Article: THE LUCK OF THE IRISH.

Byline: EUGENE COSTELLO

Dara O'Briain hit the headlines hosting Have I Got News for You, but can his new political satire, Mock the Week, compete with the show that made his name?

MOCK THE WEEK STARTS JUNE 5, BBC2, 10PM

Dara O'Briain is often described as ursine, or bear-like, but when I meet him in the bar of London's trendy Soho Hotel to discuss his new political 'satire' show, Mock the Week, I find that ursine doesn't really cover it.

Looking, by his own admission, 'at least a decade older' than his 33 years, he seems more like a rugby international than a presenter and comedian. As well as being 6ft 4in, the Irish star is ...

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