Leading comics find plenty to smile about

The ongoing boom in Irish comedy has two of our most popular comedians laughing all the way to the bank.

This follows accounts filed by Jason Byrne and Neil Delamere showing that laughter continues to be the best medicine during the bust.

Both will be performing at the Vodafone Comedy Festival in Dublin this weekend and new figures lodged with the Companies Office show that Byrne’s Jason Byrne Entertainment Ltd last year recorded a €109,180 increase in profits, going from €315,970 to €425,150.