Dermot is a Radio and TV Broadcaster, Author, Comedian, and Meditation Expert. He previously presented the hugely popular Dermot and Dave Show on Today FM. At the IMRO Radio Awards, Dermot won ‘Best Music Presenter’ from 2020-2022, and in 2020 he took home ‘Best Music Programme’.
In March 2024, Dermot released The Mind Full Podcast. This is the latest offering in Dermot Whelan’s highly successful Mind Full adventure. The Mind Full Podcast is a home for people whose minds are…well, full! Dermot explores the topics that can help us to calm a frantic mind, understand our behaviour and explore our own potential. With a new topic of focus each week in discussion with an exciting array of guests ranging from Hollywood stars, musicians and broadcasters to expert technical contributors from the world of science, listeners will get the best information to help them make positive changes in their lives and create that mental space to live their days with more joy.
Dermot’s first book ‘Mind Full: Unwreck Your Head, Destress Your Life’ is a No. 1 bestseller. The book is a fun and accessible guide to meditation. It shares Dermot's hilarious journey to becoming a meditation teacher and expert. The book also provides readers with easy techniques to meditate and de-stress in a fun and accessible way. In 2021, Dermot released his first children's book 'Noni & The Great Chocolate Mystery’, featuring Dermot's much-loved character, Noni, who was a hilarious regular on the Dermot and Dave show on Today FM.
In 2022, Dermot embarked on his nationwide ‘Mind Full’ show, where he provided the audience with the tools needed to destress through meditation and find more happiness and fulfilment, all delivered in his much-loved comedic style. The show received rave reviews as it debunked the many myths around meditation and mindfulness and showed how all the science points towards a new and exciting way to approach life. Due to the success of his first tour, Dermot brought ‘Mind Full’ back in 2023 to venues all across Ireland.
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.
In December 2021, Dermot presented ‘Big Night In’ with on RTÉ One alongside co-host Doireann Garrihy. The very well received show included laugh out loud celebrity pranks, nail biting studio games, audience surprises and a Christmas stocking full of other treats.
Dermot has received more than 15 IMRO awards. He was crowned Best Music Broadcaster 2016 at the PPI National Radio Awards. 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.
He has appeared on many TV shows, including appearing on Callan’s Kicks. He has also appeared on Des Bishop’s This Is Ireland for RTÉ Two, although he is best known for his work as host of the hit RTÉ Two show, Republic of Telly, beaming his sharp and cheeky comedic style into people's homes for over three years. Dermot also appears in season four of RTÉ Two's hit comedy Bridget and Eamon starring as Maurice Mallumphy.
In 2021 and 2022, Dermot narrated RTÉ One’s hugely popular show ‘Selling Ireland’s Most Exclusive Homes’, a three-part series taking a deep dive inside some of the most amazing and expensive houses currently on the market in Ireland. Dermot is also a Stand-Up Comedian and he has performed at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Kilkenomics.
For more information please contact: info@nkmanagement.ie or 35319061011
In March 2024, Dermot released The Mind Full Podcast. This is the latest offering in Dermot Whelan’s highly successful Mind Full adventure. The Mind Full Podcast is a home for people whose minds are…well, full! Dermot explores the topics that can help us to calm a frantic mind, understand our behaviour and explore our own potential. With a new topic of focus each week in discussion with an exciting array of guests ranging from Hollywood stars, musicians and broadcasters to expert technical contributors from the world of science, listeners will get the best information to help them make positive changes in their lives and create that mental space to live their days with more joy.
Dermot’s first book ‘Mind Full: Unwreck Your Head, Destress Your Life’ is a No. 1 bestseller. The book is a fun and accessible guide to meditation. It shares Dermot's hilarious journey to becoming a meditation teacher and expert. The book also provides readers with easy techniques to meditate and de-stress in a fun and accessible way. In 2021, Dermot released his first children's book 'Noni & The Great Chocolate Mystery’, featuring Dermot's much-loved character, Noni, who was a hilarious regular on the Dermot and Dave show on Today FM.
In 2022, Dermot embarked on his nationwide ‘Mind Full’ show, where he provided the audience with the tools needed to destress through meditation and find more happiness and fulfilment, all delivered in his much-loved comedic style. The show received rave reviews as it debunked the many myths around meditation and mindfulness and showed how all the science points towards a new and exciting way to approach life. Due to the success of his first tour, Dermot brought ‘Mind Full’ back in 2023 to venues all across Ireland.
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.
In December 2021, Dermot presented ‘Big Night In’ with on RTÉ One alongside co-host Doireann Garrihy. The very well received show included laugh out loud celebrity pranks, nail biting studio games, audience surprises and a Christmas stocking full of other treats.
Dermot has received more than 15 IMRO awards. He was crowned Best Music Broadcaster 2016 at the PPI National Radio Awards. 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.
He has appeared on many TV shows, including appearing on Callan’s Kicks. He has also appeared on Des Bishop’s This Is Ireland for RTÉ Two, although he is best known for his work as host of the hit RTÉ Two show, Republic of Telly, beaming his sharp and cheeky comedic style into people's homes for over three years. Dermot also appears in season four of RTÉ Two's hit comedy Bridget and Eamon starring as Maurice Mallumphy.
In 2021 and 2022, Dermot narrated RTÉ One’s hugely popular show ‘Selling Ireland’s Most Exclusive Homes’, a three-part series taking a deep dive inside some of the most amazing and expensive houses currently on the market in Ireland. Dermot is also a Stand-Up Comedian and he has performed at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Kilkenomics.
For more information please contact: info@nkmanagement.ie or 35319061011