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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