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Many of the shows at this year's Galway Comedy Festival are filling up quickly, but fear not! There's plenty more where that came from...

In years past, the NDP would be a ‘shopping list’ of projects which the cabinet awarded funding to, often after intense local lobbying, but it is now more a broad-brush statement of which policy areas or government departments will have funding prioritised.

Over two days this week RTÉ Radio 1’s LiveLine programme was bombarded with callers demanding that the remains of former Bishop of Galway Eamonn Casey should be removed from their place of honour beneath Galway cathedral.

There are three Sarah McInerneys: the gregarious Drivetime radio presenter with a hearty laugh, the tough TV interviewer regularly skewering politicians, and – surprisingly – the shy, Galway-accented woman who considers herself a country girl at heart.

Women in Westmeath are urged to sign up for a major online webinar aimed at helping them to take care of their heart health.

MISE FRESHIN’ is an evening of new Irish beats featuring Cork-based improvised experimental group Fixity, with a live show based on the breakthrough hip hop instrumental album “Endtroducing, by DJ Shadow.” Knitting the show together will be DJ and musical mix master of Mise FRESHIN' RTE Radio 1 broadcasts, DJ Jack Dempsey McMahon [AKA DJackulate].

THERE ARE certain factors, without which, Galway International Arts Festival would be incomplete - the Big Top in the Fisheries Field, the extraordinary street spectacles, and the buzz around Róisín Dubh.

Why do girls give up sport?

Folk Americana group The Raines comprises of Ruth Dillon (vocals, guitar, ukulele) who has toured and recorded with the legendary vocalist Dolores Keane, is a former member of The Molly Hicks, and has three solo albums of her own. Juliana Erkkonen (fiddle and vocals) has been at the forefront of the Americana musical scene in Ireland and has released 7 albums with a diverse range of acts, and Yvonne Tiernan (vocals/ukulele/percussion) who has toured as lead singer with The Chieftains.

Over The Edge, Galway City's literary events organisation, organise readings of poetry and fiction at a variety of venues around Galway City. The December ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ will take place in Galway City Library on Thursday, December 15 from 6-7.30pm.