The man behind Ross O'Carroll-Kelly and the creator of Coppers The Musical, Paul Howard joined Mario for this week's profile interview.

Paul spoke to Mario about the complaint made to the Irish Times and the Press Ombudsman about one of his Ross O'Carroll-Kelly columns earlier this year. A reader, who is English and living in Ireland, described the column in question as racism, and said it promoted negative feelings towards the English. Though the complaint was not upheld, it certainly gave Paul food for thought on how his comedy writing can be interpreted by someone who may not be familiar with the character of Ross.

He also spoke about beginning work as a journalist under Vincent Browne, crying at E.T. and Elliott's emotional goodbye, and where he gets his work ethic from.

Press the play button on the image on the top of the screen to hear the full chat.