
Dermot Whelan
Dermot is a Radio and TV Presenter, Comedian, Public Speaker and Meditation Expert. At the 2020 IMRO Radio Awards, Dermot won ‘Best Music Programme’ and ‘Best Music Presenter. He currently hosts the popular mid-morning Dermot and Dave Show on Ireland’s largest independent national station, Today FM. As well as his media work, Dermot is a certified Masters of Wisdom and Meditation Teacher, training in California with one of the world’s leading experts in corporate stress management and meditation practice.
He was crowned Best Music Broadcaster 2016 at the PPI National Radio Awards and was awarded Best Music Programme 2016 for his Today FM show, Dermot and Dave, having won the award six years running. His podcast, The Booze Chronicles, also won him a gong at the New York Festival Awards for the World’s Best Radio Shows. His radio comedy creation, the Toll Trolls, have had 3 top ten albums and went double platinum.
Dermot is also a Stand-Up Comedian and he has performed at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Kilkenomics.