The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers shape the interviews, bringing out the best in some of Ireland’s most influential people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ryan Tubridy was my guest on the Season 1 finale of The Laughs of Your Life. Four years and eight seasons later, I think it’s safe to say that A LOT has changed for Virgin Radio UK’s brand new presenter. Which is why I asked him to come back as my Season 9 finale guest. He talked to me about running out of juice as the host of the Late Late show, h…
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You might have seen him on Instagram or his RTÉ TV shows divvying out money advice - Eoin McGee is the financial planner who has been on a mission to teach Irish people How to Be Good With Money and it was great fun to have him as my guest on today's show! He chatted to me about surviving the life-threatening fall that left him with a brain bleed, …
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From his appearances on the Sunday Game before his recent retirement, Pat Spillane became a voice and face of Irish life as familiar as Bosco or Anne Doyle! But he's much more than the crank on the couch as I came to find out. He talked to me about growing up with a pub as a playground, the mountain he had to climb to woo his wife Rosarii, and how …
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From pop stardom, to food blogger, to celebrity chef and food author, Donal Skehan has had a *very* interesting career arc. He and I crossed paths about a year ago in slightly unexpected circumstances, and it was great fun to chat about that. We also chatted about the Barbie doll that came between him and his brother John, a recent dark time in his…
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Not for the first time on The Laughs of Your Life, I come face to face with a politician who I do an impression of! Mary Lou McDonald wasted no time in bringing that up, but she's a good sport, as well as being a fascinating guest, who I've been very keen to have on the podcast for a while. She talked to me about the failed hair glow-up that left h…
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Having had the pleasure of working alongside him on Dancing With The Stars, I knew Arthur Gourounlian had an incredible life story to tell. From having to flee the war in Armenia with his family at the age of 12, to creating a new life and identity for himself through dancing in Europe, to coming out to his mother, and the death threats he received…
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Delighted to have legend of Irish rugby Rob Kearney joining me on today’s show. Now it goes without saying, for the past few weeks we’ve had dreams of celebrating an Irish World Cup victory with Rob in studio. Those dreams were shattered but that’s not Rob’s fault, he smashed it with his TV coverage! Go Rob! We chatted about dealing with bullying i…
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When I joined TikTok the first person who caught my eye was my guest on today's episode. India Sasha's bio describes her as the ‘CEO of One Hand Humour’ and she is without question one of the brightest and bubbliest stars of Irish TikTok right now. We chatted about growing up in Belfast and how that means seeing riots as ‘normal’ and a chance to ge…
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Well now, it's not every day you have Irish broadcasting royalty in the building. So naturally, I had to down and curtsy to the legend that is my guest on today’s pod - HRH Anne Doyle. We chatted about her ultimate cocktail of choice, why broadcasting to the nation was actually one of the loneliest feelings she has ever experience and she also told…
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BIG BROTHER ROYALTY👑 In the same month that BB returns to our TV screens on ITV, what a privilege to chat to the icon that is Kate Lawler. From winning Big Brother in 2002 (21 years ago!!!), to making people laugh with her hilarious update on Instagram, to her openness and honesty around her experience of post natal depression... Kate has always be…
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I'm Grand Mam (PJ and Kevin)
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I always say it’s such a pleasure to interview fellow podcasters because they just get it. That's why I’m so delighted that my guests this week are the lads from I’m Grand Mam - PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey. We chatted about how their friendship was formed via big nights out in London, PJ’s ill-fated Chaka Khan music video, and Kevin remembers how his…
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We are back and kicking off our 9th season with a bang! You may know him as a star of Made in Chelsea, you may know him as an adventurer, an entrepreneur, or one half of Spencer and Vogue. Yes Spencer Matthews is my first guest this season. We chatted about his first reality TV contract and his hilarious/ludicrous demands, why his approach to paren…
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Our last show of this season and it's the final episode, a final reminder that tix are available for The Laughs of Your Life LIVE at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Wednesday, 12th of April, 2023! Pick them up on bordgaisenergytheatre.ie and ticketmaster.ie. And I'm delighted to be finishing up this season with a bang! I was delighted to welcome to…
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****Tix available for The Laughs of Your Life LIVE at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Wednesday, 12th of April, 2023! One date already sold out, I can't wait to meet you all there ❤️**** Pauline McLynn is a 100% National Treasure Irish actress, famous for her roles in Father Ted, Shameless and now she's coming to a new SKY Comedy show called Rosie …
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****Tickets for The Laughs of Your Life LIVE at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Wednesday, 12th of April, 2023 are on sale now! One date already sold out, I can't wait to meet you all there ❤️**** Richard Chambers is one of the country’s best known news journalists, but it’s not just on Virgin Media news where he keeps us up to date, his tweets are…
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****Tickets for The Laughs of Your Life LIVE at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Wednesday, 12th of April, 2023 are on sale now! One date already sold out, I can't wait to meet you all there ❤️**** My guest on today's show is Niall Quinn who Irish people love for the famous goals he scored for the Ireland football team. But there’s so much more to N…
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****Tickets for The Laughs of Your Life LIVE at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Wednesday, 12th of April, 2023 are on sale now! One date already sold out, I can't wait to meet you all there ❤️**** My guest on today's show is incredibly funny, she’s incredibly sound, we get on like a house on fire; and it was my pure pleasure to have Galway boeur, P…
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****Tickets for The Laughs of Your Life LIVE at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Wednesday, 12th of April, 2023 are on sale now! One date already sold out, I can't wait to meet you all there ❤️**** On today's show, I was delighted to welcome into the studio I’m a Celeb WINNER, Giovanna Fletcher! We chatted about Whatsapping Kate Middleton, the night…
