88-638: The Saturday Night Show is a talk show hosted by Brendan O'Connor broadcast on RTÉ One between 2010 and 2015. The show features guest interviews, audience participation and live music. The Saturday Night Show is broadcast every Saturday night during the autumn-spring season directly after RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock , the main evening news bulletin. Following Pat Kenny 's stepping down as host of The Late Late Show in 2009, RTÉ announced that Ryan Tubridy , host of his own Saturday night chat show, would be Kenny's replacement. Tubridy Tonight had aired since 2004 and had regularly drawn an audience of up to half
176-474: A Liverpool -born fellow student, whom FitzGerald married in 1947. Their children were John , Mary, and Mark. Following his university education, in 1947, he started working with Aer Lingus , the state airline of Ireland, and became an authority on the strategic economic planning of transport. During this time, he wrote many newspaper articles, was the Irish correspondent for British magazine The Economist , and
264-617: A ventilator . On 19 May, after suffering from pneumonia , he died at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin, at the age of 85. In a statement, Irish president Mary McAleese hailed FitzGerald as "a man steeped in the history of the State who constantly strove to make Ireland a better place for all its people". Taoiseach Enda Kenny paid homage to "a truly remarkable man who made a truly remarkable contribution to Ireland". Henry Kissinger ,
352-577: A collapse of the coalition for more than four years, despite tensions between other Ministers, and enabled the government to survive. Fine Gael wanted to revive the economy by controlling public spending and imposing cutbacks to reduce the public budget deficit. The measures proposed by FitzGerald's Minister for Finance, Alan Dukes , were utterly unacceptable to the Labour Party, which was under enormous pressure from its support base to maintain public services. The two parties in government found themselves in
440-420: A further eight weeks. Whichever chat show proved successful would be recommissioned for a further series. The Saturday Night Show made its debut on 30 January 2010 for an initial run of eight programmes. Peaches Geldof and Jim Corr were the first interviewees while Republic of Loose were the first musical guests. Following the completion of both The Saturday Night Show and Tonight with Craig Doyle it
528-481: A good performance in a pre-election debate with the then Minister for Finance George Colley . However, the position went to Richie Ryan , with FitzGerald becoming Minister for Foreign Affairs . FitzGerald's father had held that same post in a government led by Liam Cosgrave's father W. T. Cosgrave , fifty years earlier. His appointment to Iveagh House (the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs ) would have
616-497: A government dependent on Independent TDs support. However, the second budget introduced by John Bruton led to the government's defeat in the Dáil on the evening of 27 January 1982. In light of this loss of supply , FitzGerald went to Áras an Uachtaráin to request an immediate dissolution of the Dáil from the president, Patrick Hillery . When he got there, he was informed that senior opposition figures (and some Independent TDs), including
704-529: A million since the first series. The departure of Tubridy to the Friday night slot left a gap in the schedule. In late 2009 RTÉ announced that it was to commission a new Saturday night entertainment show that would be fronted by "an established name or a combination of established names". Miriam O'Callaghan and Gerry Ryan , two broadcasters who lost out in the battle to succeed Kenny as host of The Late Late Show , were two names that were mentioned as possible hosts. It
792-495: A more universally appealing "interview" or "lifestyle TV" format. Talk shows have more recently started to appear on Internet radio. Also, several Internet blogs are in talk show format including the Baugh Experience. The current world record for the longest talk show is held by Rabi Lamichhane from Nepal by staying on air for 62 hours from April 11 to 13, 2013 breaking the previous record set by two Ukrainians by airing
880-539: A new ministerial car, the first and only one to be purchased by the state since an economic recession hit Ireland in 2008. In 2010, FitzGerald appeared on RTÉ's " Top 40 Irishmen " list. He was vice-president of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland for his last 20 years. In early 1999, it emerged that some six years earlier, Allied Irish Banks (AIB) and Ansbacher Banks wrote off debts of almost IR£ 200,000 owed by FitzGerald, following
