Patrick Kielty will join Irish comedians Ardal O'Hanlon and Tommy Tiernan in a group of 100 entertainers who have been invited to the Vatican this Friday for an audience with Pope Francis.
On the face of it, the title The Last Priests in Ireland (RTÉ1, Monday, January 16) suggests we might be in for the kind of bone-dry, whisperingly solemn and self-important documentary the national broadcaster occasionally feels the need to inflict upon us.
Have ye turned on the heating yet? I’ve been hanging around the thermostat all week like Dougal Maguire staring at the ‘Do Not Press’ button. I’m still holding out.Turning on the heating for the first time is a small tragedy, a tiny nail in the coffin of summer and a sur