RTÉ pulls out all the stops to mark St Brian’s Day

Good news.

Just when you thought RTÉ was spending the last of your money on stuff like Marty Morrissey’s make-up or damages for the Iona Institute or documentaries on Charlie Bird’s latest pointless trip to the ends of the earth (complete with return ticket, unfortunately), the national broadcaster pulls out all the stops and gives Saturday at the Aviva.

It’s like a royal wedding, state funeral and triumphal procession rolled into one. It’s as if St Patrick’s Day has come a week early and been renamed St Brian’s Day in honour of the other national saint. Rumour has it there may even be a rugby match thrown in there too. We’ll have to wait and see.