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Gavan Hennigan, a 42-year-old native of Galway, has finished first place overall in the 1,000 mile Iditarod Trail Foot Race in Alaska. Gavan is the first Irish person ever to complete this extraordinary challenge of human resilience.

You'd envy Gavan Hennigan this morning, so you would.

Galway native Gavan Hennigan is an extreme environment athlete and adventurer. He is currently two thirds of the way through his biggest challenge to date, solo rowing the Atlantic Ocean as he takes part in the Talisker Atlantic Challenge Race. He is lying in third position in the race (ahead of many crewed boats) and located 500 nautical miles from the finish in Antigua, in the Caribbean.

STEVO TIMOTHY, the star of the Farmer Michael Youtube sketches, headlines Ireland's Smallest Comedy Club in the Dew Drop Inn, tonight at 9pm. The club runs every Thursday and is hosted by local comics Johnny Graham and Bob Hennigan. Admission is €4 and includes free pizza.

THERE WILL be plenty to laugh about at the Galway Fringe Festival with a comedy line-up that includes Galway favourites Bob Hennigan and Connor McDonough-Flynn, and the Best of Irish Comedy Awards.

The Ice House Hotel and Spa has been selected to host a special tourism and business networking lunch between Manchester and Mayo on Thursday August 8. The momentous event is part of the Manchester Mayo Gathering which has now been named as Ireland's biggest 2013 Gathering organised by any UK company. It is being sponsored by Tourism Ireland, Stena Line UK, the Manchester Mayo Tourism and Business group, Mayo.ie and the Ice House. It is also being supported by The Western People, The Catholic Universe and the award winning Full Irish radio show.

The HSE has confirmed to Mayo Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin that a permanent director of nursing is to be appointed to St Augustine's Community Nursing Home, Ballina, from July 2. This will see the current temporary acting director of nursing, Marie Hennigan, made permanent.

There will a fundraising comedy night in DeBurgo’s this Tuesday at 9pm, featuring local comedians Giles Brody, Bobby Hennigan, John Donnellan.

PJ Gallagher, (pictured) the undisputed star of Naked Camera, and creator of the memorable characters Jake Stevens and The Dirty Auld Wan, plays the Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 9pm. Support is from Bob Hennigan and Cathal Murray. The guest MC is Paddy Courtney. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.