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11th Dec 2015

EXCLUSIVE: Watch the moment Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell gave Irish dads the surprise of their lives

Eoghan Doherty

Just look at their faces…

Maybe you’ve heard that Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg will be on The Late Late Show tonight talking about the moment they surprised a group of unsuspecting Irish dads in a Dublin pub?

How the heck did that happen?

Well, remember this competition we held a few weeks back?

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That’s right, it was all part of a plan with Paramount Pictures to treat a group of deserving dads to a brilliant day out, including some wonderful VIP treats.

We never actually said what that VIP treatment was going to involve though…

There was a tasty dinner in East Side Tavern, a crackin’ private comedy gig from JOE’s very own Eric Lalor, some heated games of fussball, a pub crawl around some of Dublin’s finest pubs including Hartigan’s and the Dawson Lounge…

AND a surprise visit from two of Hollywood’s biggest super-stars in Toner’s pub on Baggot Street.

Check out the exclusive video of that memorable day when Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell, who were in Ireland for the premiere of their brand new Christmas comedy, Daddy’s Home, revealed themselves to the delighted dads…

Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell brilliantly surprise Irish dads in pub from JOE.ie on Vimeo.

Daddy’s Home is released in Irish cinemas on 26 December, check out the trailer here…

Clip via Paramount Pictures

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