Justine Stafford

Justine Stafford is an Irish comedian writer podcaster and television presenter She attended Kilbeg National School where she was introduced to a shortfilm project for primary schools called Fis Films for which she won a national prize in Dublin She began making her own comedy films after receiving a Camcorder the following Christmas aged 11 At 13 Stafford won an award at Irelands Youth Film Festival called Fresh Films held in Limerick Stafford subsequently was the Irish representative taking her winning short film to an international youth film festival held in South Korea Stafford studied film and broadcasting at the Dublin Institute of Technology after which worked for the radio station FM104 and spent five years at JOEie as senior social creative and content creator She became a comedic presence on social media including for posts based on comedically creative Halloween costumes social commentary and satire on popular television programmes In 2019 Stafford was a finalist in Irish TVs Stand Up And Be Funny competition In 2021 Stafford cohosted television food game show Battle of the Food Trucks with Gary Patrice on RTE Player The series was renewed for a second season that aired in 2022 In 2021 Stafford also had a role in Irish film Poster Boys starring Keith Duffy amongst others In 2022 Stafford appeared on RTÉ 2 series No Worries If Not The series was according to RTÉ director of content Jim Jennings a vehicle for young comedy talent with a sketch comedy format Stafford also appeared on both series of RTÉ player comedy series Darren Joes Free Gaff in 2021 and 2022