Going Out

COMEDY Neil Delamere will bring his new show ‘Controlled Substance’ to Westport Town Hall Theatre on December 30

CULTURE The Wild Atlantic Words Festival in Castlebar started last night (Monday) and runs until October 14

CULTURE Terry McDonagh to launch ‘unusual’ new poetry collection in Ballina and Westport

MUSIC Irish folk music legend Andy Irvine to play the Ballina Arts Centre on Thursday night, October 4

COMEDY John B Keane’s Matchmaker stars Glenroe’s Mary McEvoy and D’Unbelievables’ Jon Kenny

MUSIC Lennie Grimes will launch his new collection of songs, ‘A Piece of My Heart’,  in Darby’s, Cushlough, on October 12

A weekend of watersports, music and family entertainment is in store on Achill Island this weekend for Battle for the Lake

THEATRE Emma O’Grady stars in the compelling ‘What Good is Looking Well When You’re Rotten on the Inside?

MUSIC Vickers Vimy and Limerick’s Emma Langford kick off the new season of Acoustic Yard Sessions

MUSIC The RTÉ Concert Orchestra returns for a second performance Handel’s Messiah at Knock Basilica on November 3