HUGHES, the Australian heavy metal drummer turned hit comedian is coming to Galway with his new show While It’s Still Legal.

VILLAGERS’ CONOR O’Brien is a fan of Brighton band Common Tongues, as is British TV presenter Dermot O’Leary. Galway will see why this Saturday at 8.30pm.

A group of students from St Bede's College in south Manchester had their dreams come true when they found out that they had been selected to sing with Pudsey from the BBC's Children in Need Appeal and the famous Mayo tenor Sean Ruane from Foxford.

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SHE GREW up in the Irish equestrian heartland of Kildare, in a family that loved telling stories. She earned her comedy apprenticeship at university, moved to London, and found it made her more Irish and more determined to become a comedian.