Why Ireland’s top comedians are heading for Dublin

With Ireland’s biggest comedy festival kicking off in the capital next week, some of the biggest names on the circuit today are gearing up to get down to business.

Funny man W.C. Fields once famously told how comedy is a serious business whose only purpose is to make people laugh.

Reginald D Hunter, Tommy Tiernan, Adam Hills and Deirdre O’Kane are just some of sell-out Irish and international stars taking to the stage at the Vodafone Comedy Festival at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin.