This Friday's Late Late Show celebrates Irish music with a Tradfest showcase featuring singer-songwriter Aoife Scott, sean-nós singer Seán Keane, Wallis Bird and Mike Hanrahan.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Mundy, Laois folk artist Molly Donnery, Cavan Gaeilgeoir Sinéad McKenna, and Guadeloupean artist Ines Khai are also among the artists joining the festivities.
Uilleann piper Louise Mulcahy, who made Fleadh history by winning four senior all-Ireland titles will also be among the guests on Friday night's show.
Making it a proper session multi-instrumentalist Alan Connor, guest fiddler with The Chieftains Tara Breen, folk singer-storyteller Daoirí Farrell and percussionist Robbie Harris will be in the studio, with dancers Ruth Charles of Riverdance and Jordo and the Legs adding to the hooley.
Banjo player and former Dubliner Gerry O'Connor will be paying tribute to Dubliner Barney McKenna, while multi-instrumentalist Josephine Marsh and Nigerian Segun Arkano, frontman of The Yankari Afrobeat Collective will give performances.
Also on Friday night, musicians will honour the late Johnny Duhan who passed away in November last year, by performing The Voyage.
Combine all that with Dublin-born comedian David Nihill and you’ve got a great night of music and entertainment. David had a crippling fear of public speaking and tried standup comedy in an attempt to fight his phobia.
Having overcome his fear, he has gone on to become the biggest-selling Irish comedian in America and joins Patrick to share his extraordinary story.
In a week that saw Elon Musk stake a claim on British politics and Donald Trump on Greenland; political podcasters Ivan Yates and Matt Cooper will join Patrick to reveal their predictions for the year ahead in global and Irish politics and discuss how they think a Trump presidency will affect Ireland.
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