Late Late Show: Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, Toy Show favorite and Dancing with the Stars contestants appear this Friday

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou MacDonald will appear on Friday’s Late Late Show.

The Leader of the Opposition will be live in the studio to discuss her party’s performance in the polls, what a united Ireland might look like and her reaction to Shane Ross’ biography of her.

Deputy MacDonald last appeared on the program in April 2020 when she discussed how sick she was getting with the Covid virus.

It has been a significant year for Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw as she made history by guiding the national team to their first ever appearance at a World Cup final in Australia/New Zealand next summer.

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Ireland manager Vera Pauw. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

She’ll talk with host Ryan Tubridy about life since that big night in Scotland and how she feels about 2023.

Dancing with the stars returns to Irish screens in January and the first four celebrity dancers revealed for this season will be seen live on the Let Let to talk about their hopes of taking the ‘glitterball’ trophy.

Singer and Eurovision star Brooke Scullion, former GAA player Paul Brogan, businesswoman, TV presenter and influencer Suzanne Jackson, and drag artist and activist Rory O’Neill – aka Panti Bliss – discuss who is already “one to watch” and who “plans to wear the most sequins”.

After nearly 50 years in the business, Lenny Henry will talk about singing with Kate Bush, writing a children’s novel and an autobiography, as well as having an Irish accent in Under the spell of the Ring precursor Power rings.

One of the superstars from last week’s Toy Show, Saoibh Lonergan, will sit down on the couch with Ryan to catch up after a busy week. Saoibh will talk about dating her music therapist Alison, singing on Temple Street and planning her trip to Disneyland Paris.

In the meantime, corres Singer Andrea Corr will be live in the studio to perform a song from her new release The Christmas album while Colonel Patterson makes his own Let Let debut with his critically acclaimed single Bedford Falls.

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