Andrew Ryan

Andrew Ryan is an Irish stand-up comedian and broadcaster originally from Cork, now based in Belfast. He is a regular act and compere on the UK and Ireland club circuit and has built an online following, with stand-up clips that have amassed more than 30 million views. His debut hour, Ryanopoly, played the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012 to strong reviews and led to sold-out national tours. A later show, Sure, You Know Yourself, won Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards in 2018. Ryan has appeared on Russell Howard's Good News, BBC One's The Blame Game and Comedy Central's Live at the Comedy Store. He relocated to Belfast for a relationship that did not work out, then stayed on through the COVID-19 lockdowns and settled there. Since 2021 he has presented Q Radio's Breakfast Show in Northern Ireland and hosts the interview podcast Cork in the North.