“You either go into the history books or I go home to my wife and kids, and everyone's healthy.”

If an average Six Nations fixture takes place on the day of the apocalypse, a Rugby World Cup is a declaration of war.

Nothing like a bit of fun messing with the locals, is there? Especially when they've gone and entered a talent competition.

Jarlath Regan, who will perform a rare Irish gig at the Mill Theatre in Dublin on Sunday (Dec 22), grew up in the Curragh, Co Kildare. His father’s a horse trainer, but the stand-up comic doesn’t have much time for the creatures.

Final rehearsals wrapped up today ahead of the Irish premiere of a controversial play about terrorists behind infamous atrocities.