Hear we go for another Marty party

RTE star Marty Morrissey has announced he is taking “The Marty Party” to Europe next month - as he joined tens of thousands at the first day of The Ploughing Championships.

- BY SANDRA MALLON

Organisers revealed up to 80,000 attended the 94th annual championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

The 66-year-old was on hand at the Hidden Hearing tent, which launched their new health initiative between the organisation and the Irish Heart Foundation.

Marty revealed he is set to take his popular Marty Party to Europe, securing six nights in Spain for the event.

He told us: “I was in Calpe, because we're doing the Marty Party in this location so I went over to do a recce, which took about 35 minutes, but I made it two weeks, you know, as you do.

“I'm doing six shows. The first show is October 3 until October 8. We've just close to 500 people going, which is great.”

Marty opened up about how surprised he is at the popularity of The Marty Party, which started out as a joke by Mario Rosenstock and Oliver Callan.