Lord Flatley sidesteps tough questioning in TV disaster

THE world is entering the realms of hell, banks are crashing, a new president has entered the White House, and Michael Flatley has given an interview to TV3. It’s on tomorrow. You might want to watch it.

Why? Because it’s his first interview in two years (they must have flown by), and because it is possibly the worst half hour of television, anywhere, ever.

Flatley, the Lord of the Dance, owner of the feet of flames, is an amiable fellow, a canny business operator and someone who revolutionised the venerable tradition of Irish dancing.