Some of the world’s leading comic talents descended on Kilkenny for the Cat Laughs festival – but it was the home grown comedians who truly shone.

She’s known for her blunt – some might say crude – caricatures. So just how are Katherine Lynch’s cast of comedy characters surviving the recession?

Making his umpteenth trip to the Edinburgh Fesital, Dublin comic David O’Doherty for one is cheered by the demise of the Perrier Award.

Legendary Irish comic Brendan Grace returns from his American exile to perform his annual Irish tour.

Comedian Andrew Stanley plays host to Jackie Hayden ahead of the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival.

Naked Camera star PJ Gallagher tells all on the joys of festival sobriety, random acts of heckledom and his reputation as a right prankster.

Each year the Edinburgh Festival draws dozens of would be stand-up funnymen. This year, John Donnellan was among them.

Doing his best to brush aside a splitting headache Lenny Henry talks about the influence of Irish comics on his work.

He’s been busily wooing the US (squeezing in a Letterman appearance while he’s at it). Now, he's preparing to unleash a new show on Irish audiences.

US comic Emo Philips is famous for his high-pitched voice – and his killer one-liners.