• Winner: If. Comedy Main Award 2008

• Nominee: Barry Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2007

• Nominee: If. Comedy Award 2006

• Nominee: Perrier Best Newcomer, 2000

• Winner: So You Think You're Funny 1999

• Runner-Up: BBC New Comedy Awards

David O' Doherty is the newly crowned winner of the top prize at the 2008 If.Comedy awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for his show Let's Comedy.  Nica Burns, director of the awards, describes David's work as "utterly delightful" and says his show "fills the world with laughter and charm and sends you home on a wave of happiness." The award tops off an extremely busy and successful festival for David as he performed in three shows every day for the month.  His children's show, I Can't Sleep received rave reviews and delighted young audiences and he also performed nightly at The Honourable Men of Art at The Stand.  Watch this space for more information on David's forthcoming UK tour.

David O’Doherty first stepped on stage at Dublin’s Comedy Cellar in 1998 and, over the years has acquired a cult following for his low-key standup, which he describes as 'Very Low Energy Musical Whimsy, or 'VLEMWy'

In 1999 he won the Channel 4’s ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ award for new comedians, was runner up in the BBC New Comedy Awards and more has since been nominated for a number of prestigious awards.

In addition to being a seasoned Edinburgh Fringe Festival performer, David has performed around the world at festivals in Melbourne , Montreal, New York, Wellington, Prague, Adelaide, Iceland and Kilkenny . He has toured throughout Ireland with Tommy Tiernan, Britain with Rich Hall as well as America with Demetri Martin.

In 2006 he recorded his first CD ‘Giggle Me Timbers’ (or ‘Jokes Ahoy!’) at home in his flat in front of 35 people. His first television series ‘The Modest Adventures of David O’Doherty’ was transmitted on RTE in Ireland in 2007 and recent television appearances include Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Comedy Live Presents with Russell Brand.

David has written widely for newspapers and magazines, published a book for children (‘Ronan Long Gets it Wrong’ Mammoth), written a play (‘Saddled’) with Bryan Quinn - the world’s first theatrical production to feature live repair of audience members’ bicycles, and a radio series about bee detectives with his brother Mark (‘The Bees of Manulla’ RTE). He is currently writing a book about pandas.