Graham Norton hosts tribute concert for transplant patient Helen Fennell

Chatshow king Graham Norton last night made a special appearance in Cork to host a tribute concert for one of his biggest fans — a teenage heart transplant patient who died just over a year ago.

“Tonight is a celebration, but tonight is very hard,” declared the renowned broadcaster shortly before he appeared on stage at the Everyman Theatre.

Norton presented the sold-out Graham Norton & Friends; A Concert for Helen featuring singers John Spillane and Linda Kenny and The Glaslinn Choir, before an audience of hundreds of family members, relatives, and friends of teenager Helen Fennell from Bandon.