The Late Late Show will be celebrating 50 years of the Community Games in Ireland with three of Ireland’s sporting stars who started honing their skills in the competition – rugby star Tommy Bowe, world champion walker Olive Loughnane and former Republic of Ireland international Niall Quinn.
Norah Casey, who is one of Ireland’s most successful and best known businesswomen, will also appear on the show.
After years of keeping it secret, Norah will, for the first time, speak openly about the violence she suffered in her first marriage. She’ll reveal the years of abuse and assaults she endured before escaping and rebuilding her life, her career and finding love with her beloved second husband, the late Richard Hannaford.
With Women’s Aid recently reporting a 70 per cent increase in calls to their helpline, Norah will reveal why she stayed, how she left and how the abuse affected her life.
Paul Burrell, who was Princess Diana’s rock for a decade until her untimely death almost 20 years ago, will also chat to Ryan this week.
On Friday night, he’ll give viewers the inside track on the royals, what it was like to work for the most famous woman in the world and what was going on in those final few months of her life.
Ryan will be making good on a promise made during the hugely popular The Late Late Show Country Special with legends of the Irish scene Big Tom and Margo in studio to perform their new duet ‘Through the Years’.
There will also be music from Damien Dempsey, on The Late Late Show this Friday at 9.35pm.
