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Chris O’Dowd is due to host the screening of the first two episodes of the second series of the television series ‘Moone Boy’ at the Cat Laughs festival. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh Laughing all the way to Kilkenny comedy festival

Revamped Cat Laughs festival includes Chris O’Dowd, Dylan Moran and David O’Doherty

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  • Comedy
  • December 5, 2009, 00:00

Fantasy stocking fillers – from Jedward’s autobiography to Trappatoni’s ‘Inferno’, via Bertie’s new DVD, some dodgy expenses …

Why Richard Herring goes after the big fish of comedy
  • Comedy
  • December 30, 2011, 00:00

Comedian, writer, presenter and one-time wearer of fascist facial hair, Richard Herring is set to tackle his most challenging…

'Hairdressers now find that customers ask them to take haircuts'
  • Comedy
  • October 31, 2011, 00:00

THE TV studio looks exciting. It’s clear that busy people work here

'What do you do when all of your dreams have come true?'
  • Comedy
  • October 21, 2011, 01:00

Festival headliner Tim Minchin gets serious about his superstardom with Lauren Murphy

You'll laff your pears off
  • Comedy
  • October 21, 2011, 01:00

TONY CLAYTON-LEA previews the picks of this year’s Galway Comedy Festival

Dropping all pretence
  • Comedy
  • October 21, 2011, 01:00

'My work is a celebration of pointlessness,' David O'Doherty tells Brian Boyd. And why not?

Eat, drink and be merry
  • Comedy
  • October 21, 2011, 01:00

A guide to the best pubs, eateries and entertainments in Galway city

Back to front comedy
  • Comedy
  • October 17, 2011, 01:00

Demetri Martin is no traditional stand-up – his work is absurd, offbeat and wordplay-heavy, his delivery like a character from…

Not a dry eye in the Maxwell house
  • Comedy
  • August 27, 2011, 01:00

PROFILE ANDREW MAXWELL: IT’S A RAINY NIGHT in Soho

There's a lot of love at the Fringe
  • Comedy
  • August 19, 2011, 01:00

Stalking, manscaping, getting naked on Skype, dating audience members and writing songs for sex addicts – looks like romance …

Whose laugh is it anyway?

COMEDY : As one of the most copied comedians in the business today, Milton Jones is allowed to be sensitive when punters say…

This jazz is a total joke

Alex Horne’s jazz-based comedy sounds odd, but it’s in keeping with his eclectic projects

Ross O'Caroll Kelly
  • Comedy
  • April 30, 2011, 01:00

I mean, I could be sat at home, watching the day’s events from the old Den of N Equity

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

“This ain’t no gourmet food shop any more. It’s a cash-for-gold outlet. Can’t do nothing for you

Booking the cooks - Rubberbandits

OISÍN DAVIS stirs with the stars

You'll laugh your head off - on 16/11/12
  • Comedy
  • March 25, 2011, 00:00

SMALL PRINT: WHAT happens if Michael McIntyre turns into Jim Davidson over the next 20 months? This is just one of the conundrums…

Turning bold into gold
  • Comedy
  • January 22, 2011, 00:00

PROFILE RICKY GERVAIS: A PUB IN CENTRAL London a few years ago. Ricky Gervais’s phone rings

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