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THE LATE LATE TOY show was the most watched programme on Irish television this year.
More than 1.3 million people tuned in over the weekend, that’s 72% of the total audience watching television at the time.
A further 107,000 viewers watched their recording of the show on Saturday and 42,000 viewers did the same on Sunday.
Nine out of ten children watching television on the night were tuned into the Little Mermaid themed show, hosted by Ryan Tubridy.
In addition, the Saturday repeat of the show was watched by an average audience of 134,300 viewers.
Host Ryan Tubridy said: “It never ceases to amaze me how many people hold The Late Late Toy Show so dear.
The fact that so many people let us become part of their world over the weekend is really heartening and the reaction I have been getting from people since the show has been overwhelming.
“I want to thank the stars of our show, the children, from little Tadhg letting me drag him around the studio floor to that very special moment when the Burke family was reunited.”
Last Friday night’s show is on course to become one of the top ten programmes on Irish television this century when full consolidated viewing figures are tallied next week.
The show was watched in 109 countries outside of Ireland with viewers logging on across the globe from Germany to Fiji, Russia to New Zealand, and Mongolia to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
The show was also streamed in Mali where, no doubt, the Defence Forces personnel, serving alongside Sgt Graham Burke on a peacekeeping mission, watched as he was reunited with his family live on the show.
The audience peaked at 1.34 million viewers and the show had a reach of 1,732,500 viewers who tuned in for a minute or more of the broadcast.
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Is there something I’m not getting here? She keeps saying she’s going to negotiate, and the EU keep saying that they’re not going to reopen negotiations. Genuine question, how’s that gonna work?
@Sean Murphy: It won’t but it’ll buy her a few more weeks to think of something else, she’s just running down the clock to the deadline and hoping minds are changed when faced with the cliff edge.
@Sean Murphy: missing nothing, political version of a “swing and a miss”.
@Sean Murphy: Even wierder than that, two weeks ago she herself was saying in Westminster that there is no scope to renegotiate. Unfortunately, people in Ireland cannot afford to laugh at this farsical state of affairs.
@Sean Murphy: she is placating the ERG who want her to do it. She will come back again humiliated then MPs will have to vote for either her deal or no deal BREXit.
Over here there are government ministers saying on Twitter if it comes to it we will prioritise meds over food for imports!
I’m Scottish, I live there now after 10 years in Ireland. I’m looking to move back ASAP. I just can’t believe my ex wife talked me out of getting Irish citizenship!
@Kevin Macdonald: hope that goes well for you pal, the scots are our closest ancestral nation.
Here are 7 options she could try to make the deal work:
1. Tell Arlene Foster to get stuffed.
2. Tell Sammy Wilson to get stuffed.
3. Tell Nigel Dodds to get stuffed.
4. Tell Jeffrey Donaldson to get stuffed.
5. Tell Boris Johnson to get stuffed.
6. Tell Jacob Rees-Mogg to get stuffed.
7. Tell all the rest of the Brexiteers to get stuffed.
@George Sheils: that’s a lot of turkeys to stuff!
The brits with their superiority complex are taking this to the wire in the firm belief that Johnny Foreigner needs them more than they need him and will crack at the last minute and give them what they want.
They remind me of the people who put up a post on their Facebook page that they reject Facebook’s terms and conditions… Equally style of thinking or lack of same.
If May goes back to the EU, I expect it to be very embarassing for her, the UK and parliament. It’s time to wake up, 59 days to go.
I just love seeing the auld empire brigade self destruct- yearning for times past and putting their foot on the head of its subjects but one has grown confident enough to say good bye and don’t forget to shut the door on the way out
Looks to be leading their beloved empire off a waterfall.i hope the EU remain firm as Britain implodes itself.feckin ejits
Either way they are not going to get the deal they want. The EU can’t afford to give out any more concessions as it will encourage other members to think about membership. The reality is that the EU has a stranglehold over all its members through trade agreements, regulations, financial penalties and treaties. You can leave but they’ll rip up apart before you do. Bastion of democracy.
@Windom Earle: Everyone has a choice in life, the UK is free to leave but please don’t expect the world to roll over for you its rather pathetic.
@Windom Earle: The UK is a member who signed all these agreements and treaties
Why doesn’t Ireland join the UK? Leave all the decision making to the English majority. Look at SNP’s (Scotland MPs) defeated by 288 votes with their amendment in Westminster today!! And to think the English moan about the EU being undemocratic … the UK is the most colonial political system on the planet. Michel Barnier negotiated the Irish backstop on behalf of the ROI (“Southern Ireland”) and now ROI holds the leverage over the UK, and they hate it!!
@David Jacobsen: eh how about cos the UK is a laughing stock for last two years?
@David Jacobsen: After watching their performance over the last two years, I wouldn’t trust them with my car, let alone our country.
Whats to say the EU won’t renegotiate when faced with the option of a no deal BREXIT? Or that the EU won’t throw us under the bus?
Looks like we’re going to get a brand new look at the Brady Bunch
The Brady amendment is a Trojan horse, the government is supporting it as a means of party management and smoke and mirrors by basically diffusing the situation by promising the backbenchers a chance for further input on Feb 13.. so basically it’s to stop all the other amendments gaining traction for a pocket full of promises that only help the clock tick down.
She will return from Brussels empty handed and civil war within the conservative party will ensue and the UK will be no nearer a deal, but have put any notion of there not being a no deal firmly to bed.
I think this vote shows the pathetic standard of British politics.
They may as well vote for a flat earth such is their disillusion.
A slow moving car-crash, awful to watch … no adults in charge, little/no collaboration, lack of vision around what’s actually good for the UK, lack of leadership in Tories and Labour, and the huge divide between pro-Brexit and Remain (within parties, in House of Commons and across UK) means narrative is unbelievably simplistic and deluded (‘firepower to renegotiate’, ‘chaos’ in EU, etc) … they’re marching closer to a hard exit, but don’t realise it themselves!!
Here comes the Bus and Leo is powerless to stop it. It’s all down to the EU now. Are they to be trusted? NO.
@Dave Doyle: this is a bit over your head.er me explain. The EU knows the threat of crash out will also be used in trade negotiations so they might as well call the EU bluff now and keep the backstop than have to call it later and have lost the backstop. EU and Ireland have been excellent in the negotiations, their consistency and respectfulness. Uncomfortable for a hurlers on the ditch who like to whinge on here I know.
I almost feel embarrassed for them, almost!
When will the realise it’s 1 vs 27 lol
Imagine a field sport with them odds.
Genuine GUBU
Applying business tactics to politics never seems to work I don’t know people keep trying.
They ARE a global joke now about being stupid.
The EU have got no cake,so UK.you cant have it,or eat it.
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