High hopes for next Late Late host

I HAVE to confess to a feeling of relief and gratitude when I heard the announcement that Pat Kenny is departing the Late Late Show at the end of the current season.

I had always found it puzzling that the powers that be in Montrose never saw fit to intervene over the last 10 years to try to arrest the unquestionable deterioration of quality in their purported flagship show.

I don’t mean to be unfair to Mr Kenny whose professionalism, intelligence and analytical skills are beyond question but the monotony of the format left far too much to be desired.