968-577: A panel made up of different freelance comedians and celebrities each program, although the program is generally hosted by the same compere . Talk shows evolved in tandem with the Japanese variety show and it is very common for talk shows to borrow variety elements, typically by having celebrity guests attempt some kind of amusingly incongruous activity. Often, one of the guests will be a gaijin tarento (foreign talent) in order to provide comedy or to comment on matters related to Western culture. Comedic material
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#17328837168141056-543: A personal message, the Queen offered her sympathies and said she was "saddened" to learn of FitzGerald's death. British prime minister David Cameron , who was also in Ireland, paid tribute to FitzGerald's "huge contribution to the peace process bringing reconciliation for all that had happened in the past". On his visit to Dublin, US president Barack Obama offered condolences on FitzGerald's death; he spoke of "someone who believed in
1144-558: A rapid rise in support and popularity. After the November 1982 election, it held only five seats fewer than Fianna Fáil (the parties' closest-ever margin until 2011; at times Fianna Fáil was far larger, on one occasion well over twice as large), with Fine Gael in the Oireachtas (i.e. including the Seanad) larger than Fianna Fáil, which had been the dominant force in Irish politics for 40 years. By
1232-471: A second time, FitzGerald advocated a liberalisation of Irish society to create what he called the non-sectarian nation of " Tone and Davis ". The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution , which "[acknowledged] the right to life of the unborn", was approved in a referendum against the recommendation of FitzGerald. A proposal to allow divorce was defeated in a 1986 referendum; however, the law on contraception
1320-458: A second time, heading a Fine Gael–Labour coalition with a working majority. Deep economic recession dominated FitzGerald's second term as well as his first. Pursuing "fiscal rectitude" to reduce a high national debt required a firmer control of public spending than Labour found easy to accept. The harmonious relationship the Taoiseach developed with his Tánaiste , Dick Spring , successfully avoided
1408-456: A senior figure on the pro-treaty side of Ireland's political divide, FitzGerald senior had remained friendly with anti-Treaty republicans , such as Belfast man Seán MacEntee , a minister in Éamon de Valera 's government and father-in-law of Conor Cruise O'Brien . The families of Patrick McGilligan and Ernest Blythe were also frequent visitors to the FitzGerald household. FitzGerald's mother,
1496-417: A significant effect on FitzGerald's career and the future of Fine Gael. Cosgrave was suspicious of FitzGerald's liberal ideas and believed that he had designs on the leadership. During his period at Foreign Affairs, FitzGerald developed a good relationship with Liam Cosgrave, and all the tension between them in opposition disappeared. The minister's role had changed substantially since his father's day. Ireland
1584-538: A specific programming block during the broadcast day. These formats are not absolute; some afternoon programs have similar structures to late-night talk shows. These formats may vary across different countries or markets. Late night talk shows are especially significant in the United States . Breakfast television is a staple of British television . The daytime talk format has become popular in Latin America as well as
1672-468: A stalemate position. They stopped the financial crisis from worsening but could not take the decisive action that would generate economic growth. With negligible economic growth and large-scale unemployment, the FitzGerald government was deeply unpopular with the public. When FitzGerald attended a Bilderberg meeting in 1985, his rival Haughey suggested it had links with NATO , thus contravening Ireland's official position of neutrality . As Taoiseach for
1760-428: A talk show entitled Small World in the late 1950s and since then, political TV talk shows have predominantly aired on Sunday mornings . Syndicated daily talk shows began to gain more popularity during the mid-1970s and reached their height of popularity with the rise of the tabloid talk show . Morning talk shows gradually replaced earlier forms of programming — there were a plethora of morning game shows during
1848-416: A talk show, one person (or group of people or guests) discusses various topics put forth by a talk show host . This discussion can be in the form of an interview or a simple conversation about important social, political or religious issues and events. The personality of the host shapes the tone and style of the show. A common feature or unwritten rule of talk shows is to be based on "fresh talk", which
