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# Brendan O'Carroll

This year
2023
‘Fasten your seatbelts’: Mrs Brown’s Boys return to BBC with first mini-series in a decade
Despite being a regular feature on Christmas schedules, the four new episodes will be the first mini-series run since 2013.
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Mar 5th 2023, 8:43 AM
All time
'Sharp as a razor', 'no shrinking violet' and Labour's first female TD: Meet the real Mrs Brown
A documentary describing the life of Maureen O’Carroll, mother of Brendan, airs this morning.
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Feb 25th 2018, 7:30 AM
Remember when Anjelica Huston played Mrs Brown before Brendan O'Carroll did?
Let’s have a little look back on the history of the character.
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Jan 4th 2018, 9:08 AM
'Brendan O'Carroll never asked me why I was leaving... he said okay and that was it'
Mrs Brown’s Boys actor Rory Cowan has left the hit show after almost 20 years.
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Jul 11th 2017, 7:33 PM
Brendan O'Carroll told a fan with the Mrs Brown's Boys cast tattooed on his back to 'get a f**king life'
Ouch.
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Apr 22nd 2017, 11:49 AM
Pamela Anderson had not one clue what was going on on Mrs Brown's chat show last night
And neither did we, TBH.
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Mar 26th 2017, 9:35 AM
Poll: Will you tune in to Brendan O'Carroll's new chat show?
All Round to Mrs Brown’s will air tonight on RTÉ 1.
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Mar 25th 2017, 8:50 AM
Mrs Brown is getting her very own Saturday night chat show on BBC One
All round to Mrs Brown’s.
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Jan 10th 2017, 7:20 PM
Mrs Brown is getting her very own Saturday night chat show on BBC One
All round to Mrs Brown’s.
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Jan 10th 2017, 9:12 AM
Brendan O'Carroll makes sure 2,800 families will have Christmas dinner
The cast and crew of Mrs Brown’s Boys have made a “very substantial” donation to the Society of St Vincent de Paul.
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Dec 22nd 2016, 1:26 PM
PHOTOS: Famous faces bring Christmas cheer to Crumlin
Over 100 children will spend Christmas Day in the hospital.
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Dec 21st 2016, 4:47 PM
Mrs Brown's Boys voted best British sitcom of the century
The show beat off contenders such The IT Crowd and the Office.
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Aug 23rd 2016, 8:52 AM
Mrs Brown's Boys movie sequel delayed because of Brexit
The plot and outline for the film are “ready to go” said Brendan O’Carroll.
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Aug 1st 2016, 3:43 PM
Brendan O'Carroll donates €32,000 to family of pregnant crash victim
The woman’s baby survived the crash and was born premature at 32 weeks.
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Jan 26th 2016, 1:12 PM
Mourners that attended funeral of Polish man who died on Christmas Day praised by ambassador
Marek Skiba’s funeral was attended by hundred of mourners this week.
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Jan 15th 2016, 9:36 AM
Brendan O'Carroll to pay for funeral of Polish man who died in Ennis on Christmas Day
The body of the 51-year-old, who was formerly homeless, has been in a morgue in Limerick since December.
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Jan 8th 2016, 4:45 PM
Brendan O'Carroll will give 2,500 families their Christmas Day dinner
He has donated vouchers for turkey and ham to the St Vincent de Paul.
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Dec 2nd 2015, 8:54 PM
An Irish couple on their J1 were robbed... but a familiar face from home is ready to help
Their bags, containing passports and money, were taken from their hotel room.
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Jun 12th 2015, 4:19 PM
'We all have to grow up a bit': It's Mrs Brown for Marriage Equality
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
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Apr 28th 2015, 11:08 AM
Brendan O'Carroll will lead this year's St Patrick's Day parade
He looks fairly thrilled about it too.
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Feb 16th 2015, 5:00 PM
Ms Brown's Boys wins Best Comedy at Britain's National Television Awards
That’s nice.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 9:05 AM
Complaint about Brendan O'Carroll's on-air gay marriage support rejected
BAI says having people on both sides of every debate is not an “absolute requirement”.
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Dec 17th 2014, 1:45 PM
The Irish absolutely cleaned up at tonight's British Comedy Awards
Aisling Bea, Graham Norton, Moone Boy and Brendan O’Carroll were among the winners.
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Dec 16th 2014, 10:00 PM
A statue of Mrs. Brown was unveiled in Dublin this morning
Yep.
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Oct 24th 2014, 10:18 AM
No, Mrs Brown's Boys isn't a surprise hit in North Korea
Yet.
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Jul 1st 2014, 10:05 AM
Mrs Brown's Boys had the biggest ever opening weekend for an Irish movie*
*Before inflation, anyway.
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Jun 30th 2014, 2:30 PM
Brendan O'Carroll covers for Marian Finucane, plugs his movie, gives a businessman €30,000
O’Carroll offered the money to a businessman who had struggled to get finance.
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Jun 28th 2014, 8:25 PM
Irish rugby star Shane Byrne on dodgy Russian accents and trying to kill Mrs Brown
If there is not a joke about the Wicklow native’s former profession as a hooker, we will be extremely disappointed.
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Jun 28th 2014, 3:56 PM
Here are the best quotes from reviews of Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie
Bit of a d’saster.
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Jun 27th 2014, 11:45 AM
Caroline Wozniacki isn't 'desperate' enough to use Tinder... it's the Dredge
She might have a new fella already… all the day’s durt, right here.
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Jun 26th 2014, 11:22 AM
Adored, despised, tolerated, loved: The secret history of Mrs Brown's Boys
Brendan O’Carroll’s show is the subject of a new exhibition that aims to demonstrate there’s more to the sitcom than meets the eye.
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Jun 22nd 2014, 6:30 PM
Lots of British people just found out Mrs Brown is actually a man
Brendan O’Carroll’s appearance on the Graham Norton Show caused much distress.
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Jun 21st 2014, 11:08 AM
There's a Romanian version of Mrs Brown's Boys called Auntie Flowers
Tanti Florica looks strikingly similar to the original Irish version.
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Apr 4th 2014, 11:03 AM
Here's the first trailer for the Mrs Brown's Boys movie
Mrs Brown isn’t going down without a fight.
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Mar 29th 2014, 9:14 AM
Eoghan Quigg's Eurovision effort gets a helping hand from Mrs Brown
Brendan O’Carroll is playing Quigg’s Eurosong effort, The Movie Song, before every show of Mrs Brown’s Australian tour.
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Feb 25th 2014, 3:31 PM
Sex and the City's Mr Big presents best comedy award to Mrs Brown's Boys
Mrs Brown’s Boys has won big a the National Television Awards in London.
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Jan 22nd 2014, 9:42 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Sep 25th 2013, 4:58 PM
Brendan O'Carroll appeals to the public to help find missing woman
It’s believed Peggy was seen at the film set of Mrs Brown’s Boys the movie. Actor Brendan O’Carroll said they were filming in three locations yesterday.
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Sep 25th 2013, 2:15 PM
Every episode of Mrs Brown's Boys perfectly summed up
A useful crash course.
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Jun 19th 2013, 11:47 AM
Mrs Brown's Boys was the best sitcom of the year...
Also, there’s a movie on the way and maybe a fourth series.
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Jan 24th 2013, 9:54 AM
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