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Ian Mangan

Ryan Tubridy and RTE Late Late viewers stunned by Dublin TikTok stars and their fascinating past

The Late Late Show returned to screens once again tonight as Ryan Tubridy welcomed a host of interesting guests.

Among those chatting to Tubs this week was Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill who discussed life in politics in the North.

GAA star Jamie Wall who bravely about how he adjusted to paralysis and went on to manage his home club to victory as well as Una Ring and Eve McDowell, who were both subjected to terrifying stalking ordeals, who spoke about their campaign to have a specific offense of stalking introduced with longer sentences for the crime.

But one of the biggest highlights of the show were Okefe Afe, Susan Ilesanmi, and Tolu Ibikunle who spoke about the TikTok video that brought a smile to many of our faces this week.

The girls went viral on the video sharing app Tik Tok with their accent challenge video which had the nation talking.

It was posted as part of a challenge to attempt slang from another country - mostly on popular social media platform TikTok.

Dubliner Tolu Ibikunle, who is aged 20, her pals Susan, Tejiri and Okefe decided to take on the challenge under the pretence that they had strong Nigerian accidents.

Tolu was born in Nigeria but moved to Ireland with her family when she was one, her other three friends were all born in Ireland.

Viewers were blown away when their real Dublin accents came out.

The viral video shows the four women 'attempting' to say phrases that would be used regularly by Dublin people including "G'wan you mad thing!"

RTE Late Late host Ryan Tubridy (RTE One)

Since being uploaded, the video has been watched over 150,000 times on TikTok with many people commenting how funny it was and that it make them smile.

The girls all sat down with Tubs as they spoke about the reaction to the video which exploded in popularity this week but also opened up about their experiences of racism in Ireland.

Meanwhile Tolu spoke about her experience as a refugee after fleeing Nigeria.

Naturally viewers instantly fell in love with the girls

One social media user wrote: "Ok I actually thought these girls had Dublin accents in the first place!! Even more impressed now!"

Another wrote: "More & more & more of this please. LOVE these women.

A third said: "These girls are magic."

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