COMEDY WRITER
Val Troy
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My name is Val Troy and I am a comedy writer. I didn’t always write comedy, back in the day I was an accountant (I suppose I still am) and while debits and credits are great, they aren’t much craic.
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Funny Women Standup Comedy Show – May 2024
I read an article in the Irish Independent recently where comedian Ashlee Bentley talked about how things are now for female comedians in Ireland. She says “Things are getting better but I still think there needs to be improvement. Unless there’s a special night, I...
Listen Mammy, I’m on the Radio
I’m giddy. Why? Because I got to chat on air this morning with DJ Declan Meehan on The Morning Show on East Coast FM. Now, that’s not something I do every day and I’m very grateful for the opportunity. I wasn’t alone though, there’s strength in numbers, Orla Doherty...
The Weekend Break
On 8th April 2023 myself and Orla Doherty, as comedy duo ChatterBoxx, had the absolute privilege to launch Ruth O’Leary’s debut novel The Weekend Break in Easons on St Stephens Green. The tagline for this commercial fiction novel is “Four Friends, four Secrets, one...
A Taxing Tale: Tax Exemption of Certain Earnings of Writers
As the saying goes there are three certainties in life: death, taxes and learning new things. This article will enable us to learn new things about taxes. I am an accountant and a comedy writer, an admittedly unlikely combination, and if one were to draw a Venn...
Fiddling With My Tights in Prague
I had the good fortune to skip off to Prague last week for a fabulous stay with my pal Orla Doherty and her family. Did we laugh? Yes, we did. But it wasn’t all laughs, we had a few boxes to tick along the way. It would be an understatement to describe me as The...
Oh, What a Night
To paraphrase Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons, oh, what a night, early November 2023 was a very special night for me, let me remember, WHAT a night. A week has now passed since Orla Doherty and I, as ChatterBoxx hosted Funny Women Live in Dublin show in Whelans,...
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