DARA O'Briain comes to the the INEC on Saturday, February 28 for what is sure to be the comedy highlight of the year in Kerry.

The Wicklow-born stand-up comedian and television presenter, is best known in the UK for hosting BBC's Mock the Week, and in Ireland for hosting RTÉ 2's The Panel but his stand-up shows have established him as one of the biggest live comedy draws in Ireland and the UK.

He spent three years as a presenter on the bilingual (Irish and English) children's programme Echo Island but came to prominence as a team captain on the topical panel show Don't Feed The Gondolas (19982000). He left the show midway through its fifth season in order to perform at the Adelaide and Melbourne comedy festivals.

Dara sold out the entire run in Edinburgh in 2002, a feat he was to repeat for the next three years. By 2005, he was the biggest selling solo stand-up comedy show on the Edinburgh Fringe. Dara's hosted six successful series of the comedy panel game Mock The Week for BBC television. He has also appeared in and hosted the stand-up show Live at the Apollo for the BBC. Ó Briain has been an extensive newspaper columnist, with pieces published in many national papers in both the UK and Ireland, from the Sunday Times to the Daily Telegraph.

A keen Arsenal fan, Ó Briain released his first book late last year entitled Tickling the English and is about what he perceives it means to be English. As part of its promotion he has stated that he is a great fan of English culture and a student of English history, his favourite periods being the Gin Craze and the civil war.

Tickets on sale now at €29. Contact the INEC Box Office for Information on 0646671555.