Irish Examiner View: Even our leaders bow to the magic of the 'Late Late Toy Show'

Let's all escape the doom for a few hours

Without meaning to sound like the Christmas grinch, where else in the world would the media carry reports that the country’s leader would time an important speech to avoid a clash with a TV show, as happened here this week?

Several reports indicated that Taoiseach Micheál Martin intended to ensure his lockdown exit speech did not interfere with the widely loved Late Late Toy Show, which airs tonight on RTE1 at 9.30pm.