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#17328837168141936-558: A talk show. Ireland's The Late Late Show is the second-longest running talk show in television history, and the longest running talk show in Europe, having debuted in 1962. Steve Allen was the first host of The Tonight Show , which began as a local New York show, being picked up by the NBC network in 1954. It in turn had evolved from his late-night radio talk show in Los Angeles. Allen pioneered
2024-587: A variety of sharp topics related to people's livelihoods, the state system, and power structures. The show was eventually taken off the air as a direct result of the last episode of "Approaching Homosexuality." In 2012, Dragon Television created a new high-end cultural, American-style talk show called Tonight 80's Talk Show ; it is hosted by the comedian Wang Zijian , showing young people's attitudes and thoughts on social hotspots, cultural events, and fashion trends. Garret FitzGerald Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 1926 – 19 May 2011)
2112-603: Is commonly written and rehearsed before tapings with or without a live audience . Korean and Taiwanese talk shows have used the panel format similar to Japanese programs and rely on famous celebrities and comedic banter than topics. Their programs often shorten interviews from lengthy tapings. Rabi Lamichhane from Nepal previously held the Guinness World Record for longest talk show, continuously broadcasting for 62 hours in April 2013. In Brazil , Jô Soares inaugurated
2200-522: Is talk that is spontaneous or has the appearance of spontaneity. The history of the talk show spans back from the 1950s to the present. Talk shows can also have several different subgenres, which all have unique material and can air at different times of the day via different avenues. Beyond the inclusion of a host, a guest(s), and a studio or call-in audience, specific attributes of talk shows may be identified: There are several major formats of talk shows. Generally, each subgenre predominates during
2288-502: The 1992 general election . His wife, Joan, predeceased him in 1999 after a long illness. After that, FitzGerald wrote a weekly column every Saturday in The Irish Times and lectured widely at home and abroad on public affairs. He came out of retirement to campaign for a "yes" vote in the second Irish referendum on the EU's Treaty of Nice , held in 2002. He held the post of Chancellor of
2376-585: The National Coalition of Fine Gael and Labour suffered a disastrous electoral defeat in the general election . Liam Cosgrave resigned as party leader, and FitzGerald was chosen by acclamation to succeed him. In his new role as Leader of the Opposition and party leader, he set about modernising and revitalising Fine Gael. He immediately appointed a General-Secretary to oversee all of this, a tactic copied from Fianna Fáil. Under FitzGerald, Fine Gael experienced
2464-577: The National University of Ireland from 1997 to 2009. In March 2000, FitzGerald was on the board of directors of Election.com , when it conducted the world's first public election ever held over the Internet, the Arizona Democratic primary ; in that primary, voter turnout increased more than 500% over the 1996 primary. FitzGerald took a leading part in the campaign for a second referendum on
2552-486: The Provisional IRA hunger strikers, and the first to die on this strike, along with the sister of Raymond McCreesh , who had died on 21 May. During the meeting, two of Thomas McElwee 's sisters, Mary and Nora, broke down and left. Mary McElwee told the media outside that "he's doing nothing, he's asking for suggestions". FitzGerald then ordered Gardaí to remove the families from the meeting. FitzGerald's response was, in
2640-424: The paranormal , conspiracy theories , and fringe science . Sports talk shows are also very popular ranging from high-budget shows like The Best Damn Sports Show Period to Max Kellerman 's original public-access television cable TV show Max on Boxing . Talk shows have been broadcast on television since the earliest days of the medium. Joe Franklin , an American radio and television personality, hosted
2728-669: The 1960s and early to mid-1970s, and some stations formerly showed a morning movie in the time slot that many talk shows now occupy. Current late night talk shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Conan and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert have aired featuring celebrity guests and comedy sketches. Syndicated daily talk shows range from tabloid talk shows , such as Jerry Springer and Maury , to celebrity interview shows, like Live with Kelly and Ryan , Tamron Hall , Sherri , Steve Wilkos , The Jennifer Hudson Show and The Kelly Clarkson Show , to industry leader The Oprah Winfrey Show , which popularized
