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Monday 25 September 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Dara O Briain

This year
2023
Peak audience of 0.8 million tuned in for BBC's first national broadcast of an All-Ireland final
Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal, Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar, Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty, and comedian Dara Ó Briain all featured in the coverage.
Last year
2022
'Those nuns!': Martin Scorsese reveals he’s been watching Derry Girls
Scorsese was recently asked about what he is currently watching.
BBC's Mock the Week to end after 17 years
The BBC has axed the programme to “create room for new shows”.
All time
Dara Ó Briain was extremely confused by an Irish Peat Wine he came across in Knock Airport
Oh the puns.
21 throwback photos of your favourite Irish celebrities
Morto for them.
Dara O Briain tweeted about Irish 'chippers', and British people are so confused
IT IS A CHIPPER.
Theresa May's letter to Dara Ó Briain perfectly illustrates the pain of having an Irish name abroad
One of the secret goals of Brexit is to banish fadas.
Dara Ó Briain is now aware that he has a lookalike on the hit US TV show Gotham
“Okay. Everyone stop sending me this now, I’ve seen it.”
Dara Ó Briain responded brilliantly to the most ludicrous fake news story about his death
This takes “greatly exaggerated” to new lengths.
The photos of Dara O Briain leading out the Paddy's Day parade in London are class
Nice sash.
Your ultimate guide to getting the best out of Science Week 2016
Channel your inner mad scientist and get learning.
11 times Dara Ó Briain was just really f**king funny
Gas man.
Everyone loved this little girl and her pink robot on Robot Wars
Girl power.
Stephen Hawking explains what would happen if Dara Ó Briain jumped in a Black Hole
(Presumably, the advice applies to everyone.)
Dara Ó Briain is educating the masses on shamrocks like the patriot he is
A shamrock has three leaves, not four.
Gordon D'Arcy is miffed that nobody knows he's on Twitter
Chin up, Gordo.
Dara Ó Briain and comedy panel shows lampooned in brilliant sketch
Every panellist ever got the piss ripped out of them. As they should.
Battle of Clontarf comes to life (Game of Thrones style) on Twitter
This week marks the 1,000th anniversary of the famous battle.
Column: Ban on all-male panel shows? Don't make me laugh.
Quotas will never resolve the battle of the sexes. They’re regressive, counter-productive and a very short-sighted solution to gender representation, writes Lorraine Courtney.
Dara Ó Briain battles Twitter criticism following comments about female comedians
The comedian is clarifying comments he made about a BBC policy regarding men-only panel shows.
Tweet Sweeper: Who was talking about a bat's balls?
Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
Tweet Sweeper: Dara O’Briain falls into a Google vortex
Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
Tweet Sweeper: Dara O Briain has a problem with his trousers
Can you guess what it is? Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
Tweet Sweeper: Bryan Dobson meets a UFO, maybe
The RTÉ newscaster knows what’s what. Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
Celebrities and business leaders will mass for second Global Irish Forum
Former US president Bill Clinton, economist David McWilliams and actor Gabriel Byrne are among those attending the event next month.
Open reaction: what Twitter thought of Clarke's triumph
See what Tiger Woods, Piers Morgan and others had to say about the golfer’s Open Championship victory.