Keith Farnan 'Money Money Money'

Coming to the comedy circuit from an education in Law, Keith Farnan's concerns for his own life only feature financial security as an after-thought, while the deep financial burden of the Irish people is anything but.

What we see doubled over with the oddness of the situation is years of hard graft in legal mumbo-jumbo and a true love of comedy and of life in general. Farnan is not only genuinely funny, but vastly knowledgeable of his subject matter and concerned about his nation's recovery. From the very beginnings of Ireland's membership in the EU, Farnan takes us up to its current state of recession and personal depression of its people, with details which are huge and saddening, but also conquerable.

His storyteller's thread is diverted only by an over-enthusiastic audience which Farnan finds it difficult to control, to the extent that he becomes lost at some points, silent at others. But as this thread unravels, personal stories and national statistics come out well-rehearsed and heart-felt, delving into the psyche of the country along the way. Spawned by economics but nurtured by gags,

Money, Money, Money has already found its way onto Irish TV, and should earn Farnan the audience he deserves.

Read our interview with Keith Farnan