Navan funny man Tommy Tiernan kicks off his first major Australian tour on April 13 when he lands in Perth to play the Octagon Theatre.
It’s been a trying few weeks for the Meathman who recently lost his mother, but tour organisers have told the Irish Echo that the tour will go ahead as planned.
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The finals of this year’s South Australian GAA championships take place at St Mary’s Park in Adelaide this weekend.
The Hannigan Cup (men’s grand final) will be played out between the Western Ireland Mountain Goats and St Brendan’s Saints, while the Tom Finn Memorial Cup (women’s grand final) will be contested by Onkaparinga and the Western [...]

The annual celebration of all things Father Ted makes its debut appearance in Australia in April when all things Craggy Island come to the NSW town of Parkes.
The Parkes Racecourse will be taken over for the Easter weekend, with a host of activities, games and competitions penciled in for what is sure to be mad [...]

Irish act The Swell Season will join a top-notch line-up at this year’s Bluesfest Blues and Roots Festival in Byron Bay.
The Oscar-winning duo of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova join the likes of Lyle Lovett, Crowded House, Jimmy Barnes and Jools Holland for one of the most anticipated weekends of the year from April 1 [...]

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – otherwise known as the Swell Season – will feature as one of the headline acts at this year’s West Coast Blues ‘N’ Roots Festival when it gets under way on March 28.
The John Butler Trio and Crowded House will also play the show at Fremantle Park, while Aboriginal Irish [...]

Oscar-winning duo Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova bring their hugely successful Swell Season show back to Australia in March.
The couple have put together a mesmerizing live show based on songs from the Academy Award-winning movie Once, and they return to Australia from March 25, fresh off the back of a tremendously successful tour here last [...]

Five Irish acts will take the stage as part of the 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival which kicks off on March 24.
Jason Byrne returns for the fifth year in a row to play the Athenaeum Theatre from March 23 – April 18, while Des Bishop, David O’Doherty and music comedy group Dead Cat Bounce will [...]

This year’s Sydney St Patrick’s Parade and Family Day will take place on Sunday, March 21.
A record crowd is expected to attend this year’s parade in the city, surpassing even the 100,000-strong estimated crowd at last year’s event.
And after the parade itself comes to a close, the crowds will flock into nearby Hyde Park where [...]

Direct from a sell-out international tour, Jason Byrne returns to Australian shores for the fifth consecutive year as he hits the comedy festivals in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney early in the new year.
Best known for his crazed and hysterical performances at the last three Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, this time Byrne will spread his wings [...]

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition leader Tony Abbott will be the guest speakers at this year’s St Patrick’s Eve Ball in Brisbane.
Visiting Irish Government minister Billy Kelleher will also be on hand for the event which takes place at the Queensland Irish Club on Tuesday, March 16.
The event will be the 112th St [...]