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As the Irish Indo have said, Culbert and Collins have “struck gold” with their Dirt Bird sketches, a success made all the sweeter by the fact that the duo had debuted their comic creations purely for fun, after wallowing together in BBC Three development limbo for three years. Packing
“It’s the same old story,” says Collins. “When you’re not really trying, you suddenly win the game. Sinead and I had been working on so many ideas, and meeting with
Not that Sinead and Sue are strangers to making people laugh. Hailing from Dundalk, Culbert worked her way up through the Dublin’s fringe theatre circuit before becoming an award-winning hit at the Edinburgh Festival.
Having worked together now for over 10 years, Sinead and Sue are readying their Dirt Birds for some TV exposure soon, with Maura and Daithi.
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t was back in July 2016 when best friends and longtime collaborators Sinead Culbert and Sue Collins decided to 
have a little fun on Facebook as right pair of Dublin Dirt Birds.
The duo were an instant online sensation, and were soon followed by southside sickeners Eleanor and Emer – constantly competing to see who had the most totes amazing life! – and the long-distance beauty bloggers Dee and Andrea, bringing you all the latest make-up tips from “da town”.
their bags, and that Dirt Birds name, the duo headed home to Dublin, and – after that three-year struggle – overnight success.
so many producers, and script editors, and all the rest, we just felt like having a little fun away from all the usual meeting and machinations of making a comedy. And that’s when everything just clicked…”