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2816-551: The Anglo-Irish agreement and his strong personal dislike for FitzGerald. Haughey was elected Taoiseach on the casting vote of the Ceann Comhairle . FitzGerald retired as leader of Fine Gael immediately after the Dáil elected Haughey as Taoiseach; the parliamentary party elected Alan Dukes in his place. His autobiography All in a Life appeared in 1991, immediately becoming a best-seller. He retired completely from politics at
2904-488: The Dáil to nominate someone else for the post—presumably Haughey. Hillery is said to have angrily rejected such pressure, regarding it as gross misconduct. He granted FitzGerald the dissolution. In the subsequent general election in February 1982, Fine Gael lost only two seats but was out of office. However, a third general election within eighteen months in November 1982 resulted in FitzGerald being returned as Taoiseach for
2992-563: The EU's Treaty of Lisbon in 2009. He argued for Ireland to continue with European integration. FitzGerald had been scathing of the record of the Fianna Fáil–led government since 1997 on the economy and the national finances. In his Irish Times column, he was a frequent critic of the loss of competitiveness and the inflation caused by the tax cuts and excessive public spending increases of the Celtic Tiger era. In 2009, FitzGerald received
3080-627: The Extradition Act 1987, which ended the long-standing defence against extradition of suspects who could plead that an act of violence in Northern Ireland or Britain was a political offence. While the agreement was repudiated and condemned by Unionists, it was said to become the basis for developing trust and joint action between the governments, which in time would ultimately bring about the Downing Street Declaration of 1993 and
3168-625: The Just Society programme written by Declan Costello . FitzGerald was elected to Seanad Éireann for the Industrial and Commercial Panel in 1965 and soon built up his political profile. FitzGerald was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election , for the Dublin South-East constituency, the same year he obtained his PhD for a thesis later published under the title "Planning in Ireland". He became an important figure almost immediately in
3256-532: The Labour Party members of the government withdrew from the government over disagreements due to budget proposals. Lacking a parliamentary majority, FitzGerald sought a dissolution of the Dáil, which was granted, continuing to lead a minority Fine Gael government until after the election. In the 1987 general election , Fine Gael stood on the proposed stringent budgetary cutbacks that Labour had blocked for four years. Fianna Fáil returned to office in March 1987 after Fine Gael
3344-536: The Labour minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin , to remove a pin calling for a 'Yes' vote in the Marriage Referendum from the jacket of his collar. The final guest on the last episode was gay Labour TD John Lyons and his mammy. In February 2010, a 59-year-old RTÉ props assistant injured himself after falling over a studio floor lamp while working on The Saturday Night Show . He was eventually awarded €18,500 in damages and
3432-420: The Opposition leader (and ex-Taoiseach) Charles Haughey, Brian Lenihan and Sylvester Barrett , had made a series of telephone calls demanding that Hillery refuse the dissolution, as he was constitutionally allowed to do when it was advised by a Taoiseach who has "ceased to retain the support of a majority in Dáil Éireann." Had Hillery done so, it would have forced FitzGerald's resignation as Taoiseach and enabled
3520-654: The Republic had been enshrined in the constitution until the Referendum of December 1972. FitzGerald, in 1973, met the Cardinal Secretary of State , Agostino Casaroli , and proposed to modify the Republic's Constitution further to remove laws with overtly Catholic foundations, such as the bans on divorce and contraception, as well as to relax the public stigmas in Northern Ireland towards mixed religious marriages and integrated education. Casaroli initially seemed receptive, and
3608-587: The Republic were rejected outright by British prime minister Margaret Thatcher , the Forum provided the impetus for the resumption of serious negotiations between the Irish and British governments, which culminated in the Anglo-Irish Agreement of November 1985. This agreement provided for a mechanism by which the British government could consult the Republic of Ireland regarding the governance of Northern Ireland, and
