My Childhood with Alison Spittle: I didn’t talk to Dad for a few years after the divorce

Comedian Alison Spittle tells Sharon Ní Chonchúir about her early life on the move with her parents before they settled in Westmeath, and how grateful she is to them

Comedian Alison Spittle: 'I find a weird safety and power in being on stage.'

Comedian Alison Spittle’s mum was 21, and her father was 24, when she was born in Harrow, London, in 1989.

She was an only child for her first six years, until her parents, Jenny, from Westmeath, and William, from England, had four more daughters.