Historic Late Late Show special for St Patrick’s Day

This St Patrick’s Day, March 17th, The Late Late Show will broadcast on a Wednesday night for the first time in its nearly 60-year history.

Ryan Tubridy will host the evening’s festivities, with Irish people from across the world invited to apply to be part of the virtual audience on the night. Traditionally, hundreds of thousands of people flock to Ireland to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, with parades and celebrations also taking place across the world. This year, although public events may be cancelled, The Late Late Show will become a global hub for St Patrick’s Day celebrations, uniting Irish people everywhere for a very special evening of entertainment.

“People cannot come to Ireland this year, and we can’t go visit, so what we can do is put on an extravaganza that celebrates the joy, beauty, and passion of being Irish with some big names and familiar faces and an evening of celebration and escapism,” Ryan Tubridy, the show’s presenter said.

“We want you, the Irish abroad, to be a part of this evening in our virtual audience, to join in with family and friends watching here back home.”

Viewers from abroad who wish to be in with a chance to participate in virtual audience can log onto www.rte.ie /late late

Further details about the one-off show will be announced in the coming weeks.

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