He reached significant prominence in Ireland when he co-created the satirical comedy radio programme Scrap Saturday with Dermot Morgan.
At the centre of the show was the relationship between the then Taoiseach Charles Haughey and "P. J." "Mara", a fantasy figure based loosely on the Fianna Fáil political advisor P. J. Mara.
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Scrap Saturday was a satirical radio sketch show created by Dermot Morgan, who was also the main performer on the show, and Gerry Stembridge, which ran on RTÉ Radio 1 on Saturday mornings from 1989 until 1991.
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A number of Irish cultural figures came in for a lampooning on a regular basis such as broadcasters Mike Murphy when a presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's "Arts Show", Gay Byrne and Bibi Baskin.
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The half-hour show lampooned political and cultural figures in Irish society such as Charles Haughey and Pádraig Flynn.
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