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Friday’s Late Late Show to celebrate Finbar Furey with Martin O’Neill, Christy Dignam and Patrick Bergin
The Late Late Show will celebrate Finbar Furey’s 70th year with a host of celebrity guests and special performances this Friday.
With a career dating back to the 60s and taking him all over the world, Finbar Furey is one of Ireland’s most beloved musicians. He will be joining Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show on Friday night to discuss a long and varied career that has seen him do everything from perform on Top of the Pops to appearing in Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York.
He will be joined by friends, well-known names who want to pay tribute to him including Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill, Aslan frontman Christy Dignam and Hollywood actor Patrick Bergin.
Finbar will also be treating viewers to a mixture of classics, new recordings and a unique duet with Sharon Shannon.
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Transgender teen David Beattie is in the midst of transitioning to female – though still identifying as David – and will be on the Late Late to chat about how watching a Caitlyn Jenner documentary helped him realise his true self. We’ll be hearing how he was supported by family, friends and community in his transition, what his next step will be and what it’s like looking for love as a transgender person.
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A few hours after Donald Trump is made President of the United States, behavioural psychologist Dr Peter Collett will put the billionaire politician’s body language under the spotlight. We’ll be finding out what Trump is really thinking, revealing the truth behind the bluster as revealed by his unconscious gestures.
Comedian Oliver Callan will be making the presidential address that Trump secretly wanted to deliver.
Supermac’s founder Pat McDonagh will be sharing how he turned the humble Irish chipper into a €116 million business and we’ll be getting the latest on his legal battle with global fastfood giant McDonalds. He’ll be telling viewers why being based outside of the capital was no barrier to his success and why action needs to be taken to help rural Ireland catch up with the recovery underway in Ireland’s cities.
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After time constraints meant she couldn’t perform last week, harpist Lisa Canny will be back with a very special performance.
Only on The Late Late Show this Friday, RTÉ One at 9.35pm.