I first saw Al Porter at a gig in a sparsely attended comedy gig in a bar near Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. Immediately I was aware that he was something special. 

At a time when a lot of new stand ups are influenced by acts like Bill Hicks or Louis CK, Al was coming from a completely different tradition. His influences are people like Frankie Howerd and Larry Grayson and the British vaudeville tradition they come from but of course he gives it a modern twist. 

Unlike all the other comedians and musicians I have interviewed he is not someone who has discovered a yearning for performance in his teens. He has been performing on stage literally from the age of three.  

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The Savage Eye is the best, if not the only, satirical comedy on Irish TV in the last decade.

Although it is written by a team of writers surely it is David's anger and resentment that is the driving force behind it. I first met David McSavage down in the old Laughter Lounge when it was basically a cinema with a bar turned into a comedy club.

Like Eddie Izzard he started out as a busker and much of his material at the time involved audience interaction. I liked his spikiness and his willingness to play with the audience's expectations and I respected his inclination to take risks that may not come off.

Whenever you see David live you know you are going to see an event; it may be a brilliant insightful stream of consciousnesses or it may be a litany of self indulgent complaints but it will always be memorable.

In this interview I tried to get to know David more than I did before; I hope I lifted the veil just a little bit.

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The first time I saw Cáit O' Riordán in the flesh was at a Pogues gig in Leisureland, Galway sometime in the 80's. I can't remember the year but it must have been early on in their career because it was by no means a sell out.

I was in awe of her. The Pogues looked like a bunch of Gun totin' outlaws. Cáit looked like she didn't suffer fools gladly and would fill you full of lead as soon as look at ya.

She won't remember but I kind of met her for the first time briefly at a gig in the RDS to raise money for the Tsunami survivors back in 2004.

Then I met her properly at her graduation party a few years ago in The Grand Social Club. Nevertheless I was pretty nervous about this interview. I think it went pretty well.

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Eleanor Tiernan has been on the stand up comedy scene for quite a while now and I have performed with her on a fairly regular basis but never really got to know her so it was great to have her as a guest on Pod-a-Rooney and find out more about what makes her tick.

I have seen her a few times and have always been amazed at her turnover of new material. She always has something new to say on varying subject matters and is constantly working both here and abroad.

We talked about growing up in Athlone, getting a birthday present of acting classes and a mutual admiration of The Breeders.

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I met Steve Wall and his brother Joe many years ago when they were hanging around Dublin and talking about starting a band. Since then he has had tremendous success with The Stunning and The Walls.

Over the years we have occasionally crossed paths but never had a chance to sit down and have a pint together. Last September we happened to share bill at a couple of gigs in the States when I was hosting a show with Mundy, Ash, The Stunning and The Boomtown Rats in Terminal 5, New York and The Royal, Boston.

It was great to hook up again and thanks to Steve my guitar didn't speed off into the night in the back of a New York taxi!

Steve dropped in for a chat about growing up in Ennistymon, his first airplane flight, forming The Stunning and his burgeoning new acting career.

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