Dara Ó Briain [da-ra oh breen] is an Irish comedian and television presenter. He began his career as a children's television presenter before segueing into comedy.

Ó Briain's stand up career took off at the turn of the millennium as be began to tour heavily, performing across the continents in Europe, Asia, Australia, Dubai, Boston, Adelaide, Shanghai and New York. He has also made appearances at the Edinburgh Festival and at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. A career is a course of successive situations that make up some activity. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... World map showing location of Asia A satellite composite image of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. ... Dubai - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese IPA: ) is Chinas largest city and is situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The Edinburgh Festival is a collection of various festivals in August of each year in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Just for Laughs (in French Juste pour rire) is a comedy festival held each year in Montreal, Quebec. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ...

The comedian has also been an extensive newspaper columnist, pieces published in many national papers from the Sunday Times to the Irish Independent. The Sunday Times is the name of several Sunday newspapers. ... The Irish Independents header consists of its name and a green harp The Irish Independent is Irelands best-selling broadsheet newspaper. ...

Dara has also appeared extensively on RTÉ television: he was a presenter on the bilingual children's programme Echo Island, appeared as a team captain on Don't Feed the Gondolas (1998-2000), and presented It's a Family Affair and The Panel (2003-onwards). He also appeared on the UK panel games Bring Me The Head of Light Entertainment (a Channel 5 production) and Never Mind The Buzzcocks. In 2002 he became host of BBC2's Live Floor Show a showcase for fellow stand up comics which brought him to the attention of a wider mainstream audience and led to a number of guest appearances as host of the popular news quiz, Have I Got News For You. Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; English: Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of Ireland. ... Echo Island was a Irish television programme for children and young adults, shown on RTÉ Network 2. ... The Panel is an Australian television show, first aired in 1998. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Never Mind The Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme produced for the BBC and usually aired on BBC TWO. The title is a play on the Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks album along with the band Buzzcocks. Format In the show... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... Have I Got News For You is a UK television panel game, on the subject of news, politics and current affairs. ...

He was nominated in 2003 at the Chortle Comedy Awards for Live Comedy in the categories Best Compère and Best Headline Act (which he would go on to win). In 2004 he won the Best Headliner award again, as well as being nominated for Best Full-length Show.