Shape I’m In: Oliver Callan, comedian

COMEDIAN Oliver Callan doesn’t lose sleep about the Irish public figures and celebrities he skewers on his weekly satirical RTÉ radio show, Callan’s Kicks.

“The people I’ve annoyed are not vulnerable people. They are well able to look after themselves. It’s the precious ones who tend to get annoyed,” says the 33-year-old. Was he always a cheeky lad? “No. I was really quiet. I was the one who sat quietly through the class, and in between breaks I might have mimicked the teachers. I certainly wasn’t the class clown.” Born into a farming family in Inniskeen, Co Monaghan, he now lives in Dublin. He has been in a relationship for the past two and a half years with John.

* Oliver Callan this week helped staff at Dublin’s Beacon Hospital roll out its annual flu-vaccination programme.