Paloma Faith

On The Late Late Show…

Gareth Naughton writes:

As Ireland prepare to battle it out in the Six Nations, one of the greats of the Irish game, Brian O’Driscoll joins host Ryan Tubridy to chat about the team’s chances.

Brit award winning singer-songwriter and retro style icon Paloma Faith will be in studio to chat about her chart-topping career in music and her upcoming tour.

We’ll be catching up with Dancing with the Stars rivals Bernard O’Shea and Anna Geary, along with two of the show’s professional dancers Karen Byrne and Ryan McShane…

As they get ready to take to the Gaiety Theatre stage in the comedy ART, Nigel Havers, Denis Lawson and Stephen Tompkinson will be in studio to chat about reviving the Tony award winning play.

And with stress and anxiety on the rise in Ireland, journalist Jennifer O’Connell and neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson will launch a groundbreaking new countrywide research project aimed at getting a unique insight into the well-being of the nation.

*opens second bottle of Muff*

The Late Late Show, RTÉ One at 9.35pm

Pic: Rex

Today’s Irish Times

Nat writes:

So the alleged victim in the Ulster rugby rape case goes on the stand yesterday, having already said she was terrified she’d have to face Ulster rugby if the case went to trial.

Who decides to turn up in court on the day she gives evidence? Their captain Rory Best and a teammate.

Team-mates show support for accused at Belfast court (Independent)

This morning.

Belvedere Place, Dublin 1.

Slightly misleading Pro Life campaign poster as – mentioned last week – up to 40 per cent of women choose not to be screened for Down Syndrome.

Earlier: Dan Boyle: And We’re Off

Last week; Choice Operates Both Ways

Meanwhile…

Joanne Cantwell

This can’t end well.

Sharon Brady writes:

RTÉ today announced that Joanne Cantwell will anchor The Sunday Game Live following Michael Lyster’s retirement at the end of the 2018 GAA Championship.
It was confirmed earlier this week, that Michael Lyster was leaving the flagship GAA programme after 34 years at the helm.

Former Dublin footballer Joanne Cantwell joined RTÉ in 2007 as a reporter on The Sunday Game Live. Over the past 11 years she has worked across numerous RTÉ Sport programmes on television and radio as a presenter, reporter and journalist including presenting The Saturday Game Live, rugby magazine programme Against The Head and the RTÉ Sports Awards on RTÉ television and Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1….

But who’ll cover the hurling?

FIGHT!

Last Week: Drops Mic

Pic: John Cooney/RTÉ Guide

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