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30th Mar 2019

There’s a surprisingly solid line-up for The Ray D’Arcy Show tonight

Two of our favourite Irish TV personalities are up.

Anna O'Rourke

What to do when you’ve exhausted Netflix? Go back to regular telly.

Irish broadcasters’ offerings can sometimes feel a bit meh but for once, The Ray D’Arcy Show has few decent names on the couch.

RTÉ One’s flagship Saturday night entertainment show often loses out to the Late Late when it comes to guests but not tonight.

Ray will be joined by the nation’s favourite architect and prima donna (are we allowed to say that?) Dermot Bannon.

The Room To Improve star will be on with another Irish TV favourite, Kerry hotelier Francis Brennan.

Also on the show will be Joe Brolly.  The GAA pundit is appearing to chat about his role as an ambassador for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. He’ll be flanked by Shane Halligan, who received a double lung transplant in 2015.

Pat Shortt is due to stop by too, as are Kerry’s ‘Bat Family’.

Finally, Dancing With The Stars champions Mairéad Ronan and John Nolan will be on the show off the back of their first-place finish last weekend.

Speaking after the win, the presenter couldn’t quite believe what had happened.

“This time last year I was sitting in the booth where my family are sitting, I was 20 weeks pregnant,” she said.

“I never thought a year later I’d be on the dance floor picking up the glitterball.”

The Ray D’Arcy Show 10.20pm on RTÉ One.