by Val Troy | Aug 1, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
Last March, on International Women’s Day, Orla Doherty and I chewed the ear off (not literally) journalist Sophie Grehnam for a few hours. Luckily for us, Sophie can talk for Ireland too, so we were in good company. We met in the Westbury Hotel off Dublin’s Grafton St...
by Val Troy | May 27, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
Is there anyone better in pop culture than Madonna in terms of reinvention? Surely, she is the queen. Her reinventions over the years inspired the name of the panel discussion we’re taking to Listowel Writers Week in Co Kerry. Listowel Writers Week is Ireland’s oldest...
by Val Troy | May 27, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
Is there anything better than a good belly laugh? And why not laugh your socks off on a Monday night to get your week off to a flying start? Well, that was the plan for last Monday, 20th May 2024. Orla Doherty and I, as comedy duo ChatterBoxx, co-hosted another...
by Val Troy | Apr 23, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
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...
by Val Troy | Apr 16, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
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...
by Val Troy | Apr 8, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
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...
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