‘Before she died, she said: I'm sorry I won't get to hear the new one. I think about the little exclamation points I would have loved her to be witness to.’ Mick Flannery on his mother who had cervical cancer

We know he can act, do stand-up and host his own chat show – but can Tommy Tiernan sing? Next month he stars in his very first musical, The House Must Win, with script and music written by 42-year-old Cork singer-songwriter Mick Flannery.