The Irish comedian David O'Doherty has won the UK's most prestigious funniness award.
The Dubliner won the 2008 Intelligent Finance Comedy Award for his picture 'Let's Comedy' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The director of the laurels, Nica Burns, said that O'Doherty's record was "perfectly delightful'.
She added: "An hour with David O'Doherty fills the domain with laughter and charm and sends you home on a wave of happiness."
O'Doherty, wHO has been performing for 10 days, thanked his father and brother for helping him break into the mankind of stick up comedy.
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