Comedian Chris Kent taking his electrician past on stage

IN A previous life, the comedian Chris Kent used to work as an electrician. He says on stage that whenever he used to see a fire engine whistling past on his home patch, Cork city, he’d bless himself — in case his wiring work might have caused the fire.

All kinds of misfortunate things happened him on construction sites, including falling down a hole on one occasion. There was one thing, however, that himself and his workmates feared more than near-death experiences.