Sponsored by Your License Fee: The Late Late Show Megathread

Debated whether I could be arsed this week TBH, given the ongoing and disproportionate neutering of the sister thread over on the Radio forum-but let's see how it goes...thread and show alike.

This Friday's show features a well deserved tribute to the late Vicky Phelan, a lady who could have quietly signed a NDA, and faded from view. She did not, and to her eternal credit, fought to the last to highlight her situation, and that of women the length and breadth of the country all the while eschewing, emphatically so, any praise or glory. What she did to advance the healthcare of women in this jurisdiction is incalculable. It is right and proper that the LLS should take the time to honour her memory and her campaign-but I sorely doubt (as did many other contributors this week) that the current host is capable of doing so with his oft trumpeted "kindness" or sincerity. Again, we'll see.

Her own words, however, speak volumes.

"I am here to tell you now, while I still can, that I don’t want your apologies. I don’t want your tributes. I don’t want your aide-decamp at my funeral. I don’t want your accolades or your broken promises. I want action. I want change.

I want accountability. And I want to see it happen while I am still alive, not after I am dead."

The Stunning will also feature-she was a fan by all accounts.

In other business, Eamo is on to put the politics back into sport, and show up Hobbidy's superficial knowledge of both.

"With the controversial Qatar World Cup kicking off on Sunday, former Ireland international Eamon Dunphy will tell Ryan Tubridy why he feels deeply uncomfortable about the upcoming tournament and why it’s time for football to take a stand."

Didn't they make a remake of the original Matilda movie just a couple of years ago?

"13-year-old Dubliner Alisha Weir will talk about how she swapped The Toy Show stage for the lead role opposite Emma Thompson, in the upcoming movie version of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical."

Jane Seymour who still carries a reasonable measure of celebrity clout, is on to plug a show-she is, somewhat unbelievably. 71 years of age.

"Two-time Golden Globe winner, Hollywood icon Jane Seymour will join Ryan live in studio to chat about what it takes to be a leading lady, her love of Ireland and what we can expect from Season 2 of TV dramedy Harry Wild."

Music by Sean Loughman aka. Jack Lukeman. I quite like him, was lucky enough to see him at an intimate gig earlier in the year and he was top class.

I wasn't joking.

BTW, every late late is sombre and sober-was there any additional point or virtue signal you wanted to impart this evening?