Julie Jay is a writer, presenter and stand-up comic. She is co-host of the Up to 90 podcast with Emma Doran which will be recorded live on Sunday in the Spailpín Fánach, as part of Cork Podcast Festival

Christy Moore is among those playing gigs coinciding with the song contest final on Saturday, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Elaine Howley is a singer with the Altered Hours, one of the acts playing weekend festival It Takes A Village (April 13-15) in Trabolgan, Co Cork. She is from Tipperary Town, writes Des O’Driscoll

Renowned worldwide for their razor-sharp wit and cutting sense of humour, Corkonians are getting their very own comedy festival.

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