Humour Features

I have a Google alert for Victoria Wood. It doesn’t pop much but when it does it's always very exciting. Victoria Wood never talked about her projects until they were ready to go, tickets were on sale, set the recorder box, pre-order the…

For the week that's in it, Karl MacDermott has thoughtfully provided us with his 2003 radio comedy pilot Give Pearse A Chance starring Conor Lambert, Morgan Jones, Karl MacDermott, Deirdre Monaghan and Colette Proctor and produced by Daniel…

Studies I quote with no reference state that the PUA (Pick Up Artist) industry is the fastest growing amongst horny singles living in your area. As such, we present a new lifestyle guide to increase traffic amongst the manipulated male…

Death is the dirigible in the bathtub. I can’t help but notice that whenever anyone falls off the twig, no matter how esteemed or beloved, pretty much everyone else just keeps on going, even those who shared the demised’s bathroom.…

"I remember, day zero, I was like 'Fuck, this could really work!'" - Vogue Williams speaking about her Ghostbusters reboot, January, 2016. Vogue Williams, the TV presenter, approached RTÉ in 2014 with an interesting prospect: To remake…

Hello, welcome to my fortnightly column. I'm now a columnist, I can add that to my Twitter bio but I won't as I don't want to clutter it up. I haven't written an article since the 'Why Can't All Lads Be Sound Like Hozier?'…

“It was all very romantic,” my English teacher once explained, looking more flushed and excited than any 30-something woman in her right mind should ever allow a room full of teenage girls to see her. “He loved her for years and wrote a lot…

Comedy Showhouse, Ireland’s first ever radio comedy festival kicks off on the 31st of January, running for eight days at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin. Sideline Productions have teamed up with RTÉ Radio 1 and the Broadcasting Authority of…

I have never written about my obsession before. I bore my wife with it occasionally and I create outlets that no one pays attention to like a nuanced Tumblr blog or a succession of unengaging tweets but on the whole, I’ve kept it to myself.…

No account of American film history of the 40s and 50s would be complete without a mention of Chuck Barrett, so shut up. A hard-drinking, hard-living, skirt-chasing Irishman, Chuck’s the man they mean when they say “They don’t make ‘em like…