The pair danced to National Express by Divine Comedy and Fr Ray, dressed as a bus conductor, put his heart and soul into it.

Fr Ray Kelly miraculously survived to dance another day on Dancing With The Stars tonight.

Glenroe is back on the telly on Sunday nights — but not as we know it.

Viewers of a certain age will associate the Glenroe theme tune with the end of the weekend and the haunting spectre of school in the morning.

TV presenter Glenda Gilson has been unveiled as the first celebrity taking to the floor in the new series of Dancing With The Stars.

Yowsa. Tonight’s grand finale of Dancing with the Stars was loaded with talent, glamour and brio, and I don’t mean Westlife or Leo.

In what was a Eurovision-themed Dancing with the Stars quarter-final, Johnny Ward was the celebrity who was singing the high notes as he not only got a maximum 30 points from the judges, but also won the ‘Eurothon’ dance-off.

It was the final whistle for former Dublin footballer Denis Bastick, who last night became the sixth

After a tough week last week, Dancing with the Stars’ Johnny Ward turned it around and tonight landed a score of 27.

The news comes hours before 'dreaded dance off' returns to tonight's show.

Switch-up week in Dancing with the Stars saw some of the contestants really switch-on with a change of partner — but for others it proved to be a real turn-off.

Holly Carpenter couldn’t hide her disappointment after becoming the second celebrity eliminated from Dancing with the Stars.

She may be Young but she managed not to be Offended as the judges in Dancing with the Stars gave her the lowest score of the night and the criticism that she needs to practice more.

The new series kicks off Sunday, January 6 for a 12-week run.

After much speculation the two stars revealed that they will strut their stuff on the dance floor for series three of the show.

The luck of the Irish ran out last night for Erin McGregor, who fell at the final hurdle in the race to make the final of this year’s Dancing with the Stars.

After the Marty Party ended last week, it was model Alannah Beirne’s turn to get her coat last night as her samba just wasn’t hot and spicy enough to warm up a frozen Irish public.

He’s been hanging on by a thread for the last few weeks but the Marty Party has finally come to an end.

And then there were eight. Maia Dunphy was the latest contestant on Dancing with the Stars to exit stage left, with the Marty Party still going strong.

The Marty Party is still going, but for Norah Casey it was taxi time after the first elimination from this year’s Dancing with The Stars TV bash.

He may have come second last in the judges’ scores; he may have been up against a world champion and a rugby grand slam winner — but this year’s Dancing With the Stars is already shaping up to be a Marty party.

And then there were three... and an emotional Dayl Cronin should have been one of them but for the curse of the public vote, which once again turned a dance contest into a popularity vote.

There’ll be no more unnecessary journeys to the Dancing with the Stars studio for Teresa Mannion, after the RTÉ reporter became the latest to leave the Sunday night competition.

Like the best thrillers, movie night on Dancing with the Stars saw a final twist that no one saw coming as the final credits rolled for model Thalia Heffernan.

To quote Amanda Byram: “The wait is finally over” as RTÉ’s much-hyped Dancing with the Stars blasted onto our screens complete with copious amounts of hair gel and fake tan.

The people of Roscrea had their picture taken on Saturday.

The people of Roscrea had their picture taken today.

A town in Tipperary is calling for natives to come home and take part in a unique photo opportunity.