[3][4][5] O'Neill, the son of a veterinary surgeon, grew up in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, and went to art college in Dún Laoghaire.

[6] O'Neill (in his Panti guise) regularly hosts the annual Dublin Pride celebrations, which take place in June every year.

[12] For a number of years, O'Neill (as Panti) hosted a weekly karaoke show, The Casting Couch, at The Front Lounge pub, Dublin.

[16] On 25 January episode of the Saturday Night Show, O'Connor issued a public apology on behalf of RTÉ to those mentioned by O'Neill in the interview held two weeks previously.

[21] with Irish MEP Paul Murphy, calling the payout "a real attack on the freedom of speech" and stating "When John Waters says that gay marriage is 'a kind of satire', that is homophobia.

[25] On 1 February 2014, O'Neill (as Panti) gave a Noble Call speech at the Abbey Theatre in response to the events surrounding the RTÉ controversy,[26][27] which garnered over 200,000 views in two days.

[32] In March 2014, English electronic pop duo Pet Shop Boys released the speech, backed with their music, as "Oppressive (The Best Gay Possible)", they followed up with a "slow mix" of the track, and accompanying video with a "montage of homophobia-related clips".