The Meath stand-up has earned one of TV’s most coveted comedy jobs on Saturday Night Live UK. Here, she talks about growing up idolising Brendan Grace, getting political on social media and ignoring the mansplainers
Gráinne Maguire. Photo: Idil Sukan
I speak to Navan-born writer and comedian Gráinne Maguire on a Thursday, which constitutes a rare moment of downtime in her working week. As a writer on Saturday Night Live UK (SNL UK), she has just come through the three-hour table read of sketches the day before – always a hairy moment in the show’s production cycle.
Friday is also a crunch day if you’re in the business of topical joke writing. Maguire works on Weekend Update, an iconic and well-loved segment in the US version of the show that skewers whatever is going on in the news cycle.