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3696-511: The United States. These genres also do not represent "generic" talk show genres. "Generic" genres are categorized based on the audiences' social views of talks shows derived through their cultural identities, fondness, preferences and character judgements of the talk shows in question. The subgenres listed above are based on television programming and broadly defined based on the TV guide rather than on
3784-611: The audience. Talk-radio host Howard Stern also hosted a talk show that was syndicated nationally in the US, then moved to satellite radio's Sirius . The tabloid talk show genre, pioneered by Phil Donahue in 1967 but popularized by Oprah Winfrey , was extremely popular during the last two decades of the 20th century. Politics are hardly the only subject of American talk shows, however. Other radio talk show subjects include Car Talk hosted by NPR and Coast to Coast AM hosted by Art Bell and George Noory which discusses topics of
3872-517: The cabinet. Two fundamental problems faced FitzGerald during his first period: Northern Ireland and the worsening economic situation. A protest march in support of the H-Block hunger strikers in July 1981 was harshly dealt with by FitzGerald. On one occasion where he met with relatives of the hunger strikers, he refused to meet the family of Bobby Sands , an MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone and O/C of
3960-461: The collapse of the aircraft leasing company, Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), in which he was a shareholder. The chairman of AIB at the time, Peter Sutherland , was also a former director of GPA and had served as Attorney General under FitzGerald, prior to FitzGerald appointing him as Ireland's member of the European Commission . The Moriarty Tribunal investigated this matter, and compared
4048-525: The common theme of homosexuality. On the debut show, musician Jim Corr of The Corrs spoke about his belief that the truth about the September 11 attacks is being suppressed, that swine flu may have been man-made and that American military weapons caused the 2010 Haiti earthquake . Corr also argued that climate change is a hoax and that a secret society is trying to establish a one-world government. British entertainer Michael Barrymore also appeared on
4136-538: The decision to axe The Saturday Night Show calling it "just the latest round in the apparently never-ending game of moving the same dreary old furniture around the same dreary old room." The Saturday Night Show is broadcast live from Studio 4 in the RTÉ Television Centre at Donnybrook , Dublin 4 . That studio is also home to the show's Friday night rival The Late Late Show . As RTÉ's biggest studio, it holds 200 audience members. The first two programmes in
4224-525: The divisions within Fianna Fáil. It struck an immediate chord with many disenchanted Fine Gael supporters who had tired of the failure to address the economic crisis fully and who yearned for a coherent right-wing policy from FitzGerald. Seeing their party's support base under attack from the right only strengthened the resolve of FitzGerald's Fine Gael colleagues to break with the Labour Party approach, despite their leader's close empathy with Labour. Stymied by
4312-530: The economic crisis, FitzGerald tried to rescue some of his ambitions to reform the state, and he proposed, in the middle of 1986, a referendum to change the constitution to allow for divorce. The proposed amendment was mired in controversy, and the many accompanying legal changes needed were not clearly presented. Haughey skilfully opposed the referendum along with the Roman Catholic Church and landed interests worried about property rights. In January 1987,
4400-456: The first series (broadcast on 30 January and 6 February 2010) were pre-recorded at 7:30 p.m. on the same dates that both shows were aired. All subsequent programmes have been broadcast live. Talk show A talk show is a television programming , radio programming or podcast genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation . A talk show is distinguished from other television programs by certain common attributes. In
4488-432: The first series. During a bizarre interview Barrymore pretended to be a sheep before claiming to be the father of Jedward . In February 2010, Ray D'Arcy took on Enda Kenny by vowing he would leave Ireland after the February 2011 general elections if Kenny became Taoiseach after previously comparing the man to a four-day-old floury potato. The audience applauded as D'Arcy continued: "If you listened to Enda Kenny during
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#17328837168144576-466: The first television talk show. The show began in 1951 on WJZ-TV (later WABC-TV ) and moved to WOR-TV (later WWOR-TV ) from 1962 to 1993. NBC's The Tonight Show is the world's longest-running talk show; having debuted in 1954, it continues to this day. The show underwent some minor title changes until settling on its current title in 1962, and despite a brief foray into a more news-style program in 1957 and then reverting that same year, it has remained
