Tonight (10pm)

The results of an RTÉ Red C/Late Late Show exit poll showing President Higgins at 58 per cent and  Peter Casey at 21 per cent of first preference votes leading Sinn Féin’s Liadh Ní Riada at seven per cent.

Meanwhile…

10.10pm:

Irish Times exit poll.

Earlier…

Anyone?

Anyone?

ANYONE?

Low turnout reported so far in Presidential Election and blasphemy referendum (RTÉ)

Earlier: Running Low

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Last week, with a Golden Discs voucher worth Twenty Five Euros on offer, we asked you to name the finest song in AC/DC’s ‘cannon’.

You answered in your tens.

But there could be only one winner.

In reverse order then…

Highway To Hell

Scottser writes:

For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s highway to hell because it is possibly the easiest lead break you can learn. it’s made up of four or five very recycleable licks; a Chuck Berry, a James Burton, another Chuck Berry and some lovely Angus long note holds.

No widdly nonsense, just a really well constructed boogie. the tune also has one of the best kick drum sounds ever recorded and is only a few bpm off the Bee Gees so you can shake your tush to it when no-one’s looking.

Riff Raff

Paul writes:

‘For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s ‘Riff Raff’ because it is an accurate description of who riffraff really are!

Shot Down In Flames

Scundered writes:

For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s “Shot down in flames” because it reminds me of the time in early 1980s that I asked out Karen McCutcheon and even gave her a box of After Eights with £1 sellotaped to the outside, I couldn’t believe she would turn down such a generous offer. She still took the money and ate the After Eights….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUXMzkh-jI

It’s a Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock ‘n’ Roll)

Alf S. Perez-Lee writes:

For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” because it is the best use of Rock ‘N’ Roll bagpipes EVER! In fact, bagpipes should be banned except for in this song.

Winner!

Thunderstruck

The Q47 writes:

For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s Thunderstruck because it is the Culchie’s anthem, and is best played near the end of a country wedding (about 1:30am or later), with your tie around your head, your suit trousers rolled up to the knee, and playing your air guitar while head-banging, or else while duck-stepping all around the dance floor….

Thanks all

Last week: Whole Lotta Noisy

Golden Discs

Did you stay up?

A big thank you to, clockwise from top Dermot Bohan, ‘Preposterous‘, celebrity accountant Vanessa Foran, Kevin Higgins, Gemma O’Doherty & Yvonne Hollidge, Neil Curran, Olga Cronin, Johnny Keenan and Luke Brennan, our panel on last night’s Broadsheet on the Telly.

The show, produced by Neil, can be viewed in its entirety above.

Anti-corruption activists Gemma O’Doherty, Alo Mohan, Yvonne Hollidge and Cork City Councillor Diarmaid Ó Cadhla joined us live from the aftermath of ‘The Change Makers’ meeting in Cork’s Imperial Hotel  Cork… and allowed us to witness the birth of a new political movement (starts at 53.53).

Lawyer Kevin, an advisor to the Tuam Home Survivors’ Group, sought reasons for the decision this week to exhume the remains at the site of the mass grave but to carry out no inquests.

PLUS moratorium-busting Presidential discussions.

Some swearing.

Sorry.

Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly

Damn jazzers.

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival (2018)

Related: In Pictures: ‘Day of the Dead’ parade opens Cork Jazz Festival (The Irish Examiner)

Gary Alder tweetz:

I’ve heard it all now. Our great leader is a Jedi apparently.

Elements of British politics ‘can’t believe we won’t fall into line’, claims Taoiseach (independent)

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