The Laughs Of Your Life with Doireann Garrihy

Claire Byrne is RTÉ's current affairs presenting queen. She's another guest who I have been dying to have in for ages and I was chuffed when she told me a couple of weeks ago that was available to come in.

We chatted about, her ultimate midnight feast (with added D’Unbelievables on VHS, her Netflix binge-fest guilty pleasure, and what she misses about CB Live which she gave up earlier this year.

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I was so delighted to finally welcome Louise O’Neill to the studio this week because, like many of my guests, we've been trying to line it up for a while. I really admire Louise's work, her new book Idol is fab and she's part of a golden generation of amazing young female authors. I love that. We chatted about how therapy helped her overcome her eating disorder, the actual riot that is attending a Joanne McNally comedy gig, and why people think her dog hates men!

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Trigger warning: This podcast contains discussions about eating disorders.

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I was delighted to welcome onto the show a journalist I've admired for a long time, not just for her amazing work on the GolfGate scoop, but also for her no bullshit approach to social media. Love that. We chatted about her being 'divorced dad kryptonite' LOL, how she burned a lot of bridges over GolfGate, and why Beyoncé could be considered a Republican hero...

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Presenter, rugby player and Love Island winner, Greg O'Shea is my guest on today's show.

Trigger warning: I am so grateful to Greg for his honesty in our chat. I truly believe what he has to say about asking for help when he encountered his own mental health struggles will be massively helpful to many people, particularly men, but it is important to note this conversation involves discussion about suicidal feelings. Greg's story is his own. But a note as well that any changes to prescribed medication should be done under medical supervision.

For any advice or help the HSE have a full list of mental health services and supports on their website.

Greg and I also chatted about him *casually* turning down six figure endorsement deal, his one Love Island regret, and how he's always been babied by all the women in his life, ah bless.

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We👏are👏back👏! And I'm absolutely delighted to welcome a woman we've been angling to get into the Laughs of Your Life studio since forever. Roz Purcell has had an incredible career to date - Top 10 Miss Universe model at 19, then went on to become the powerhouse behind Natural Born Feeder and The Hike Life. She's a proper boss bitch! We chatted about her hilarious first ever modelling head shots taken as a 15-year-old at her granduncle’s Golden Jubliee as a priest, how she developed and then overcame her eating disorder, and how she and her sister are lucky to be alive after an awful M50 car crash.

T/W: This podcast contains discussions about eating disorders.

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In the *season finale* I’m welcoming back two familiar voices… As regular listeners will know, they’ve been guests on the podcast before, but it’s been a wild few years for all of us…so it’s time for a catch up. It's the best sisters a gal could have! Aoibhín and Ailbhe Garrihy!

We chatted about the Garrihy lockdown baby boom, the Irish food that brought life-sized teddy bear, our dad Eugene Garrihy to tears of joy and we looked forward to the laughs to come as The Laughs of Your Life gets ready to head off on its summer holidays!

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I've always been an admirer of Danny O’Reilly; he's in one of the biggest bands in Ireland but he always come across as such a sound guy. It was great to have him in for natter about playing GAA in London (and how that helped him get gigs!), how he answers people who question why they aren’t bigger outside Ireland, and why he used to deny that Mary Black was his mam. I hope you enjoy it.

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I loved chatting with Amy De Bhrún, who you'll know from Line of Duty (that incredible Scouse accent and she's from Dublin!). Amy is one of five sisters, and we chatted about the sanitary towel downpours in her home (her poor mother!), why getting Line of Duty was different to getting any other job, and how her sister’s cancer diagnosis changed their family

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I have to say that Dr. Alex is one of the all-time Love Island faves so I was so really pleased to welcome him onto the show as my guest this week.

We had a great chinwag including chats about shit London GUINNESS, how he’s honouring his brother’s memory and, *of course*, there was plenty of Love Island goss, too!

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Jacqui Hurley, the new presenter of rugby on RTÉ TV and all-round sports journalist boss, is my guest on the podcast this week. In a very honest chat, she spoke to me about why she almost quit RTÉ after missing out on her dream presenter job, how she and her family had to rebuild their lives after the tragic death of her younger brother and that one phrase that sets everyone off in the Whatsapp group.

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