Pat Shortt will be joining host Ryan Tubridy tomorrow night- as his latest character.

The ESB is preparing to start a €1.2bn national roll-out of smart meters to businesses and households, beginning in parts of Cork and the greater Portlaoise area.

As Louis Walsh prepares for the final of Ireland’s Got Talent and another Westlife tour, he talks to Pat Fitzpatrick about plastic surgery, celebrity spats – and why he won’t be having children, ever.

Former World Champion and Olympic medal-winning race walker, Rob Heffernan, will have to keep a slower pace than usual when he serves as Grand Marshal at the Cork city St Patrick’s day parade which gets under way at 1pm tomorrow.

They have the outfits, they have the signature moves, they have even mastered the Daniel ‘wink’.

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Patrick Hoban hopes that by firing Dundalk FC to the title he can also land himself a place in the Republic of Ireland senior panel.

Des O'Driscoll shares this week's talking points from the world of music, TV and film

TV3 is to change its name as part of a major rebranding of the station later this year.

Ed Sheeran’s Belfast born grandad was an ardent royalist and it would have been "cool" if he could have seen him pick up the MBE, he tells Ryan Tubridy on Friday’s Late Late Show.

He said he was afraid his son would walk home on a dangerous, rural road after his wife could not pick the child up.

Music, comedy, drama and the annual Christmas panto will bring the Everyman Theatre’s 120th anniversary celebrations to a close, the venue’s autumn/winter programme launch has revealed.

If you’re not a fan of Rupaul's Drag Race or followed Celebrity Big Brother in 2015 ,you may not recgonise the name.

TV3 are set to announce their Autumn/Winter season this week.

1. Gardens Galore

The Late Late Show is going full Irish on Friday night for St Patrick's Day.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

The Green Nose Day gig will raise much needed funds for a variety of Irish and International causes in association with Comic Relief.

1. French Fancy

Are you a budding garden designer or fancy a €5,000 facelift for your garden? Super Garden on RTÉ One is gearing up for a ninth series and looking for you to take part. 

The Late Late Show airs this Friday from 9.35pm on RTÉ 1.

A good portion of the Cork City squad which will arrive at the Aviva tomorrow for the FAI Cup final will have finished in the runner-up position in the league for the third year in a row.

Renowned worldwide for their razor-sharp wit and cutting sense of humour, Corkonians are getting their very own comedy festival.

1. Ruck On

Awh, just around Valentine’s Day and all.

Christmas came early for a pub musician after €2,500 worth of equipment, stolen eight months ago, was mysteriously returned.

The best of tonight's telly

Here's the best of tonight's telly.

A barrage of first half goals saw Ballyhale Shamrocks roar their way into the semi-finals of the Kilkenny senior hurling championship.

Gay Byrne chats to Hozier on The Meaning of Life tomorrow on RTÉ One.

Bohemians 0 Bray Wanderers 1 (FAI Cup): Bohemians’ fans left Dalymount Park frustrated and angry with what they had just witnessed, a second defeat to Bray within five days.

Staying in tonight? Here's the TV shows you should be watching.

Not for the first time this season, confusion surrounded Bray Wanderers last night with manager Trevor Croly understood to have quit ahead of this evening’s Airtricity League fixture in Limerick (6.30pm).

The Kerry branch of the Irish Hotels’ Federation (IHF) has asked all its members to make full refunds to people who made weekend accommodation reservations for the cancelled Killarney Festival of Music and Food.