Susan McCann joins a line-up that includes Brendan Bowyer, Tony Kenny and Sonny Knowles to celebrate the sounds of the showband era tonight and tomorrow night at The Helix.

The Spaghetti Western Orchestra recreate the soundtracks of Italy’s legendary film composer, says Richard Fitzpatrick

All comics are big children.

PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins will attend tomorrow evening’s qualifier between the Republic of Ireland and Estonia as part of a busy first week of official engagements.

ONE European champion and two Commonwealth champions went to the scales in defence of their titles but, amid he chaos at The Hub in DCU, fans jostling for a glimpse left no one in any doubt who the star act was at yesterday’s big fight weigh-in when Darren Sutherland, himself a student and former resident on campus, stepped up.

SPORTS Minister John O’Donoghue yesterday announced details of a major conference on ladies football.

SOME of the top names in GAA management and coaching will be involved in a coaching conference - Delivering a New Age for Gaelic Games - on Saturday, December 3, in The Helix, DCU.

THE National Concert Hall (NCH) plans to develop three performance halls on its current site at an estimated cost of €140 million, to be completed by 2010 or 2012.

A CROKE PARK banquet on December 2 will begin the fundraising for the Cormac Trust, a scheme named after Cormac McAnallen, the Tyrone captain who died suddenly this year from a rare heart condition.

A Meat Loaf tribute musical is to return for an Irish tour in September, it was announced today.

The Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin will host a major meeting on the Iraqi crisis in Dublin tomorrow.