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18 new Irish Snapchatters to make your feed 100% more interesting
Foil Arms and Hog have identified every argument your family will have on Christmas Day
American comedian's gig in Saudi Arabia cancelled after complaints by Islamic hardliners
'Improv can tell us a lot about ourselves, it's very liberating'
Foil Arms and Hog have perfectly identified the 11 different ways of being late to work
'It's a squirm-a-thon for me': Bill Murray accepts America's top comedy award
The man behind the excellent Martin's Life is writing a full TV series
11 times Dara Ó Briain was just really f**king funny
11 times Ed Byrne was just really f**king funny
31 questions everyone plagues you with when you've had a baby
17 times David O'Doherty was the best thing on British telly
12 times Dylan Moran was really f**king funny
The comedy own goals genre has a new masterpiece thanks to Villa's Jores Okore
Comedian Bill Burr slagged off rashers on his podcast after a visit to Dublin
'One of the magical ones': Tributes paid to Caroline Aherne
Foil Arms & Hog have excellently summed up why you might be confused about Brexit
Shazia Mirza: 'My Irish friends ... they didn't go join the IRA. I didn't go join Gaddafi'
This comedian is putting the fear of God into Leaving Cert students on Twitter
This sketch perfectly sums up the pains of studying for the Leaving Cert
This Irish comedian has made a tutorial for looking a state when you bump into your ex
RTÉ loves David McSavage even if he doesn’t love them
This Dublin comedian's gas celebrity impressions are going super viral on Facebook
Be silly, have fun and don't worry what you look like
You're having a baby, then learning interpretive dance - that's the joy of improv
You probably won't spontaneously combust, just get up and say something
'You find the game, then you play it'
6 of the best places to catch great comedy in Dublin
It's week six and we're running the gauntlet
We're halfway through and seeking guidance from the Karate Kid
Four weeks in and I'm doing my best impersonation of the pope
'There's always a desire to create an alien invasion, resist it'
The Big Short director wants his latest film to make you angry
'One minute you're a drug dealer, then a ballerina'
Will learning improv cure my fear of public speaking? Let's find out
An Irish sketch group perfectly parodied those annoying toothpaste ads
How race jokes are helping the healing process in post-Apartheid South Africa
"I never thought I'd do stand-up comedy... but last week I did my first set"
Make me a stand-up comedian: It's the final countdown
Make me a stand-up comedian: Two weeks until my first comedy gig
This Foil Arms & Hog sketch captures the struggle of not drinking as an Irish person