RTÉ’s Late Late show is an institution in Irish broadcasting.
So there is intense speculation both inside RTÉ and outside as to who the new host will be.
The TV current affairs presenter Miriam O’Callaghan is the early favourite.
She has hosted the programme before and has frequently hosted summer season talk shows.
Other names being mentioned include Brendan O’Connor, who has presented a Saturday night TV show, and the comedian Tommy Tiernan who hosts a chat shot in which he doesn’t know who the guests will be.
Bookies are also quoting odds for the presenter Claire Byrne and perhaps most intriguingly of all Dara Ó Briain, the UK-based comedian and presenter.
He ruled himself out as a contender when Pat Kenny stood down but is now being described as a dark horse.
