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EXCLUSIVE: Juno Films has acquired worldwide rights to Ciarán Cassidy‘s documentary Housewife of the Year, ahead of its North American premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival. World premiering at CPH:DOX before going on to win Best Irish Feature Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh, the film will be released in theaters next spring.

Mary Byrne, also known as The X Factor’s ‘Tesco Mary’, has revealed how she “picked herself back up” after facing some downfalls after appearing on the show. Mary, 62, competed against the likes of One Direction on The X Factor, and came in fifth place in 2010. 12 years on, Mary said it’s been “a whirlwind of phenomenal excitement”, but that “there’s been downs as well”.

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On this week’s episode of Keys to My Life, viewers got a glimpse into the world of one of Ireland’s most famous musicians Sharon Shannon.

Many have compared Tommy Tiernan to the late Gay Byrne for his conversational knack to get the best out of guests while also touching on sensitive topics.

We all wish we could go back in time and tell our younger selves a thing or two, from fashion dilemmas to real hard truths.

Gay Byrne touched many Irish lives during his 60 year broadcasting career and a new documentary wants to hear from those people.

The friendship between Mike Murphy and the late Gay Byrne was most definitely something special, as the pair had worked together for years in broadcasting.

This year has been one of the most difficult for a lot of us.

Brendan O’Carroll has revealed that this year’s Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special will have a very important meaning.

There is one day of the year that many of us looked forward to as children, and still, as adults, we get just as excited, and that is the day of the Late Late Toy Show.

#LateLate pic.twitter.com/5rKsnonWpY— The Late Late Show (@RTELateLateShow) November 4, 2020‘As much as the newshound in him and the cultural aficionado would have been curious about [coronavirus], I think it was kinder he didn’t see all of this madness and we were all able to gather in the Pro Cathedral that day to say goodbye.‘His picture still hangs above us on the studio floor, we think about him, we pass him by every day and he continues to be sorely missed.’Joe added: ‘If the past is another country, last November seems like another planet.Joe also remembered all the things that Gay loved which would have been fitting given the situation we find ourselves in, including his daily walks across Howth Head, his morning dosage of vitamin C

The late Gay Byrne will be a part of this year's Late Late Toy Show after his widow Kathleen Watkins offered one of his treasured Toy Show jumpers to Ryan Tubridy when she appeared on the Late Late show last night.

The Late Late Show will play host to another diverse cast of characters tomorrow evening on RTÉ One as host Ryan Tubridy is set to chat with actress Amy Huberman, Footloose star Kevin Bacon and a young teenager struck down by Covid-19.

RTÉ Guide, reflecting on Gay’s death.‘He was such an important person, he was a friend of mine, he was a mentor and suddenly, we were doing a tribute show to him in the middle of the week.

The Sun: ‘Gay would have been thrilled that BAFTA included him. But not only was he popular in Ireland, he had also worked in the UK on Granada TV where he interviewed The Beatles and Brendan Behan, on an evening show with colleagues such as Michael Parkinson.’He bravely opened about how he stills misses the man who was a mentor to him, telling the publication: ‘He leaves a big space.

The Independent, he left €1.1 million in his will for his wife, children and grandchildren.There were just three clauses in his will, including leaving €32,500 to his grandchildren who were living at the time of his death, appointing his wife Kathleen as one of his three executors and leaving the ‘entire residue’ of his estate to her.The publication states that he left €1,142,876 in his will for his family after he passed away.It comes as RTÉ aired a special, Gay Byrne’s Late Late Memories, which took a look back at Gay’s best moments hosting The Late Late Show.

Kathleen Watkins is currently cocooning in her own home as the country is in lockdown. 

For the past 58 years, The Late Late Show has been presented by men – Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny and Ryan Tubridy.

RTÉ sports presenter Evanne Ní Chuilinn has recounted her amusing earliest memory of the late legendary broadcaster Gay Byrne. 

Sunday Independent that in his final moments he asked her to take him to Howth.‘Dad’s last moments were peaceful, and if death can be gentle, his was. To the end, his timing was impeccable and considerate.