Walk in Steve’s old boots

HIS band Kodaline sang all about High Hopes but now it’s more a case of High Tops for lead singer Steve Garrigan, pictured left. A pair of boots, worn and signed by Steve, are for sale on eBay and already the bidding has reached €152. But the band aren’t on their uppers – the sale is to raise funds for the Walk in

My Shoes charity. IF Ryan Tubridy needed any validation that he was justified in being taken aback by Channing Tatum appearing sockless on The Late Late it came from fashion-disaster Brendan Courtney who tweeted: ‘Why on earth are people so shocked when a man chooses not to wear sock’ #ridic’. This is the same Brendan who has for years tried, mercifully in vain, to make shorts and socks fashionable. #ridic