The Late Late Show

Mariah Carey pops up with a video message as 150-minute show reaches the finish line with a group performance of All I Want For Christmas Is You

This year’s theme will be Home Alone, while new features include a parade of children from all 32 counties

Late Late Toy Show: The 1990 film Christmas film Home Alone will be theme for annual RTÉ broadcast and cultural phenomenon

December 1st-6th: including The Late Late Toy Show, Renaissance - The Blood and the Beauty, and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Kathleen Watkins was one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met

Broadcaster warns demand far exceeds number of seats available and that tickets will be allocated by random selection

Emma Fogarty is Ireland’s longest-surviving person with epidermolysis buliosa, and will join actor in final kilometres

Television: The host of the RTÉ chatshow seems to be enjoying himself – which is not something that could be said of some earlier presenters

Rory McIlroy and John Bishop among guests on first episode of autumn season

The presenter of RTÉ's The Late Late Show on his relationship with Ireland

Television: Scottish comedian is both emotional and phlegmatic as he looks back on his life and career

Average payment was €800 per person on flagship TV show, while average payment for guests on Today with Claire Byrne was €54

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Kevin Bakhurst says it won’t do anything to jeopardise either programme amid plans to move them away from Montrose. But that hasn’t eased fears among sceptical, frustrated staff

Catherine Martin says Government will decide before end of month on future financial model for RTE

Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences

Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences

Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt

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