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Joe Rooney is a stand up comedian best known for his role as Father Damo in the Channel Four series Father Ted. He has also acted and written for the RTE series Killinascully, Red Rock (TV3), Roy (BBC), the feature film South and on the stage in The Shawshank Redemption (Edinburgh Fringe) and The Chastitute (Gaiety Theatre). As a stand up he has performed in cities worldwide including Shanghai, Moscow, Dubai, Chicago, Toronto, Barcelona and Bangkok.

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Episode 10 – John Colleary

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with John Colleary. John was a latecomer to comedy but he was quick to make an impression with strong clever material, being a natural at accents and impressions and a charismatic understated stage persona.…
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Episode 9 – Al Porter

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with Al Porter. I first saw Al 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…
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Episode 8 – David McSavage

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with David McSavage. 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…
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Episode 7 – Cait O’Riordan

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with Cáit O' Riordán. The first time I saw Cáit 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…
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Episode 6 – Eleanor Tiernan

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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 PODAROONEY and find out more…
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Episode 5 – Steve Wall

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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…
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Episode 4 – Malachy McCourt

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with Malachy McCourt. I met Malachy in The Village Underground Comedy Club in Manhattan. He was on before me doing his first ever stand up gig at the age of 82. He rocked the house and was by far the edgiest…
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Episode 3 – Fred Cooke

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This week on PODAROONEY, I talk to Fred Cooke. Fred is one of the all round nice guys in stand up comedy. He has a unique vulnerable charisma both on and off stage. His physicality and commitment to silliness is not contrived in any way and…
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Episode 2 – Patrick McDonnell

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This week on PODAROONEY, I talk to Patrick McDonnell.Patrick played Eoin McLove in Father Ted and wrote and acted in Naked Camera and The Savage Eye. He also acted in Moone Boy, Stew and onstage in John B Keane's Moll. Patrick and me go way…
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Episode 1 – Stephanie Roche

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In the very first episode of PODAROONEY, I meet Stephanie Roche whose October 2013 goal in the WNL for Peamount United was the runner-up for the 2014 FIFA Puskas Award for the best goal of the year. Since then she has signed for Houston…