Patrick Kielty

The Late Late Country Music Special: Not quite up there with the Toy Show but in the same ballpark

Television: Evening reaches a high when Daniel O’Donnell and Shona McGarty perform Kris Kristofferson’s Me and Bobby McGee as host Patrick Kielty looks relieved

The Late Late Show review: Patrick Kielty’s second season kicks off with serviceable monologue and just one flub

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

No change to Kielty’s salary as Late Late Show host prepares for second year

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

Patrick Kielty: ‘It’s tricky to get through Heathrow, called Paddy, with a balaclava in your bag’

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

RTÉ spends €135,000 in Late Late Show guest appearance money

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

TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch this week

August 10th-16th, 2024: From a grisly discovery in a Welsh back garden to an interview with the Klitschko brothers in wartorn Ukraine

‘It’s very easy to move’: Independent production companies consider Late Late’s future

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

Fr Dougal Maguire meets the pope: Irish comedians granted an audience with Francis

Ardal O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan and Patrick Kielty among group of comedians to have audience with Pope Francis

Irish comedians Ardal O’Hanlon, Patrick Kielty and Tommy Tiernan to have audience with Pope Francis

Irish comic trio part of audience of more than 100 international artists meeting pontiff

Patrick Kielty and Mary Robinson to receive honorary doctorates

TV host and former president among people to be honoured by Ulster University to inspire graduates

‘After a few thumps, they let go of me’: Veteran editor on covering the North from Troubles to today

Noel Doran singles out the murder of Patrick Kielty’s father in 1988 in influencing his outlook as editor of Irish News for 25 years

Will Simon Harris fare any better on housing than Leo Varadkar? Let’s just hope his views have evolved since 2013

An English case with Enoch Burke overtones; loud objections to Morning Ireland; Stuart Carolan goes cockney; and Daft brother buys big in D6

St Patrick’s Day: Parades across Ireland are bathed in glorious sunshine - as they happened

Celebrations from New York to Newbridge take place as people take to the streets

St Patrick’s Day 2024: Patrick Kielty announced as grand marshal of Dublin parade

Late Late Show host says he was ‘genuinely gobsmacked when the call came in’

Late Late Eurosong contenders aim to shake up Ireland’s Eurovision entry with black talons and exploding toilets

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’s Eurosong special: Everything you need to know

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

Late Late Toy Show tops most-watched TV list in year dominated by rugby

RTÉ coverage of Dublin riot secures biggest news viewership of 2023, with 9pm bulletin on November 23rd the 11th most-watched programme

Late Late Show New Year’s special review: Patrick Kielty is tigerishly buoyant as a TV anticlimax unfolds

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

What were the most-read articles on irishtimes.com in 2023?

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

‘Fever dream’ Late Late Toy Show sees leggings-clad Patrick Kielty sustain ratings magic for RTÉ

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

Patrick Kielty’s first Late Late Toy Show watched by 1.7m, taking top TV ratings spot for 2023

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

Late Late Toy Show review: Kielty can’t match Tubridy’s eyes-on-stalks jolliness and doesn’t try

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

Late Late Toy Show: Everything you need to know

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

Can Patrick Kielty pass The Late Late Toy Show test?

In the News podcast: It's RTE's biggest cash cow but can the new toyman pull it off

It’s easy to be cynical about RTÉ, but here’s hoping for a magical Late Late Toy Show for all

Emer McLysaght: Let’s get Patrick Kielty the biggest water gun on the market and give him free reign

Late Late Toy Show: Patrick Kielty awaits the verdict of his ‘fiercest critics’ - his kids

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

Patrick Kielty prepares for Late Late Toy Show debut, as RTÉ flagship recovers from behind-the-scenes clashes

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

Patrick Kielty’s Late Late Show: The host is excellent. Everything else... not so much

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

Why is Patrick Kielty stuffing The Late Late Show with bloody foreigners?

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

Inside RTÉ: rats, redundancies and shattered morale

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

The Late Late Country Music Special: Patrick Kielty delivers a hoedown brimming with chutzpah

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

Late Late Show senior producer departs after just three episodes

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

The Graham Norton Show: Lack of A-listers proves the Late Late still has reason to exist

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

Boxer Carl Frampton on Barry McGuigan: ‘There was genuine love...Money got in the way’

Belfast boxing hero talks about his autobiography, social class, sectarianism and his soured relationship with Barry McGuigan

Advertisers watching to see if viewers stick with the Late Late Show and Patrick Kielty

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

Ballywalter review: Painfully honest drama sees Patrick Kielty perform the worst stand-up routines

Seána Kerslake brings an edge and unpredictability that animates a carefully shaded story

Key report on RTÉ funding expected within a week, says Catherine Martin

Minister for Media hopes broadcaster’s former director general Dee Forbes will answer questions when recovered from illness

Podcast: Hugh Linehan reviews Patrick Kielty’s Late Late debut

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

Patrick Kielty’s first Late Late Show nets 830,000 viewers - a 22% jump on Ryan Tubridy’s last outing

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

The Late Late Show: Slicker, suave Patrick Kielty starts brightly – if better guests lie ahead

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

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