The Late Late Show

Here is your host, Patrick Kielty!
 
Bad Sister Sharon Horgan will sit down with Patrick this Friday night to chat about the return of black comedy series Bad Sisters, the reaction to the first season and what we can expect from the Garvey sisters this time around. Sharon will also speak to Patrick about an unexpected Royal visit on set and coming home to her family, who are just as busy as the Garveys!
 
Television host Piers Morgan will be discussing his turbulent relationship with President-elect Donald Trump and what he thinks the next four years have in store for America and the World; his YouTube show Piers Morgan Uncensored and why he loves to wind people up.
 
Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Emily Maitlis will chat to Patrick about her infamous interview with Prince Andrew in 2019 which made headlines around the world. She'll also talk about adapting the story for screen in her Amazon series A Very Royal Scandal and the fallout from that interview five years on. 
 
Comedian and writer Russell Kane makes his Late Late Show debut and joins Patrick to chat about new children's book and his Hyperactive tour, which he brings to Ireland next year. 
 
Home from a number of gigs across the UK, Cork singer songwriter Allie Sherlock will be in studio on Friday night to perform her new song and to chat about her rising music career; and why she still loves busking on Dublin's Grafton Street!
 
And someone at home will be surprised with the very first pair of audience tickets to The Late Late Toy Show!

Here is your host, Patrick Kielty!
 
Following his incredibly successful North American tour, Tommy Tiernan will chat to Patrick about gigging in the US during the presidential election and his love of travelling by tour bus. He'll also talk about bringing his Tommedian show across Ireland and Europe over the coming months and who he'd like to see on the ninth season of his chat show next year.
 
Live at 10pm, just after polling stations close in the 2024 General Election, Patrick will be joined by two of the presenters of the Behind the Ballot podcast, Katie Hannon, David McCullagh and Jennifer Bray, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times live in studio to deliver and discuss the RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4, Trinity College Dublin joint Exit Poll carried out by Ipsos B&A.
 
Roseanna and Ollie Ruane will join Patrick ahead of next week's Late Late Toy Show. In 2020, when their daughter Saoirse was eight years old she appeared on The Late Late Toy Show and became the inspiration behind the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal, winning the hearts of the nation on the night. Saoirse passed away at the age of 12 in March of this year after a long battle with a rare form of cancer.
 
Tommy Bowe will be chatting about the launch of his brand-new skincare line Flow by Bowe, catching up with his former coach Joe Schmidt and looking ahead to Ireland v Australia this Saturday. He'll also be reflecting on getting his start in rugby and life after professional sport.
 
Celebrating four decades of music, Galway singer Mary Coughlan will be in studio performing her hit ‘I'd Rather Go Blind' ahead of the Irish conclusion of her 40th Anniversary Tour next month.

Here is your host, Patrick Kielty!
 
This Friday night Patrick will welcome to the Late Late the next five contestants vying for the glitterball on the upcoming series of Dancing with the Stars. Putting them through their paces, the newest judge to the panel, Karen Byrne will also join Patrick. Two-time winner across seven seasons, Karen knows what it takes to win and she will be sharing her experiences from the cha cha to the rumba for the class of 2025.
 
Commandant Jane O'Neill and Private Adam Higgins recently returned from South Lebanon, where they were deployed as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). They join Patrick to share what life was like in Camp Shamrock and how it feels to be home for Christmas. 
 
Actor, writer and director Rupert Everett will be chatting to Patrick about spending time in Ireland, his new book The American No, his recent guest appearance in the Netflix hit Emily in Paris and his plans for Christmas.
 
Irish athlete Ciara Mageean will be chatting about a year that saw her win gold at the European Championships, the injury laid waste to her Olympic dream and why she isn't giving up that dream just yet. The County Down native will share her journey of recovery with Patrick and will also be looking ahead to the GOAL Mile, for which she is an ambassador.
 
Two of Ireland's best-known singers, Nathan Carter and Una Healy have joined forces for the first time to record a Christmas classic in aid of Barnardos. They'll join Patrick for a chat and will perform ‘Mistletoe and Wine' in studio with the children's choir from Corville National School in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.  

Patrick Kielty celebrates 2024 with Olympians Mona McSharry, Sharlene Mawdsley and Paralympian Orla Comerford. There is also music from the RTE Concert Orchestra, The Undertones and Picture This. Plus, Patrick marks musical anniversaries with James Blunt and throws it forward to 2025 with rising stars Clinton Liberty, Alisha Weir and Justine Stafford, to name a few.