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Deirdre O’Kane
Deirdre O’Kane: ‘I’ve reached a point where I’m not afraid to make people uncomfortable’
Comic has blazed trail in Ireland, carving a career as woman stand-up at a time when such things were unheard of
Keep It Tight review: Deirdre O’Kane and Emma Doran combine brazen charm with disarming realness
Podcast review: When O’Kane and Doran go off on one, they’re a streak of laughs, but they land punches too
Things can only get better as housing completions rise and construction costs ease
Around the Block: 1,250 property professionals gather at the Clayton Burlington Hotel for SCSI annual dinner
Last One Laughing Ireland: Behind the scenes with Graham Norton and Aisling Bea on the new Irish comedy show
How do you stop yourself from laughing, or even smiling, and what does it do to your psyche if you do? A new Prime Video series sees 10 Irish comics strive to keep a straight face
Amy Huberman, Aisling Bea among cast for Graham Norton’s Prime series LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland
Prime Video has announced the line-up of Irish comedic talent competing in the Graham Norton-hosted format
Laura Slattery: What the Late Late needs now is the total chaos of guest hosts
Patrick Kielty, Brendan O’Connor and Jennifer Zamparelli would be decent picks, but one season of revolving presenters could be amazing
Iftas 2022: An Cailín Ciúin beats Belfast in ‘watershed moment for Irish-language cinema’
Catherine Clinch (12) wins best actress while Moe Dunford wins best actor for Nightride
Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin lead nominations for Irish film and television awards
Winners to be announced at virtual and in-person events in March and April
Maeve Higgins: ‘Irish people are treated as some kind of miracle when they do well abroad’
The comedian on making it in the US and Ireland’s ‘overlooked, undervalued’ women
Good singers? Show me talent-show entrants with full HGV licences. Then I’ll be impressed
Patrick Freyne: In The Big Deal, cash-strapped entertainers vie for a few months’ rent money
Last Singer Standing and The Big Deal bid for Saturday night TV fever
Cantillon: Will RTÉ and Virgin’s new formats make it through to the next round?
The Big Deal and Redemption lead new season on Virgin Media Television
Broadcaster looks to talent show and second chances drama for next audience gains
Former Virgin boss Pat Kiely targets unscripted TV in new venture Bigger Stage
‘Terrific opportunity’ to make Ireland hub for factual, lifestyle and studio shows
‘Hot market’ sees Sky ramp up film and TV investment in bid to ‘own its future’
Media company ‘heartened’ by bigger slice of pie as pandemic boosts viewing
Covid-19 silences the bells of Christ Church Cathedral on New Year’s Eve
Centuries-old tradition another casualty of the stricter lockdown
Mary McAleese and Fontaines D.C. among beneficiaries of artists’ tax exemption
Scheme allows artists to earn up to € 50,000 a year on creative work free of tax
RTÉ is the place Irish comedy goes to die
The broadcaster tends towards mediocrity and self-satisfaction, not humour
Ray D’Arcy: ‘My dad was in the Army, had nine kids and drank a lot’
The broadcaster says his working-class roots make him crave security and fear failure
How nuns schooled today’s torch-bearers of feminism
A generation of female superheroes in tartan skirts and gabardines
Iftas 2020: Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley, Michael D Higgins to appear at virtual ceremony
The Irish Film and Television Academy’s awards will be broadcast on Sunday night
We need Saturday night TV now more than ever
With audiences stuck at home, every break from contagious anxiety helps
Charities to be able to apply for €6m raised in RTÉ Does Comic Relief
Charities working with vulnerable groups affected by Covid-19 pandemic to benefit
RTÉ Does Comic Relief: Normal People stars sign up for charity fundraiser
Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones to appear with Deirdre O’Kane and Dara Ó Briain on June 26th
Miriam Lord’s week: Varadkar set for family Christmas in Mumbai
Taoiseach’s father will celebrate 80th birthday in the land of his birth
Paul Ryder: On My Culture Radar
Pantodome artistic director on loving Doireann Garrihy’s podcast and the musical Six
For anyone on a cancer journey, there is a guide worth reading
Film director Stephen Bradley’s memoir of life following a stage 4 cancer diagnosis will help those of us starting out on that bumpy road
Breast cancer: ‘I took Jane’s diagnosis worse than my own’
When Jane Gantley was diagnosed with breast cancer, the support of her sister Linda, who was just finishing treatment for the disease, helped her stay positive
Deirdre O’Kane to host Sky One stand-up comedy series
Five-part Kite Entertainment show will be filmed at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre
‘I wouldn’t be waving a flag for the Catholic Church but I believe in God’
Laura O’Mahony on faith, family and feminism, and why her style of comedy has international appeal
Sun shines as thousands from around the globe relish St Patrick’s Day in Dublin
Thousands throng streets of capital in dizzying array of green-themed attire
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