Comic Billy Connolly suffered a life-threatening blood clot that doctors failed to spot after he underwent surgery for prostate cancer, his wife has revealed.

ONE of the things friends remember about Luke Kelly — who passed away 30 years ago next Thursday — were his teeth. He got them fixed up in England where he went to live for a few years at 17 years of age.

Comedian Billy Connolly today refused to apologise for an incident during a concert in Killarney on Thursday night during which he is alleged to have called a local photographer a "f****** c***".