Irish people around the world will take part in a very special Late Late Show this St Patrick’s Day.
It will be broadcast on a Wednesday night for the first time in its nearly 60-year history.
Ryan Tubridy will host the show that will see Irish people from around the world take their place in the virtual audience.
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.
Tubs said: “Since the pandemic hit, we have made it our business to embrace Ireland like never before on The Late Late Show and show the best of who we are, and that is what we are going continue to do on St Patrick’s day, and in some style!
“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.
“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/latelate.
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