Comedy Showhouse

Episode three from the Liffey Laughs Series 1. Featuring comedians such as Sue Collins, Neil Delamare, Paddy Courtney, Gerry Mallon and Reuben.

00:26 Gerry Mallon Turning 40

2:25 Sue Collins Pregnant

4:40 Neil Delamare Irish Country & Ryanair

7:16 Paddy Courtney Northern Accent

8:50 Gerry Mallon Asylum Seekers & Travellers

RTE’s hit stand up series saw Ireland’s top comedians joined by a new crop of UK acts all making their Irish debuts – live or TV.

Commissioned by RTE Two in 2006, the Liffey Laugh was recorded at the packed 1500 capacity Vicar Street and featured Irish acts Jason Byrne, Ed Byrne, Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere, David McSavage, Deirdre O’Kane, Dermot Whelan and David O’Doherty amongst others.

The series was boosted by the emergence of new Irish talent plus the appearance of new UK stars like John Bishop (first gig ever as full time performer), Alan Carr and Rhod Gilbert who were all unknown in Ireland but now established amongst the top comedy acts around the world.

Episode five from the Liffey Laughs Series 1. Featuring comedians such as John Henderson, Eddie Naessens, Michael Mee, Tara Flynn and Colin Murphy.

00:22 Colin Murphy Irish Hospitality, Polite

2:44 John Henderson Gay Sex, Top Gear

4:31 Eddie Naessens Sky news, Low Consumer Confidence, TV3 Weather

7:11 Michael Mee Pledge, Irish Hulk, Apologise for genocide

10:54 Tara Flynn Dating Tips – Irish Dating

13:08 Colin Murphy Bin Laden, Bush Starting war on St Patricks Day

RTE’s hit stand up series saw Ireland’s top comedians joined by a new crop of UK acts all making their Irish debuts – live or TV.

Commissioned by RTE Two in 2006, the Liffey Laugh was recorded at the packed 1500 capacity Vicar Street and featured Irish acts Jason Byrne, Ed Byrne, Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere, David McSavage, Deirdre O’Kane, Dermot Whelan and David O’Doherty amongst others.

The series was boosted by the emergence of new Irish talent plus the appearance of new UK stars like John Bishop (first gig ever as full time performer), Alan Carr and Rhod Gilbert who were all unknown in Ireland but now established amongst the top comedy acts around the world.

Episode six from the Liffey Laughs Series 1. Featuring comedians such as Dermot Carmody, Kevin Gildea, Kathleen O’Rourke, Joe Rooney and Reuben.

00:16 Joe Rooney The Angelus

2:08 Dermot Carmody Religion Song

5:05 Kevin Gildea Drink Driving, Irish Defense system

8:07 Kathleen O’Rourke Primary School teacher

10:03 Joe Rooney Farm, Chickens

11:09 Joe Rooney Rockstar nursery Rhymes

RTE’s hit stand up series saw Ireland’s top comedians joined by a new crop of UK acts all making their Irish debuts – live or TV.

Commissioned by RTE Two in 2006, the Liffey Laugh was recorded at the packed 1500 capacity Vicar Street and featured Irish acts Jason Byrne, Ed Byrne, Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere, David McSavage, Deirdre O’Kane, Dermot Whelan and David O’Doherty amongst others.

The series was boosted by the emergence of new Irish talent plus the appearance of new UK stars like John Bishop (first gig ever as full time performer), Alan Carr and Rhod Gilbert who were all unknown in Ireland but now established amongst the top comedy acts around the world.

Episode eight from the Liffey Laughs Series 1. Featuring comedians such as Neil Delamare, Eddie Naessens, Tara Flynn, Brendan Burke and Owen O’Neill.

00:18 Owen O’neill Humpty Dumpty, Feng Shui

2:20 Neil Delamare Doesn’t wan to turn into his Dad

5:10 Eddie Naessens Singer, Bob Dylan

6:57 Tara Flynn Voiceover adds, Cork Accent. Tribute to Bjork song

10:22 Brendan Burke Irish in bar in Baghdad. Dogs vs Cats

13:24 Owen O’Neill Northern Ireland – Orange March

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RTE’s hit stand up series saw Ireland’s top comedians joined by a new crop of UK acts all making their Irish debuts – live or TV.

Commissioned by RTE Two in 2006, the Liffey Laugh was recorded at the packed 1500 capacity Vicar Street and featured Irish acts Jason Byrne, Ed Byrne, Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere, David McSavage, Deirdre O’Kane, Dermot Whelan and David O’Doherty amongst others.

The series was boosted by the emergence of new Irish talent plus the appearance of new UK stars like John Bishop (first gig ever as full time performer), Alan Carr and Rhod Gilbert who were all unknown in Ireland but now established amongst the top comedy acts around the world.

Episode seven from the Liffey Laughs Series 1. Featuring comedians such as John Lynn, Sue Collins, Paddy Courtney, Karl Spain and Andrew Maxwell.

00:14 Andrew Maxwell Child Prodigy in History, Irish travelling abroad

2:22 John Lynn Tennis, First day of School, Boys School, uniform

5:28 Sue Collins French man, waxing

8:03 Paddy Courtney Junior Obesity

9:49 Karl Spain Racism

11:49 Andrew Maxwell Aliens

RTE’s hit stand up series saw Ireland’s top comedians joined by a new crop of UK acts all making their Irish debuts – live or TV.

Commissioned by RTE Two in 2006, the Liffey Laugh was recorded at the packed 1500 capacity Vicar Street and featured Irish acts Jason Byrne, Ed Byrne, Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere, David McSavage, Deirdre O’Kane, Dermot Whelan and David O’Doherty amongst others.

The series was boosted by the emergence of new Irish talent plus the appearance of new UK stars like John Bishop (first gig ever as full time performer), Alan Carr and Rhod Gilbert who were all unknown in Ireland but now established amongst the top comedy acts around the world.

This is the RTE Radio 1 PPI & Celtic Media award winning comedy show that takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he talks about one of his favourite subjects – our use of language.

Colm O’Regan Wants A Bleedin’ Word – a whistle-stop tour of slang and bad language within all classes and regions of Ireland

COLM O’REGAN WANTS A WORD is produced by Sideline Productions as part of RTE Radio 1’s Comedy Showhouse in association with the BAI and grintageireland.com .

This is the RTE Radio 1 PPI & Celtic Media award winning comedy show that takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he talks about one of his favourite subjects – our use of language.

Colm O’Regan Wants A World-Wide Word is the third episode of the series and and is about how the growth of the internet has changed the way we speak and write.

Listen back to a special Comedy Showhouse radio show recorded live at The Project Arts Centre.

The star of the International Emmy award-winning Moone Boy and IFTA award-winning film Noble, Deirdre O’Kane hosts She’s Having a Laugh featuring some of the best female comedy minds in Ireland today – actress Amy Huberman, comedy writer and playwright Fiona Looney, Film and TV producer Rebecca O’Flanagan.

Produced by Sideline Productions in association with The Broadcast Authority of Ireland & grintage for RTE Radio 1.

Enjoy an exclusive half hour with SEAN HUGHES – voted by his peers as one of the top 40 comedians ever: the youngest winner of the Perrier Award; star of Sean’s Show (Ch4) and Ireland’s first stand up star – as he delivers an evening of first class comedy exploring his birth in London; early years in Ireland; his relationship with his family and the joys of turning 50.

Home Truths with Gearóid Farrelly plus special guest actress Kathleen O’Rourke

The very funny Gearoid talks about his life and thoughts about Ireland today