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With flagship shows headed out of Montrose, Kielty and RTÉ are expected to retain important say

At Montrose he worked on The Live Mike and guided The Late Late Show through its difficult transition out of the Gay Byrne era

Television: TG4 has delivered a nice cameo moment in an otherwise wild show

Varadkar, who resigned last month, declined to be drawn on whether he would run in the next general election

‘The expression he used always say to me was, “Unto yourself be true” and it’s always been, and always will be, my mantra’

Masterson was in television for over 40 years, working on flagship programmes including The Late Late Show

Girl (12), who captured hearts during Late Late Toy Show appearance, was ‘far too special for this life’, mother says

Galway girl appeared on RTÉ after having leg amputated due to rare form of bone cancer

Plus Michael Lynn and the missing penthouse, is James Dyson moving to Waterford, and the value of Artist Hughie O’Donoghue’s Original Sin paintings

Hugh Linehan: The desperate far right thinks a witchy nonbinary performer might offer them an opportunity

Television: This year’s Eurovision line-up was mould-breaking, daring and a bit scary as winner Bambie Thug's sugar-and-spice mix of pop and industrial metal will undoubtedly land with a splash in Sweden

From Celtic metal to rap to a Louis Walsh boyband, the Late Late audience will have a wide range of options on Friday night

The Late Late Show is hosting its annual Eurosong special this Friday where Ireland’s Eurovision act will be chosen

Hugh Linehan: With the scourging of the broadcaster well under way, one of its recent successes could help it reinvent itself

Television: RTÉ’s rehashed Hootenanny is at least full of New Year vim – and Kielty’s Buddy the Elf enthusiasm shows no sign of diminishing

Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year

Laura Slattery: relief all round at Montrose as Toy Show remains an audience phenomenon in post-Tubridy era

Presenter’s debut eclipsed audience for Ireland’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final

Patrick Kielty offers a quieter start to Christmas as he slowly, yet steadily, puts his own stamp on the programme

Television: What’s in store for the 2023 edition with first-time host Patrick Kielty

Host promises an Elf-themed show and says the preparations are ‘pretty all-consuming’

Late Late Show’s new host is about to present the biggest show of the season – and has to do it amid reports of tensions behind the scenes

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Hugh Linehan: Does RTÉ have the resources, the technical firepower or, most of all, the guests to make the new format work?

Donald Clarke: In reality, this supposedly prevalent partitionist mindset seems to be largely the stuff of comedy

Broadcaster's dispirited employees say they are bearing the brunt of both management missteps and political hostility

Television: Some things just can’t be faked. Kielty’s delight when welcoming Declan Nerney and Philomena Begley is 100 per cent genuine

Jane Murphy has decided to leave the programme, staff have been told

Television: As Norton begins his 31st season on the BBC, there’s no glossing over the sheer RTÉ-ness of the enterprise

Curiosity drove viewers to the new Late Late; good guests are the only way to keep them

In the News podcast: jokey monologue got the laughs but the usual suspects filled the guest list

Presenter says murdered father was at ‘forefront of mind’ as he made debut hosting flagship RTÉ show, which hit peak viewership of 934,000 at one point

New host appears up for the challenge. He certainly isn’t afraid to kick RTÉ where it hurts

Patrick Kielty’s first night as the new host of The Late Late Show on RTÉ

Chat show returns to RTÉ One on Friday evening with new host Patrick Kielty

RTÉ chatshow’s excited new host is aiming for a ‘loose’ and ‘fun’ tone on tonight’s big debut