Patrick Kielty on the Late Late Show, RTÉ’s pay scandal, and Cork audiences

All eyes are on Patrick Kielty as he takes over at the helm of The Late Late Show. He talks to Marjorie Brennan about his Late Late Show vision, Ryan Tubridy and why he's the perfect man for the Toy Show 

Patrick Kielty. Picture: Andres Poveda

It feels slightly strange, and not a little daunting, to be sitting in RTÉ interviewing the new host of the world’s longest-running live chat show, but Patrick Kielty puts me at ease immediately.

When I tell him I’ve come up from Cork, he reminisces fondly about doing a stand-up gig at Sea Church in Ballycotton last year. How did he find the Cork audience, I ask.