David McWilliamsJoe DuffyFiona LooneyClaire KilroyMichael KellyEoghan HarrisRuth Dudley EdwardsPaul DurcanGerry HuntTim Pat CooganJoseph O’ConnorDiarmaid FerriterClaire KeeganThomas LynchPaul HowardNiall MacMonagleAlan Titley
Fiona Looney is a playwright, author, newspaper columnist and broadcaster.  Her two plays, Dandelions (2005) and October (2009), enjoyed extended runs in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre and at The Opera House in Cork. Prior to her debut as a playwright, she carved a career as a journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster, becoming a household name through her columns in The Sunday Tribune and, for the past two years, The Daily Irish Mail and The Irish Mail On Sunday and through her weekly contributions to The Gerry Ryan Show. She has appeared regularly on television – The Late Late Show, Midday, The Panel and Capital D are amongst her most recent credits – and she has worked extensively on radio, both in Ireland and in the UK. 

She presented a weekly programme on BBC London for two years and has contributed to BBC Radio One, Radio Four and BBC Glasgow.  In Ireland, she presented two series of the travel series Voyager on RTE and has been with The Gerry Ryan Show for more than 20 years.

Her scriptwriting credits are likewise split between Ireland and the UK.  Her television credits include The Fast Show (BBC), No Limits (Sky One), This Is Ireland (BBC) and You’re A Star, Chain Reactions, Buried Alive and The Irish Film and Television Awards, all for RTE.  She devised Celebrity Bainisteoir, which was a critical and commercial hit for RTE earlier this year. 

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