American talk show host and comedian Conan O’Brien is touring Ireland in the hopes of tracing his ancestors following an earlier DNA test that revealed he is “100pc Irish”. The 60-year-old Massachusetts-born star made pitstops in Dublin, Galway and Limerick while filming for his new travel show CONAN O’BRIEN MUST GO, as he maps out his Irish family heritage.
Prime Video is teasing the new show LOL: LAST ONE LAUGHING IRELAND. LOL is hosted by Graham Norton and features Irish comedians Aisling Bea, Amy Huberman and Catherine Bohart. Premiering Jan 19th, the competition will see the stars try to make each other laugh by using every unpredictable comedic tool in the box…without cracking a smile themselves. The winner will receive €50,000 for their charity of choice.
DERRY GIRLS star Saoirse-Monica Jackson has told how she had just been fired from her door-to-door sales job when she learned about the hit comedy series. Speaking to the Dish podcast, Jackson told hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett how she was just a year out of drama school when she landed a role in DERRY GIRLS. She also told the Dish hosts about her upcoming roles, one in the Paramount+ period thriller THE DOLL FACTORY – which was filmed in Dublin – and the Netflix period drama THE DECAMERON, set during the Black Plague.