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Dermot Whelan
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Dermot is a multi-award winning Radio & TV Broadcaster, Podcaster, Bestselling Author, Comedian, and Meditation Expert. In March 2024, Dermot released The Mind Full Podcast. On radio, he became a household name presenting the hugely popular Dermot and Dave Show for over 20 years, which became the biggest show on national independent radio in Ireland. He has won 12 major IMRO Radio Awards for ‘Best Music Presenter’ and ‘Best Music Programme’ and his radio comedy creation The Toll Trolls has had 3 top 10 albums and went double platinum.
Launched in March 2024, his Mind Full Podcast arrived as the most hotly-anticipated new Irish podcast of 2024 and topped the Apple and Spotify Podcast Charts. In this podcast, Dermot explores the topics that can help us to calm a frantic mind, understand our behaviour and explore our own potential. The podcast returned for a second season in September 2024 including guests such as Selling Sunset’s Mary Bonnet, Blindboy and Whoop CEO Will Ahmed.
He has also won a gong at the New York Festival Awards for his podcast series The Booze Chronicles. Dermot’s first book Mind Full: Unwreck Your Head, De-stress Your Life (2021) is a No. 1 bestseller. The book is a fun and accessible guide to meditation, which 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. Dermot has also released his first best-selling children’s book Noni & The Great Chawwklit Mystery. Dermot’s brand new book, Busy and Wrecked, launched 3rd April 2025.
On TV, Dermot is best known for presenting the hit comedy series Republic of Telly for RTÉ television and for his hilarious appearances on RTÉ’s popular comedy show Callan Kicks the Year. He was a regular contributor on RTÉ Two’s comedy show The Panel, hosted the RTÉ music TV show Hey Ho Let’s Go! and co-hosted the RTÉ festive extravaganza Big Night In. Dermot is a regular contributor on RTE’s long-running Today Show where he shares his mindfulness and destressing expertise.
In 2022 and 2023, Dermot took his sold out Mind Full Live Tour nationwide, 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. His new show Busy and Wrecked begins a nationwide tour in 2025. 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, Davidji. Dermot now works with the biggest companies in the world training staff to destress and foster resilience.
For more information please contact: [email protected] or 35319061011
Launched in March 2024, his Mind Full Podcast arrived as the most hotly-anticipated new Irish podcast of 2024 and topped the Apple and Spotify Podcast Charts. In this podcast, Dermot explores the topics that can help us to calm a frantic mind, understand our behaviour and explore our own potential. The podcast returned for a second season in September 2024 including guests such as Selling Sunset’s Mary Bonnet, Blindboy and Whoop CEO Will Ahmed.
He has also won a gong at the New York Festival Awards for his podcast series The Booze Chronicles. Dermot’s first book Mind Full: Unwreck Your Head, De-stress Your Life (2021) is a No. 1 bestseller. The book is a fun and accessible guide to meditation, which 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. Dermot has also released his first best-selling children’s book Noni & The Great Chawwklit Mystery. Dermot’s brand new book, Busy and Wrecked, launched 3rd April 2025.
On TV, Dermot is best known for presenting the hit comedy series Republic of Telly for RTÉ television and for his hilarious appearances on RTÉ’s popular comedy show Callan Kicks the Year. He was a regular contributor on RTÉ Two’s comedy show The Panel, hosted the RTÉ music TV show Hey Ho Let’s Go! and co-hosted the RTÉ festive extravaganza Big Night In. Dermot is a regular contributor on RTE’s long-running Today Show where he shares his mindfulness and destressing expertise.
In 2022 and 2023, Dermot took his sold out Mind Full Live Tour nationwide, 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. His new show Busy and Wrecked begins a nationwide tour in 2025. 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, Davidji. Dermot now works with the biggest companies in the world training staff to destress and foster resilience.
For more information please contact: [email protected] or 35319061011