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Mon 08 Aug 2008O'Doherty wins top comedy award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
DUBLIN COMEDIAN David O'Doherty has won the If.Comedy (formerly the Perrier) award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The award carries with it a prize of £8,000, a run in a West End theatre and a chance for O'Doherty to make a major impact on the international comedy scene. Previous winners of the biggest comedy prize at the Edinburgh Festival include such high-profile names as Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan and The League Of Gentlemen, who all used the award to build successful television careers.
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