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In Episode Nine, Kate McGrew (RTÉ’s Connected, Dublin Tiger Fringe) tells Alison about the time she worked on a potato farm, how her poetry was too dirty for an erotic poetry open mic night and whether the price structure for sex work is…

In Episode Eight, recorded live at Body&Soul – Colm O'Gorman knew this was a bad idea. The Executive Director of Amnesty Ireland tells Alison about suing the Pope, the only civilised festival accommodation and going to a doctor’s…

In Episode Seven - Alison struggles to remember the name of Sofie’s award-winning Edinburgh show, we find out what Denmark is and learn that everyone can afford Deliveroo.…

In Episode Six – Alison pledges to adopt a 7 year-old Stephen Byrne. Stephen presents Two Tube on RTÉ2 and sometimes RTÉ lets him loose on their Oscars coverage. We hear from Stephen on being reverse-mugged by Jedward, making Youtube…

In Episode Five – Alison is in safe hands with comedian, Fred Cooke. He used to be a life guard. As well as saving lives, Fred is known for his appearances in Spar’s national ad campaign as Fergus. Or Fergal. Or something. The only thing…

In Episode Four – Alison meets comedian, Edwin Sammon. Well, they’ve actually met before. She saw him naked once. For comedy. Edwin recently joined Republic of Telly and you might also recognise him from Bridget and Eamon. He was born to…

I sat down for an internet chinwag with Ireland's brave big hope in New York, Colum Tyrrell, The young lad is off in the big apple trying to make it big in stand up.  Before he made the leap, a camera crew followed him, Myself,…

Hey guys, For the first episode of The Alison Spittle Show I'm joined by the wonderful Kevin McGahern - he presents the Republic of Telly! I like Kevin, he's my friend I also like his comedy. We're very similar, we grew up in rural…

Phew! What an election, that was fun. It was so long, I drank that much coffee and slept that little my face felt like I was wearing a tea tree peel-away face mask, which is less pleasant than it sounds. Every election that I've been…

It's general election season, I love it, it's like Christmas comes once every 5 years. As a successful politician - oh hold up! You didn't know? Yes, I Alison Spittle ran for election. Moate Community School was my constituency. Westmeath…