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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 70 – Christy Dignam

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Christy Dignam is the lead singer of the popular Irish rock band Aslan. His career of over twenty-five years has been characterised by numerous successes on the Irish charts such as "This Is" and "Feel No Shame" as well as recurring…
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Episode 69 – Eric Lalor

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This week on PODAROONEY, I speak to Eric Lalor. Eric plays Cathal Spillane in the long running soap Fair City and is a stand up comedian. His first foray into comedy was a bit unusual. In 2006, as one of the participants of RTÉ Two’s Des…
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Episode 68 – Kristin Vollset

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On the new episode of PODAROONEY, I talk to Kristin Vollset. Kristin is a Norwegian singer/songwriter documentary maker and traveller who ended up in Dublin after travelling through Denmark, Holland, England and Scotland in her van. She was…
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Episode 67 – Njambi McGrath

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Kenyan comedian Njambi McGrath’s first stand up comedy gig was a disaster. In a half empty club in London, her audience was as ill at ease with her jokes about Africa as she was delivering them. McGrath persevered, in part, because of her…
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Episode 66 – Fiachra Trench

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From 1969 until 1991 Fiachra Trench worked in London as composer, arranger, musical director, keyboardist and record producer. In August 1991 he returned with his family to live and work in Ireland. Fiachra's film and television scores…
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Episode 65 – Andrew Ryan

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Andrew Ryan is one of the most exciting talents in recent years; in demand as an act and an MC at the biggest comedy clubs across the UK. Andrew’s quintessentially Irish storytelling abilities and cheeky, friendly demeanour make him a…
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Episode 63 – Barry Glendenning

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This week on PODAROONEY, I talk to Barry Glendenning. Barry is a sports journalist who holds the position of deputy sports editor on the guardian.co.uk website run by the UK newspaper The Guardian. He is perhaps best known for his work on…
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Episode 61 – Ralph Rolle

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This week on PODAROONEY, I talk to Ralph Rolle. Ralph is the drummer with Nile Rodger's Chic. I met him in the Central Hotel in Dublin for a chat last September when he was over to perform and do a cooking demonstration at the Electric…