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I love beef stew. My mother used to make a fantastic stew, but unfortunately I never got her recipe. And now she’s got dementia I’m never going to get it. So I’m looking for some advice from all you cooks out there. I don’t want a stew with lots of herbs etc. just a basic beef stew. I’ve looked on the internet and I’ve ended up more confused about what ingredients I need and how I should cook it. What is the right beef to buy? I tried before and whatever cut of beef I bought it was as tough as old boots after I cooked it, even after hours of letting the stew cook and simmer. Whatever meat my mother used in her stews was so tender it would melt in your mouth. Is there a beef stew mix, do you use tinned or packet soup, or do you make your own? I know you use onions and carrots, but what other veg is nice in a simple plain stew? After you put in the water and the mix do you just drop the meat in, or do you prepare it first? If so, what do you do? Do you put all the ingredients ...

This clip from the Mrs Brown’s Boys live show is hilarious! Mrs Brown’s Boys is one of the best comedy shows to hit our screens for many years and we love every minute of every episode. As you all know, Mrs Brown’s Boys has also be taking on the road, with sellout shows wherever it has been put on. This is a great clip from the live show and the first live show clip that we’ve shared. Watch this and try not to laugh…..we dare you

The live show 'For the Love of Mrs Brown' hits Aussie stages soon. We chat to creator and actor Brendan O'Carroll. Newcastle –Entertainment Centre January 18, 19, 20 Sydney - Qudos Bank Arena January 25, 26, 27 Melbourne – The Plenary January 31, February 1, 2, 3 Brisbane –Entertainment Centre – February 8, 9, 10 Perth – Perth Arena – February 15, 16, 17 Adelaide – Entertainment Centre –February 22, 23, 24 Tickets go on sale 12noon, Thursday 27th July from  ticketek

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie 2 coming soon to cinemas Brendan O'Carroll confirmed today "Yeah we have been talking with Universal pictures. There keen and we are keen and we just have to agree on what's going to be on the check. If the check is big enough we'll adopt."

The 58-year-old actor quit the hit BBC show earlier this month FORMER Mrs Brown’s boys star Rory Cowan has told of his hell at “hiding in the closet” – and wishes he came out sooner. The  Dublin  man – who played Agnes Brown’s hairdresser son – left the hit BBC show after 26 years earlier this month. CRISPIN RODWELL Rory Cowan returning to Dublin following his shock announcement that he was quitting Mrs Brown’s Boys The 58-year-old said he had been “unhappy” at the show for nearly two years and handed in his notice to creator Brendan O’Carroll. The Mrs Brown’s Boys stage show is booked up until 2022 but Rory said he couldn’t face being on the road for another five years. And now the actor has set up a new blog – and has wrote a piece on advice he would give to his younger self. He wrote: “Stop trying to have girlfriends. They’ll only end up being friends anyway, because you know in your heart of hearts you have no sexual interest in girls and you never ...

I have to say that Prince Philip makes me laugh. I’m a fan! I admire his ‘get on with it’ attitude and his politically incorrect comments. Those comments are always guarenteed to make me laugh. He once asked a driving instructor in Scotland, “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?” Now for anyone else to say that there’d be uproar, but when the Duke of Edinburgh said it we all laughed. It’s his outspokenness and total indifference to public opinion that endears him to most people. Another favourite of mine is when he visited Nigeria a good few years ago. The president of Nigeria turned out to meet the Prince wearing the national costume, a stunning white robe, covered with embroidery and with big billowing sleeves. Prince Philip took one look at him and said “You look like you’re ready for bed”. Only he could get away with that. Another time he was giving a speech to an Aircraft association and he said “if you travel as much as we do...

I know some of you will turn this video off or close this link down, because the film will upset you. But it’s not the film that is the problem. It’s what’s happening in it that’s the problem. Be upset that this is happening in Spain, for entertainment. The bull was tied up, his horns set on fire and the terrified bull ran into a post and died. And all in the name of entertainment? If you saw your child killing a cat or a bird you’d whisk the boy or girl off to a doctor to see what would make him/her do such a thing. You’d worry yourself sick that this cruelty to animals was a sign of something terribly wrong in your son or daughter and you’d do everything in your power to fix your child’s problem. Yet when it comes to bullfighting, running with bulls, or killing bulls in arenas it’s seen as sport, or culture or tradition. It’s not any of those things. Saying it’s the culture there, or tradition, is not true. FGM and arranged marriages, we are told, are examples of culture...

Another hilarious clip from Mrs Brown’s Boys! Mrs Brown’s Boys is without a doubt one of the best comedy shows to hit our screens for many years and we love every minute of every episode. This clip is from the 2016 Christmas special and it features  Rory , who has recently decided to leave the show. There’s a mix up about Dino’s balls and it’s hilarious! Watch this and try not to laugh…..we dare you!

