TERRY WOGAN must be giggling in his grave at the idea of a statue depicting him sitting on a bench, microphone in hand, is to be erected in his home city of Limerick. 

Chris Evans led the tributes to the late Terry Wogan at a packed service at Westminster Abbey yesterday saying: “He will always be the best.”

The Ukrainian singer who pulled off a surprising victory at the Eurovision Song Contest said: “If you sing about truth, it can really touch people” after she defeated musical and political rival Russia.

Terry Wogan’s life will be celebrated in a special event at Westminster Abbey, the BBC has announced.

A Dublin man, who hijacked a car and repeatedly punched a heavily pregnant woman in the passenger seat while he drove the vehicle, will be sentenced next month.

Two Cork brothers today fly the business flag at the shop once managed by Terry Wogan’s father in Limerick city centre.

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A broadcasting master who made it look effortless, part of the fabric of the BBC and the head of the ‘Murphia’ in the UK media industry — colleagues and friends of the late Terry Wogan yesterday acknowledged the Limerick native’s 50-year contribution to the UK airwaves. TV host Noel Edmonds said “a true master has gone”.

DESPITE the fact that he left Limerick when he was 15, and Dublin when he was 30, to live permanently in England, very few Irishmen did as much for Ireland as the broadcaster Terry Wogan, who died aged 77, yesterday. There is nothing starstruck or dazzled about this statement but it may need explaining to anyone under the age of, say, 50.

Chris Donoghue co-presents Newstalk Breakfast from 7am to 10am. He is an ambassador for First Fortnight, a charity aimed at challenging mental health stigma, and will speak at Proclamation, a music and talk event on New Year’s Day in Christ Church Cathedral, as part of First Fortnight festival in association with NYF Dublin. NYF Dublin’s three-day citywide festival spans the new year period from today until January 1. See www.NYFDublin.com 

Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy will be filling some big shoes on BBC Radio 2 tomorrow — the presenter has been confirmed as legendary radio star Terry Wogan’s replacement for the coming weeks.

This isn’t the first time Tubs has filled in for other BBC presenters, he has previously filled in for fellow Irish man Graham Norton and Chris Evans.

Cork-based couple Nora and Katriona go for a casino-themed event on Don’t Tell The Bride, on RTÉ2 on Thursday.

Ireland last night went out of the Eurovision Song Contest at the semi-final stage, the first time since 2009 that the country has failed to make the final.

He may have stopped broadcasting full time for a living, but the profits continued to roll in last year at the media firm owned by radio presenter Terry Wogan.

Cash at the media firm owned by Terry Wogan topped €570,000 last year, figures show.

A national charity for men who are victims of domestic abuse has experienced a 33% increase in the number of calls received to its helpline in the first six months of this year.

Danny O'Donoghue is set to host his own TV chat show.

Broadcasting legend Terry Wogan says Ryan Tubridy should “relax and be himself” when he takes over his former radio show, which has an audience of 8.8m, including the Queen.

He’s a favourite of Queen Elizabeth and interviewed the rich and famous, but when he comes back home, Terry Wogan resists the trappings of his showbiz career.

Terry Wogan has revealed how “difficult” he found it broadcasting on radio at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

A retired superintendent giving evidence in the trial of a Dublin man accused of the sexual assault of a child denied gardaí were involved in a crusade against the accused.

NEXT month the Hiberno-Prince of radio, Ryan Tubridy, will travel east to take to the airwaves of England.

IRELAND’S high-profile road safety guru, Gay Byrne, has been left red-faced after being filmed wearing his seatbelt incorrectly.

Terry Wogan is to join the roster of regular panellists for long-running UK Radio 4 show 'Just A Minute'.

ONE of the world’s most famous broadcasters drew a “Blankety Blank” yesterday while seeking apparitions in Co Cork.

Veteran broadcaster Terry Wogan has hit out at excessive salaries at the BBC, saying top earners could afford to take a 15% pay cut.

TWO legends spent the afternoon in an Irish institution yesterday chatting about life for a new TV series due to be screened around the world.

A 61-year-old Scottish man has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of sending two hoax bomb threat emails to Heathrow Airport from a city centre library.

A librarian has told a jury in the trial of a man accused of sending two hoax bomb threat emails to Heathrow Airport that he recognised a man captured on CCTV using a public computer at his library on the relevant dates as the accused.

CHRIS EVANS has been crowned the new breakfast king – with an all-time record radio audience which even smashed through the bar set by his predecessor Terry Wogan.

Broadcaster Terry Wogan has been voted the coolest Irish celebrity in a poll of the British public to mark St Patrick’s Day.

AIR Force One should deny last year’s winner One Cool Cookie in the Guinness Chase, feature of the St. Patrick’s Day action at Down Royal.

PAUL NICHOLLS blamed himself for the defeat of Tataniano after the smart novice chaser was subdued by the deep ground at Newbury.

The departure of Jonathan Ross from the BBC was "inevitable" but he could return to screens "better than he ever was", broadcaster Chris Evans said today.

A TEARFUL Terry Wogan signed off his breakfast show for the final time this morning and told his eight million listeners: “I’m going to miss you.”

Tearful Terry Wogan signed off his breakfast show for the final time this morning and told his eight million listeners: "I'm going to miss you."