Random nuggets of information about your host, in no particular order...


Niall Doherty is 25 years old. Currently, he lives and works in the South-East of Ireland.

Niall can juggle, but only with three balls. He can teach you if you like.

Niall ran the 2003 Dublin marathon in a time of 3 hours and 41 minutes. He thought he might die right after he finished, but he didn't.

Niall likes to read, but he doesn't read as much as he would like. His cousin reads a lot more.

Up until he was about 16 years old, Niall loved nothing more than climbing trees. Nowadays, he likes several things more than he likes climbing trees.

Niall's favourite food is free food. Beyond that, he likes Mexican and Italian. For a long time he thought he didn't like seafood, but he was wrong.

Niall likes accents.

Niall used to play a lot of video games. He probably still knows GTA3's Liberty City better than he knows his home town. One day he woke up and tried pressing triangle to get out of bed. It didn't work, and he has played video games sparingly ever since.

Niall was tempted to shave his head once, but then realised that his big ears would look extra ridiculous astride a bald noggin.

Niall hopes to own a boat someday, but needs to learn how to swim first.

Niall wishes his parents had forced music on him as a kid. He realised too late that rock stars get all the chicks. That said, he does expect to become quite good on both guitar and piano before he croaks.

Niall dislikes small-minded people.

If he had to choose between being able to turn invisible or being able to fly, Niall would choose the latter.

Niall used to eat quite fast, but has recently been making a conscious effort to eat slower. He believes the benefits of doing so are seven-fold.

Niall's right ear is a different shape to his left ear. It looks like a piece of it was cut off, but it's always been like that.

Niall thinks his parents did a great job raising him.

Niall is puzzled by neighbours who never say hello to each other.

Niall has traveled to a few places, but he'd like to travel much more. He sees himself spending a summer working on a farm in the Italian countryside. He may have just seen The Godfather a few too many times.

Before web development started paying the bills, Niall worked a variety of jobs. He has worked in a hotel, a restaurant, a department store, a ski resort, a theme park, a call centre and a toy factory. Some of these jobs he liked. Others, not so much.

Some people say Niall looks like Adrien Brody, probably because they both have big noses.

Niall can't remember the last time he saw a goat. Niall last saw a goat on August 11th, 2007.

Niall believes that if you're going to do something, you might as well do it to the best of your ability. He's pretty sure his father instilled this belief in him.

Niall loves basketball, and has played the sport regularly since he was 13 years old. He is an avid supporter of the New Orleans Hornets. Despite all this, he cannot spin a basketball on his finger, nor has he any real desire to do so.

Some of Niall's favourite jokes are bad jokes. Example: What's brown and sticky?

Niall likes the word chassis.

Niall doesn't play golf, but he has a feeling he'll take it up one day.

Despite his love of music, Niall has never been to a concert, a fact he is quite ashamed of. He was close once in New York, but showed up at Central Park too late. A guy from Cork called Liam managed to sneak in anyway and told him all about it afterwards.

Women are the number one reason Niall is not gay.

Niall prefers his music/radio volume set to an even number. 14 and 22 would be okay. 17 would not.