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# Dara O Briain

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.
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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”.
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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.
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Jan 29th 2018, 8:00 PM
# TBT
21 throwback photos of your favourite Irish celebrities
Morto for them.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Mar 19th 2017, 1:23 PM
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Nov 8th 2016, 11:52 AM
# get it to ireland
11 times Dara Ó Briain was just really f**king funny
Gas man.
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Oct 18th 2016, 10:34 AM
# glitterbomb
Everyone loved this little girl and her pink robot on Robot Wars
Girl power.
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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.)
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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.
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Mar 17th 2015, 11:43 AM
# hug the rugger
Gordon D'Arcy is miffed that nobody knows he's on Twitter
Chin up, Gordo.
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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.
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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.
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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
# Dara O'Briain
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.
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Feb 25th 2014, 12:31 PM
# twitterverse
Tweet Sweeper: Who was talking about a bat's balls?
Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
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Aug 3rd 2013, 10:45 AM
# twitterverse
Tweet Sweeper: Dara O’Briain falls into a Google vortex
Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
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May 18th 2013, 10:30 AM
# twitterverse
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.
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Oct 6th 2012, 10:00 AM
# twitterverse
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.
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Sep 8th 2012, 10:00 AM
# Global Irish
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.
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Sep 27th 2011, 7:30 PM
# Major success
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.
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Jul 17th 2011, 7:22 PM