TV personality and new mum Jennifer Maguire admits she was “a basket case” in the early weeks after bringing home now six-month-old baby Florence.

Darren Kennedy and Jennifer Maguire presenters on The Unemployables, RTÉ2, 9pm, next Thursday.

"I would have presumed anyone with half a brain, never mind another pregnant woman, would have already known my only concern at the actual time was my baby,"

It was very good.

Republic of Telly took on popular Netflix prison show, ’Orange is the New Black’ last night with a parody entitled ’Ginger is the New Black’.

Check out our guide to the best TV to watch on this rain-soaked evening.

Thursday: The Fall BBC Two, 9pm

The spoiler-free guide to the things appearing on your television box tonight.

Republic of Telly is back on our screens from Monday, November 3 at 10pm.

Breakfast Republic, RTÉ 2fm's morning show with a comedic slant, got themselves a new intern: Kevin, fresh-faced and just out of school.

Newly crowned Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh, representing Philadelphia, is trying to change her return flight so she can attend the Kerry v Mayo All-Ireland football semi-final on Sunday.

With her trademark big perm and dangling fag nowhere to be seen, RTÉ funnygirl Jennifer Maguire got hitched to long-term partner Lau Zamparelli at an intimate ceremony in Castle Leslie.

The water charges. Aren't they great, lads?

Tune into TV3 at 8pm tonight for the 13th national celebration of Irish style at the Marker Hotel in Dublin where the country's most fashionable celebrities, including the Xposé girls, are in attendance.

A documentary on UFC star Conor McGregor and the second heat of MasterChef Ireland are among the homegrown shows over the next few days.

Featuring in a bizarre new ad campaign for Heineken Conor McGregor, Jennifer Maguire and Shane Byrne show off amazing skills we never knew they had.

A hidden talent search has been launched across Ireland with the aim of discovering one extraordinary person with the nation's most unusual talent.

RTÉ star Ryan Tubridy urged 2FM listeners to stay faithful to the station during its shake-up of the daytime schedule as Nicky Byrne adds star power to its line-up.

The battle of the airwaves between Pat Kenny and Seán O’Rourke produced no real winners or losers in the red-hot competition for mid-morning radio audiences, according to the latest JNLR figures.

RTÉ’s comedy queen Jennifer Maguire is back in another hilarious video for her hidden camera show ‘The Fear’.

DO you remember the first time you had sex? Did the Earth move and the seas roar?

Highlights include the new Dracula and the return of Republic of Telly.

It involves a woman brandishing a carving knife.

It’s the fifth year of a charity cycle that makes getting to Laois a fun ride that beats the traffic. Richard Fitzpatrick reports

A fleet of supercars is set to roar in to Cork City for a special pit-stop later this month.

Paddy Power have installed Jennifer Maguire as their 5/1 favourite to replace Dermot Whelan as the Republic of Telly’s main presenter.

The Voice of Ireland final and The Big House with Bryan Murray are among the highlights.

Jennifer Maguire, 32, is talking on the phone while going to the post office. Between filming and her day job, downtime is a rare commodity.

MARCH 16-22

SATURDAY

Olympic boxing hero Katie Taylor swapped the ring for bling as she was named Irish Tatler Woman of the Year over the weekend.

SATURDAY

A SPOOF TV programme aired on RTÉ raised few laughs among political staff at the national broadcaster after fuelling a rumour that the Health Minister was set to resign.

HE MAY not possess matinee idol looks, or the drawl of Sean Connery, but Brian Cowen has emerged as an unlikely movie star in his own short biopic.