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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 90 – Owen O’Neill

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Owen O'Neill is a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, having performed stand-up or theatre gigs there for over twenty years. He was nominated for the 1994 Perrier Award with his show "It's a Bit Like This", and won a Fringe First in…
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Episode 89 – Frank McCaughey

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The latest guest on PODAROONEY is Frank McCaughey, an entrepreneur, video maker, podcaster & writer. After selling his marketing company back in 2012 he has gone on to write a book, make a couple of documentaries, short films and some…
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Episode 88 – Edwin Sammon

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Edwin Sammon is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster. The Reviewables podcast which he hosts with Cian McGarrigle is one of my all-time favourite podcasts. I particularly love how they seldom get around to actually reviewing anything.…
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Episode 87 – Andrew Stanley

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Andrew Stanley is an Irish stand up who has appeared at numerous festivals worldwide including The Cat Laughs in Kilkenny, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Sydneys Cracker…
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Episode 85 – Foxy P. Cox

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Foxy P. Cox is a burlesque performer and producer well known on the Irish scene for infusing the aerial arts with her love of Burlesque. An expert when it comes to vintage style having started her collection at a young age with her…
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Episode 84 – Phil Kay

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Phil Kay has performed seat of your pants, follow your nose stand up comedy for 25 Edinburgh festivals in a row and beyond. He first arrived on the comedy scene when he won the 1993 newcomer competition "So You Think You're Funny". Phil won…
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Episode 83 – Paul Tylak

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Paul Tylak is an actor/comedian/writer who recently starred in the film Halal Daddy and wrote and starred in the sketch show Stew with Paul Woodfull. He is a successful voice over artist who has worked on animations such as the movie All…
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Episode 81 – Raymond Keane

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Raymond Keane most recently appeared in Game Of Thrones for HBO and in Ulysses in The Abbey Theatre adapted by Dermot Bolger. He is a founder and Artistic Director of Barabbas. He devised and/or acted in much of their early work such as…