4664-421: The format of late night network TV talk shows, originating such talk show staples as an opening monologue, celebrity interviews, audience participation, and comedy bits in which cameras were taken outside the studio, as well as music, although the series' popularity was cemented by second host Jack Paar , who took over after Allen had left and the show had ceased to exist. TV news pioneer Edward R. Murrow hosted
4752-535: The former US secretary of state who served as an opposite number to FitzGerald in the 1970s, recalled "an intelligent and amusing man who was dedicated to his country". His death occurred on the third day of Queen Elizabeth II's state visit to the Republic of Ireland , an event designed to mark the completion of the Northern Ireland peace process that had been "built on the foundations" of FitzGerald's Hillsborough Agreement with Margaret Thatcher in 1985. In
4840-400: The former Mabel Washington McConnell, was a nationalist and republican of Ulster Protestant descent, although later in life she converted to Catholicism. Her son would later describe his political objective as the creation of a pluralist Ireland where the northern Protestants of his mother's family tradition and the southern Catholics of his father's could feel equally at home. FitzGerald
4928-421: The former genre and has been evolving towards the latter. On November 10, 2010, Oprah Winfrey invited several of the most prominent American talk show hosts - Phil Donahue , Sally Jessy Raphael , Geraldo Rivera , Ricki Lake , and Montel Williams - to join her as guests on her show. The 1990s in particular saw a spike in the number of "tabloid" talk shows, most of which were short-lived and are now replaced by
5016-401: The four main television stations. Due to language and cultural differences, Japanese TV stations could not freely use syndicated programs (mostly from Europe and North America) and therefore turned to panel shows , which could be produced cheaply and easily, to fill time during daytime programming. Japanese panel shows are distinct in generally not employing regular panelists but instead having
5104-432: The genre with Jô Soares Onze e Meia ("Jô Soares Eleven Thirty") from 1988 to 1999 on SBT . In 2000, Soares took his show's format to TV Globo , where it was then called Programa do Jô , and was broadcast until 2016. Jô's main competitors at the time were Danilo Gentili and Fábio Porchat . In 1999, Speak Up , hosted by Ma Dong , son of the famous Chinese comedian Ma Ji , was born as an early talk show "chatting" about
5192-460: The government formally submitted the proposal to the Vatican . FitzGerald's vision caused great consternation among the church's hierarchy, however, and in 1977, Pope Paul VI personally met with FitzGerald to tell him that "Ireland was a Catholic country – perhaps the only one left – and it should stay that way. Laws should not be changed in any way that would make the country less Catholic." In 1977,
5280-792: The interaction of viewers created difficult moments and awkward silences to hosts who usually used audience responses to transition conversations. Tetsuko's Room ( 徹子の部屋 , Tetsuko no Heya ) is a talk show hosted by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi and broadcast on TV Asahi from February 2, 1976, every Monday to Friday from 13:00 to 13:30 ( JST ). It is a long-lived program, and as of 2022, it has been broadcast for 47 years and more than 11,000 times, repeatedly winning Guinness World Records . Other talk shows include Nichiyō Tōron (1994 onwards), Ametalk! (2003 onwards) and Takeda Tetsuya no Shōwa wa kagayaiteita (2013 onwards). In Japan , panel shows called tōku bangumi (トーク番組) are very commonplace, accounting for about 30% of daytime and prime-time programming on
5368-462: The judge said he had worked accident free in RTÉ for 38 years, that he had been working in poorly lit conditions in a cluttered studio when he was injured by one of RTÉ's props, and that he had been in pain since sustaining his injury. On 14 March 2015, O'Connor announced without warning live on air his resignation as host of The Saturday Night Show . The presenter and Sunday Independent journalist said that
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#17328837168145456-536: The light entertainment show would finish for good at the end of that series on 30 May 2015. RTÉ announced that Ray D'Arcy, who left the independent radio station Today FM to return to RTÉ, would be replacing O'Connor with a new entertainment show in RTÉ One's Saturday night slot, coming autumn 2015. O'Connor also announced he was not leaving RTÉ and would be hosting a new prime-time show for the broadcaster beginning in 2016. Ryan Tubridy knew this. Critics were unimpressed with
