What's The Craic

Ahead of his performances at the Komedia Brighton on 11th and 12th March I chat with Irish comedian Keith Farnan. Keith has performed all over the world, has a number of Edinburgh shows under his belt and has appeared on TV comedy specials in Ireland, UK, Australia, Canada, US and Holland. His performance on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow in 2011 has over half a million views on YouTube...

With only days remaining before Ireland heads to the voting booth in the General Election on Friday February 26th, we have a look at the highlights (or perhaps more aptly put - the lowlights)of the last full week of campaigning...

I speak to Jamie Casey, Sports Editor for The Irish Post newspaper, about the Irish Rugby team performance against France at the Stade de France in their second game of this year's Six Nations Championship.

We talk about where the match result leaves Ireland in their bid to defend their Six Nations title, about their upcoming match against England and where it all went wrong.

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97...

On Wednesday 3rd February the 31st Government of the Republic of Ireland was dissolved and a General Election was called for the 26th February 2016.

We have a look at some of the issues in the first week of campaigning and the latest opinion polls. We also have an update on a poll that we ran on whether Irish people living in Britain were planning on going home to vote and how the political parties and some of the candidates are utilising their time over the next few weeks...

This week I spoke to Irish singer songwriter Gavin James - a rising star not just in Ireland but globally. Just in 2015 alone, he's supported Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Kodaline on tour, has performed on US TV on both Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Late Show with James Corden, played in front of 80,000 people at Croke Park, been nominated for a Choice Music Prize for 2016, released his debut studio album Bitter Pill in Ireland and is on BuzzFeed and Spotify's Ones to Watch for 2016...

I speak to the director of the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith Seamus McGarry about the late Sir Terry Wogan whom he knew personally. They served together on the board of the Ireland Fund of Great Britain.

We talk about Terry's charity work, his love for Ireland and how he was an inspiration for Irish people living in Britain given his wild success and his shining example during the Troubles...

I speak to Pete Jones of Radio Reverb's The Pete Jones Show about his 2 encounters with iconic Irish broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan.

We reminisce about the man's talents and his on and off screen personality.

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97.2FM, DAB and online at radioreverb.com. You can hear it live Mondays at 8pm or catch the repeat on Tuesdays at 3pm or Saturdays at 1am GMT...

This week Brighton based Irish band Silver's Got Strings join us in studio for a chat, a live performance and the premiere of their single Homegrown which is released on February 7th 2016.

We have a chat about what brought them to the UK, how they came up with their name, their relationship with social media and what they have planned for 2016.

We also were treated to a live acoustic performance of their song Bandit at the Radio Reverb studios...

This week we spoke to Irish comedian Jarlath Regan ahead of his gig at the Komedia in Brighton.

Jarlath is one of Ireland's most successful comedians having toured and performed at comedy festivals all over the world. Jarlath is well known for his TV work in Ireland and has featured on Russell Howard's Good News on the BBC in the UK...

On this weeks show we spoke to singer songwriter, musician and artist Duke Special. We chat about his latest album Look Out Machines which was described by Q magazine as “Sumptuous, symphonic pop anthem, courtesy of dreadlocked Irishman who sounds like The Flaming Lips crossed with Rufus Wainwright”...