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Louis Walsh and I met at a Junk Kouture event and we just *clicked*. He gave me his number at the time and he promised he'd do the podcast. Well, lo and behold, Louis is a man of his word! I was so pleased to welcome the undisputed godfather of Irish pop music onto today's show. We chatted about the X-Factor gossip we never knew we needed, his firs…
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Claire Byrne is RTÉ's current affairs presenting queen. She's another guest who I have been dying to have in for ages and I was chuffed when she told me a couple of weeks ago that was available to come in. We chatted about, her ultimate midnight feast (with added D’Unbelievables on VHS, her Netflix binge-fest guilty pleasure, and what she misses ab…
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I was so delighted to finally welcome Louise O’Neill to the studio this week because, like many of my guests, we've been trying to line it up for a while. I really admire Louise's work, her new book Idol is fab and she's part of a golden generation of amazing young female authors. I love that. We chatted about how therapy helped her overcome her ea…
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I was delighted to welcome onto the show a journalist I've admired for a long time, not just for her amazing work on the GolfGate scoop, but also for her no bullshit approach to social media. Love that. We chatted about her being 'divorced dad kryptonite' LOL, how she burned a lot of bridges over GolfGate, and why Beyoncé could be considered a Repu…
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Presenter, rugby player and Love Island winner, Greg O'Shea is my guest on today's show. Trigger warning: I am so grateful to Greg for his honesty in our chat. I truly believe what he has to say about asking for help when he encountered his own mental health struggles will be massively helpful to many people, particularly men, but it is important t…
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We👏are👏back👏! And I'm absolutely delighted to welcome a woman we've been angling to get into the Laughs of Your Life studio since forever. Roz Purcell has had an incredible career to date - Top 10 Miss Universe model at 19, then went on to become the powerhouse behind Natural Born Feeder and The Hike Life. She's a proper boss bitch! We chatted abou…
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In the *season finale* I’m welcoming back two familiar voices… As regular listeners will know, they’ve been guests on the podcast before, but it’s been a wild few years for all of us…so it’s time for a catch up. It's the best sisters a gal could have! Aoibhín and Ailbhe Garrihy! We chatted about the Garrihy lockdown baby boom, the Irish food that b…
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I've always been an admirer of Danny O’Reilly; he's in one of the biggest bands in Ireland but he always come across as such a sound guy. It was great to have him in for natter about playing GAA in London (and how that helped him get gigs!), how he answers people who question why they aren’t bigger outside Ireland, and why he used to deny that Mary…
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I loved chatting with Amy De Bhrún, who you'll know from Line of Duty (that incredible Scouse accent and she's from Dublin!). Amy is one of five sisters, and we chatted about the sanitary towel downpours in her home (her poor mother!), why getting Line of Duty was different to getting any other job, and how her sister’s cancer diagnosis changed the…
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I have to say that Dr. Alex is one of the all-time Love Island faves so I was so really pleased to welcome him onto the show as my guest this week. We had a great chinwag including chats about shit London GUINNESS, how he’s honouring his brother’s memory and, *of course*, there was plenty of Love Island goss, too! I’m delighted to tell you that thi…
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Jacqui Hurley, the new presenter of rugby on RTÉ TV and all-round sports journalist boss, is my guest on the podcast this week. In a very honest chat, she spoke to me about why she almost quit RTÉ after missing out on her dream presenter job, how she and her family had to rebuild their lives after the tragic death of her younger brother and that on…
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*Pinch me* but... Michael Bublé, yes the Michael Bublé(!), dropped into for a chat on the pod this week. We met in a five star Dublin hotel and had a fecking great chat about so many things including... punching above his weight with his beautiful wife Luisana, how he lived out his very own Julia Roberts 'Pretty Woman' moment and he also gave us ar…
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We've been trying to line this up for a *long* time, so I was delighted to finally welcome multi-award winning actor and all-round Irish acting royalty, Amy Huberman, into studio as my guest on the podcast this week. We chatted about why a plane to New Zealand isn’t a great place to get food poisoning; how, even in illness, her dad loves to laugh; …
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I was delighted, and also, I'm not gonna lie, a little stunned that An Taoiseach, yes the leader of the country, Micheál Martin is my guest on the podcast this week! We chatted about many things including, of course, his son, Micheál Aodh, being a bit of a looker; why he’s stone mad for sea swimming; and also, because I couldn't have him sitting in…
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I was delighted to welcome Irish paralympic gold medalist and Dancing With The Stars goddess, Ellen Keane, onto the podcast this week. It was a *very* lively chat, we shot the breeze about her Brazilian thong awkwardness at the age of twelve, and, OH MY GOD, the *funniest* jacuzzi story you will ever hear. She also spoke to about learning to cope w…
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I was so excited to meet Sunday World crime journalist, Nicola Tallant, the creator of one of my *favourite* podcasts of 2021 - the phenomenal The Witness: In His Own Words. In a really interesting conversation full of hair-raising insights on the crime world in Ireland, we chatted about how Veronica Guerin’s death changed everything, why Irish peo…
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Amazing to have me oul pal, Marty Guilfoyle as my next guest on The Laughs Of Your Life podcast. We covered LOTS… reminisced on the Spin days (of course), he described what it’s like to experience the full force of a social media pile-on (spoiler: it’s not at all fun) and he explained the gas reason why he’s given up being a vegetarian. A chat with…
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Our first guest this season is the Bea-rilliant… Aisling Bea. Aisling has been on my dream guest list since the get go! Chatting to her was like chatting to an old school pal. We covered…growing up in Kildare, the period/boob train (it’ll all make sense 🚂) and refusing to learn the “men speak before women” rule in comedy. This season of The Laughs …
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at the helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in som…
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