This blooper from Mrs Brown’s Boys is hilarious! Mrs Brown’s Boys  is without a doubt one of the best comedy shows to hit our screens for many years and we love every minute of every episode. When recording the shows everything doesn’t always go to plan though and this  outtake  clip highlights just that. In a scene sat around Mammy’s kitchen table, Agnes speaks too soon and the banter that follows is hilarious! Watch this and try not to laugh…..we dare you!

One word: CHAOS It'd certainly be one hell of a comedy crossover, if the stars of the BBC's huge hit Mrs Brown's Boys were to check into ITV's Solana resort. But that's the idea that has been suggested by Irish funnyman Brendan O'Carroll. It’s lovely that so many people want to be on the show. Apparently he is a big fan of the show and would love to send the Brown family on a trip to Benidorm. Actress Sherrie Hewson revealed that the Mrs Brown's Boys boss Brendan asked her to suggest the idea to Benidorm's writer Derren Litten. Sherrie, who plays Joyce Temple Savage in the ITV sitcom, told the Daily Mirror that people often approach her about wanting cameos in the sun-soaked show. “Another person who asked me to ask Derren about coming on the show was Brendan O’Carroll from Mrs Brown’s Boys," she revealed. “He said to me, ‘couldn’t we all just come into the hotel and check in as a family? Even if you don’t see us again...

A few months ago I was asked by Ireland’s Big Issue Magazine to write a letter to my younger self offering words of wisdom. Here’s what I wrote to my 17 year old self. Dear Me, It’s June 1977 and you’ve started a new job you love, in a record shop owned by EMI, in O’Connell St Dublin. You’re earning £21.50 per week and you’re getting paid to do something you’d do for nothing at home; play records all day long. It’s the perfect job for you and probably the most enjoyable job you’ll ever have. You’re off to a great start to your working life. In school you showed a talent for Maths and your mother decided “a job in the bank” would be the ideal job for you “It’s a job for life with a good pension and favourable mortgage rates for employees”. You couldn’t think of a job you’d hate more, so you deliberately failed Maths in your Leaving Cert to make sure your mother couldn’t nag you into taking a job in a bank. Instead, to your mother’s horror, you got a job that you love, in a re...

Winnie and Agnes in a hilarious clip from Mrs Brown’s Boys! Mrs Brown’s Boys is one of the best comedy shows to hit our screens for many years and we love every minute of every episode. There are so many amazing and hilarious clips to post and this clip is not just one of our own favourites but also one of the most watched  Mrs Brown’s Boys  clips on YouTube, having been watched over 1 million times! Winnie’s husband Jacko is coming out of hospital which means Winnie won’t have to use the bus so often. Watch this and try not to laugh…..we dare you!

The hilarious chat on All Round To Mrs Brown’s! Mrs Brown’s Boys is one of the best comedy shows to hit our screens for many years and we love every minute of every episode. Following on from the Mrs Brown’s series, Mammy went on to host her own chat show  ‘All Round To Mrs Brown’s ‘ which featured celeb guests popping in for a chat and a lot of laughs! In this clip, This Morning’s presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have a chat with Agnes in her kitchen and it’s hilarious. Watch this and try not to laugh…..we dare you!

The former Bake Off presenters set to host the legendary show’s return! It has been announced that the classic entertainment / game show ‘The Generation Game’ is to make a return to our screens with former Bake Off presenters Mel and Sue hosting. The show is set for an initial run of just four episodes but a date for launch has not yet been decided. “It’s a cuddly toy, it’s a toaster, it’s a circular power saw, no it’s Mel and Sue doing the Generation Game! We can’t believe it, we are so excited!” said the new presenters. The BBC say that polls highlighted The Generation Game as “the TV show that viewers most wanted to see back on their screens” and is expected to hit high viewing figures. The show features family members in their pairs with generational differences, grand father and grand daughter for instance, tackle games that are performance or task based. This eventually culminates in the legendary Conveyor Belt of przies where the contestants are sat in f...

Can't fathom how Brendan O'Carroll's comedy became such a big hit at Christmas (and the rest of the year)? Sarah Doran investigates... It took several years, numerous Twitter outbursts and more "why on earth does anyone watch Mrs Brown's Boys?" rants than I can possibly remember, but it finally happened. I was sitting watching a Christmas episode of Brendan O'Carroll's BBC comedy with my mother when a sly grin crept on to my face, an odd sensation rippled through my body, and a strange sound emerged from my mouth. Was that a laugh? While watching Mrs Brown's Boys? It couldn't be, surely? But it was. Because in that moment – watching O'Carroll force his co-stars to corpse for the umpteenth time – something clicked and I finally got it. I finally got what makes Mrs Brown's Boy's a success. In the words of my little Irish mammy, "it's so far beyond ridiculous it's good." For years now Mrs Brown has ent...

A hilarious clip from the Mrs Brown’s Boys 2014 Christmas special! Mrs Brown’s Boys is one of the best comedy shows to hit our screens for many years and we love every minute of every episode. This hilarious clip comes from the 2014 Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special and it is without doubt one of our most favourite clips and guaranteed to make you cry with laughter. Watch this and try not to laugh…..we dare you!