5544-406: The more specific categorizations of talk show viewers. However, there is a lack of research on "generic" genres, making it difficult to list them here. According to Mittell, "generic" genres is of significant importance in further identifying talk show genres because with such differentiation in cultural preferences within the subgenres, a further distinction of genres would better represent and target
5632-471: The new chat show would be hosted by Sunday Independent journalist Brendan O'Connor and Lucy Kennedy , however, these reports were unfounded. In a new departure RTÉ decided to pit two new chat shows against each other. Brendan O'Connor, who moved to RTÉ from The Apprentice: You're Fired! on TV3 , would present The Saturday Night Show for an initial run of eight weeks before handing over to Craig Doyle who would present Tonight with Craig Doyle for
5720-500: The parliamentary party, and his liberal ideas were seen as a counterweight to the conservative leader, Liam Cosgrave . The difference in political outlook and FitzGerald's ambitions for the Fine Gael leadership resulted in profound tensions between the two men. In his leadership address to the 1972 Fine Gael Ardfheis in Cork, Cosgrave referred to the "mongrel foxes" who should be rooted out of
5808-643: The party's leadership. His innovative views, energy and fluency in French won him – and through him, Ireland – a status in European affairs far exceeding the country's size and ensured that the first Irish Presidency of the European Council in 1975 was a noted success. FitzGerald's policy towards church-state relations, however, brought him into a confrontation with the Roman Catholic church, whose "special position" in
5896-454: The party, a reference seen by many as an attack on FitzGerald's efforts to unseat him as leader. FitzGerald was an opponent of the US bombing of North Vietnam . After the 1973 general election , Fine Gael entered office in a coalition government with the Labour Party , with Liam Cosgrave as Taoiseach. FitzGerald hoped that he would take over as Minister for Finance, particularly after
5984-399: The show for 52 hours in 2011. In 2020, the fear of the spread of the coronavirus led to large changes in the operation of talk shows, with many being filmed without live audiences to ensure adherence to the rules of social distancing . The inclusion of a live, participating audience is one of the attributes that contribute to the defining characteristics of talk shows. Operating without
6072-427: The subsequent republican and loyalist cease-fires. FitzGerald attempted to reshuffle his cabinet in February 1986, but certain ministers resisted – notably Barry Desmond , who refused to move from his Health and Social Welfare portfolio. The eventual outcome of the cabinet changes further undermined FitzGerald's authority. The new Progressive Democrats party was launched later that year by Desmond O'Malley out of
6160-420: The time of the 1981 general election , Fine Gael had a party machine that could easily match Fianna Fáil's. The party won 65 seats and formed a minority coalition government with the Labour Party and the support of several Independent TDs. FitzGerald was elected Taoiseach on 30 June 1981. To the surprise of many, FitzGerald excluded Richie Ryan, Richard Burke and Tom O'Donnell , former Fine Gael stalwarts, from
6248-404: The treatment by AIB of FitzGerald with their treatment of Charles Haughey. They found evidence that he had worked to compromise his indebtedness with AIB and no evidence of any wrongdoing. On 5 May 2011, it was reported that FitzGerald was seriously ill in a Dublin hospital. Newly elected Fine Gael Taoiseach Enda Kenny sent his regards and called him an "institution"; on 6 May he was put on
6336-410: The week, he said 'I'm now going to be myself'. He's the longest-serving TD, he's been eight years as leader of Fine Gael and now he decides he's going to be himself." Garret FitzGerald made his final TV appearance on the show in 2011. Alex Reid proposed to Chantelle Houghton when the British celebrities appeared on the show on an episode broadcast on 8 October 2011. Oliver Callan announced he
6424-437: The words of Eamonn Sweeney, to "lay all the blame for the hunger strikers on the republican movement and to suggest an immediate unilateral end to their military campaign". The economic crisis was also much worse than FitzGerald had feared. Fine Gael had to scrap its plans for tax cuts in the run-up to the election, and a draconian mid-year budget was introduced almost immediately. The July Budget seemed exceptionally austere for
