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The Meath native will be joined by BBC journalist Michelle Ackerley.

Dara Ó’Briain has said he is “thrilled” to be co-presenting Robot Wars when the series is rebooted for BBC Two.

The Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy wants to bring back the People in Need Telethon to RTÉ to help ease what he calls the Strumpet City-type poverty in Ireland.

A parcel posted from Britain with Ireland clearly marked as its destination ended up in Canada — leaving the intended recipient to question whether the Eircode he gave in his address may have played a role in the mix-up.

Dara O’Briain hangs out with Stephen Hawking on BBC One on Tuesday.

Beck and Ellie Goulding are among the artists confirmed for the Cork venue.

Veteran centre Gordon D’Arcy was a surprise omission from the Ireland squad to face Italy this weekend in the opening match of the Six Nations.

Actress Meera Syal has become the latest star to voice concern over the BBC ban on all-male comedy panel shows.

TV presenter Dara Ó’Briain has hit out at a BBC ban on all-male line-ups for comedy panel shows, saying viewers will now see any female guest as a “token woman”.

DOLLY PARTON apparently once said “just because you lost your fuzz, don’t mean you ain’t a peach”.

A team of stars including Irish comic Dara O’Briain will brave crocodiles, hippos and huge rapids by tackling more than 100km (more than 60 miles) of the Zambezi River.

Bigger, better and wetter.

Pictures from the London opening of ‘DruidMurphy –Plays by Tom Murphy’; At the launch of the Campo Viejo Tapas Trail; the opening of Seapoint Clinic’s newly refurbished premises; and Dara O’Briain’s Live at the Marquee gig

WE’RE bang in the middle of the summer festival season, and July shows no signs of letting up. Practically every weekend is cram-packed with music and/or arts festivities all around the country, ranging from Kinsale Arts Week to the Galway Film Fleadh to a national scarecrow festival. So get planning.

Justice open the summer concert series tonight, with the venue also hosting coverage of Euro 2012, says Colette Sheridan

Irish comedian Brendan O’Carroll, star of BBC1’s Mrs Brown’s Boys, saw off competition including Rev and Fresh Meat to win the Situation Comedy category.

Some of the biggest stars of the small screen will be on the red carpet tonight at the TV Baftas.

A TV drama about serial killer Fred West headed the shortlist for the TV Baftas today with nominations for four awards.

David Attenborough is to take on Keith Lemon and Sherlock for a TV Bafta.

“RTÉ was in total chaos at the time. It opened long before it should have.”

GARDAÍ are treating as a tragic accident the death of a student whose body was found in Cork city yesterday, five days after he was reported missing.

LAST week, after I had bought a copy of the Irish Examiner for every member of my family to marvel at the wonder of mommy in a newspaper, I took five minutes out from children’s bath time to see for myself what it looked like.

A COMPANY that operates an agency representing some of Ireland’s best known film and stage actors, writers and comedians went into the red last year.

Ian McKellen was today crowned the Empire Icon for his long and varied film career at the Jameson Empire Awards 2010.

Ireland’s top comedians today appealed to desperate young men not to see suicide as a solution to their problems.

THE biggest show in town is coming to Cork and it will have ABBA fans dancing in the isles.

HANDS up everyone who is looking forward to Pat Kenny hosting another Late Late Show this autumn.

Westlife walked away with the Best Irish Pop Act for the eighth year in a row at the Meteor Irish Music Awards in Dublin.

Westlife walked away with the Best Irish Pop Act for the eighth year in a row at tonight’s Meteor Irish Music Awards in Dublin.

Sinead O’Connor will perform a duet with Republic of Loose at this years Meteor Ireland Music Awards, it was announced today.

IRELAND’S national music awards, where the public gets a chance to choose some of the country’s best performers, was launched yesterday.

The Meteor Ireland Music Awards 2008 was launched today, and will be held in the RDS Dublin on Friday February 15, 2008.

The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival kicks off in Kilkenny today.

The Dáil’s main political parties will support the Rock The Vote campaign today to urge more young people to exercise their franchise.

Apart from being Irish comedians, what have Tommy Tiernan, Ardal O’Hanlon, Dara O’Briain and Des Bishop (well, he’s half Irish) got in common?

More than 30,000 people are expected to flock to Kilkenny to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ireland’s main comedy festival over the coming bank holiday weekend.

Ten of Ireland's top comedians launched the Murphy’s Cat Laughs Comedy Festival today.

Damien Dempsey has walked away with two awards at the 2004 Meteor Ireland Music Awards, hosted by Dara O’Briain at The Point.

Chart sensation Katie Melua and ‘Best Irish Band’ nominees Snow Patrol have confirmed that they will perform at the star studded music extravaganza, hosted by Dara O’Briain, on Monday night in The Point.

The Hothouse Flowers, one of Ireland’s finest and hardest working bands, have confirmed that they will perform at the star-studded Meteor Ireland Music Awards in The Point on Monday, March 1.

Irish music legends, The Dubliners will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards, on Monday, March 1 at the Point Theatre, Dublin.