Funnyman and offie owner Jake O'Kane's a former champion weightlifter

Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Belfast comedian Jake O'Kane

Jake O'Kane: My coeliac diagnosis came close to an epiphany, as well as breaking my spine while lifting weights

February 22, 2017 at 1:00am GMT

Jake O'Kane: I might be a buck eejit but at least I'm not a rage farmer like Conor McGregor

Jake O'Kane: Never mind Charlie's Bar going viral and beating John Lewis – here's what really happens in pubs at Christmas...

Jake O'Kane: Comedy was a godsend – becoming a priest or a politician would have been disastrous

Jake O'Kane: I've been threatening to both learn Irish and how to play the mouth organ for over 20 years – neither has happened

Jake O'Kane: The return of dodgy Dave Cameron and the exile of Suella Braverman

Jake O'Kane: My good looks have disappeared across the Rubicon... and Suella Braverman shows us what this Tory party is really like