Irish music fans will be delighted by this week’s Late Late show lineup, and Game of Thrones fans are also in for a treat.
Joining host Ryan Tubridy to chat about the upcoming final season of Game of Thrones is actor Liam Cunningham. He will also discuss his recent trip to South Sudan where he visited those fleeing the civil war, photographing the people he met in the camps along his journey.
Ireland’s Favourite Folk Song is a national celebration of the songs that define us as a people. Ahead of the search, Ryan will be joined by Irish folk royalty including Mary Black, Phelim Drew, Aoife Scott and Fiachna Ó Braonáin, to discuss the music they’re most connected to and to play some of their most loved songs.
In one of the most turbulent weeks of Theresa May’s tenure, Ryan will be joined in studio by Mairead McGuinness, Vice President of the European Parliament and MEP, to get the view from Brussels as the United Kingdom goes back to the drawing board to negotiate a Brexit deal.
At the beginning of 2018, Trisha Lewis weighed 27 stone and was fearful for her life. One year later, she is 100lbs down, and has shared her weight loss journey with her with 17,000 Instagram followers. Trisha joins Ryan to discuss the realities of life for someone with morbid obesity, and her plans to lose another 100lbs in 2019.
In a heartbreaking story, Margaret Norton was illegally adopted from a GP in Monaghan in the 1970s. With few clues to her origins, she will tell Ryan the extraordinary story of how, despite the odds, she recently reconnected with her birth parents.
More in music, as Ireland’s largest festival of traditional music, TradFest, returns next week. To celebrate the Late Late will have a performance from 11 vocalists including Paddy Casey, Eleanor McEvoy and Sibéal Ní Chasaide.
There will also be comedy from Bridget and Eamon (Jennifer Zamparelli and Bernard O’Shea).
he Late Late Show airs RTÉ One, Friday, January 18th at 9.35pm.
