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‘It's now or never': NI comedian Diona Doherty on juggling stand-up, motherhood, and a major new TV role

In the latest Meaning of Life, Diona Doherty talks to Gillian Halliday about her upcoming projects, the 'absolutely nuts' comedic talent in Northern Ireland, and being threatened on stage while heavily pregnant Not too long into our interview, Diona Doherty contemplates on comedy's innate ability to be cathartic — and for the Derry comic and actor, it's very personal. She says: 'When I started the IVF process to have my kids, I immediately started writing down notes for jokes in the airport on the way to the Czech Republic to do the IVF, because I was like, 'I got to make this money back'. And also I wanted to be able to make light of it. 'I think here in this country, we do that so well. We have such a dark sense of humour and we're not afraid to make jokes about darker topics, because it helps us.'