# 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.

39.3k

Jul 31st 2023, 6:09 PM

Last year

2022

# derry girls

'Those nuns!': Martin Scorsese reveals he’s been watching Derry Girls

Scorsese was recently asked about what he is currently watching.

36.3k

Nov 28th 2022, 9:43 AM

# Dara O Briain

BBC's Mock the Week to end after 17 years

The BBC has axed the programme to “create room for new shows”.

27.8k

Aug 2nd 2022, 4:12 PM

All time

# peak oirish

Dara Ó Briain was extremely confused by an Irish Peat Wine he came across in Knock Airport

Oh the puns.

8.3k

Jan 29th 2018, 8:00 PM

# TBT

21 throwback photos of your favourite Irish celebrities

Morto for them.

10.7k

Oct 5th 2017, 9:00 PM

# the brits are at it again

Dara O Briain tweeted about Irish 'chippers', and British people are so confused

IT IS A CHIPPER.

27.2k

Aug 1st 2017, 1:30 PM

# there's a may

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.

22.7k

May 22nd 2017, 2:33 PM

# the spit

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.”

6.2k

May 20th 2017, 10:27 AM

# apparently i'm dead

Dara Ó Briain responded brilliantly to the most ludicrous fake news story about his death

This takes “greatly exaggerated” to new lengths.

13.2k

Apr 5th 2017, 4:54 PM

# grand marshal dara

The photos of Dara O Briain leading out the Paddy's Day parade in London are class

Nice sash.

10.5k

Mar 19th 2017, 1:23 PM

# Sponsored By Science Week

Your ultimate guide to getting the best out of Science Week 2016

Channel your inner mad scientist and get learning.

9.6k

Nov 8th 2016, 11:52 AM

# get it to ireland

11 times Dara Ó Briain was just really f**king funny

Gas man.

22.4k

Oct 18th 2016, 10:34 AM

# glitterbomb

Everyone loved this little girl and her pink robot on Robot Wars

Girl power.

2.9k

Aug 8th 2016, 7:42 AM

# an unpleasant time

Stephen Hawking explains what would happen if Dara Ó Briain jumped in a Black Hole

(Presumably, the advice applies to everyone.)

28.0k

Jun 16th 2015, 11:00 PM

# patriotic

Dara Ó Briain is educating the masses on shamrocks like the patriot he is

A shamrock has three leaves, not four.

7.0k

Mar 17th 2015, 11:43 AM

# hug the rugger

Gordon D'Arcy is miffed that nobody knows he's on Twitter

Chin up, Gordo.

4.9k

Feb 5th 2015, 1:45 PM

# dara o dear

Dara Ó Briain and comedy panel shows lampooned in brilliant sketch

Every panellist ever got the piss ripped out of them. As they should.

4.1k

May 28th 2014, 11:39 AM

# 1000th anniversary

Battle of Clontarf comes to life (Game of Thrones style) on Twitter

This week marks the 1,000th anniversary of the famous battle.

11.4k

Apr 17th 2014, 3:50 PM

Voices

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.

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Feb 28th 2014, 1:00 PM