6512-516: Was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1965 to 1969. He was the son of Desmond FitzGerald , the first foreign minister of the Irish Free State . At the time of his death, FitzGerald was president of the Institute of International and European Affairs and a columnist for The Irish Times , and had made occasional appearances on television programmes. Garret FitzGerald
6600-408: Was an Irish Fine Gael politician, public intellectual, economist and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach , serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987 and was twice Leader of the Opposition between 1977 and 1982; he was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977. FitzGerald served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1992 and
6688-638: Was bitterly opposed by Unionists in Northern Ireland, whose MPs all resigned their seats in the British Parliament in protest. New elections were required to be held in Northern Ireland, in which the unionists lost the seat of Newry and Armagh to Seamus Mallon of the SDLP. During this period, on 15 March 1984, he was also invited to address a joint session of the United States Congress , the fourth Irish leader to do so. His government had also passed
6776-573: Was born in Ballsbridge , Dublin, in 1926, son of Desmond FitzGerald and Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald . His mother was involved in politics, and it was through her that his father also became political. He had three elder brothers, Desmond (1911–1987), Pierce (1914–1986), and Fergus (1920–1983). His father was born and raised in London and was the Minister for External Affairs at the time of his son's birth. He
6864-511: Was decided to recommission the former for a second series. It proved more popular with the audience than Craig Doyle 's show which was panned by the critics and regarded as a flop. On 14 March 2015, O'Connor announced that the programme would end that May, with Ray D'Arcy to take over the Saturday night slot from the following autumn. The Saturday Night Show achieved cult status for numerous incidents, many of them rather coincidentally involving
6952-399: Was eager to enter politics. Despite his pro-Treaty roots, it was suggested by several members of Fianna Fáil , including Charles Haughey and Michael Yeats , that he should join that party. Ultimately, FitzGerald made his entry into party politics under the banner of Fine Gael, of which his father had been a founding member. He attached himself to the party's liberal wing, which rallied around
7040-761: Was educated at the Jesuit Belvedere College and University College Dublin (UCD), from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in history, French and Spanish in 1946, later returning to complete a PhD in economics which he obtained in 1968; his doctoral thesis was published the following year, titled Planning in Ireland . He was deeply interested in the politics of the Spanish Civil War and World War II . A bright student who counted among his contemporaries in UCD his future political rival, Charles Haughey , who also knew Joan O'Farrell (1923–1999),
7128-516: Was encouraged to write on National Accounts and economics by the features editor in the Irish Times . He remained with Aer Lingus until 1958; the following year, after undertaking a study of the economics of Irish industry at Trinity College Dublin , he became a lecturer in economics at UCD. FitzGerald qualified as a barrister, from the King's Inns of Ireland, and spoke French fluently. FitzGerald
7216-423: Was gay on the show on an episode broadcast on 29 October 2011. Newly-weds Alan Hughes and Karl Broderick joined Brendan to discuss their whirlwind love affair on 5 November 2011, announcing that it was their first interview as a couple despite having been involved with each other for 18 years. The Saturday Night Show continued its gay theme by having Chris Burch, the stroke survivor who woke up to discover he
7304-557: Was gay, as a guest, with Alex James also talking about how he makes cheese . Johnny Robinson was a guest on The Saturday Night Show on 3 December 2011. During a November 2011 performance by The Overtones , Brendan O'Connor had to hold up a curtain after a "terrible mishap occurred in the RTÉ studio". The incident was nominated for the "Brown Trousers Moment" award at the 2011 Erics. In January 2012, chef Antony Worrall Thompson gave his first television interview since his arrest for shoplifting. In May 2014, O'Connor asked his guest,
7392-501: Was heavily defeated in the election. The Progressive Democrats won 14 seats, mainly from Fine Gael . Although Haughey did not have an overall majority, when it came to the Dáil vote on the nomination of Taoiseach , the Independent left-wing TD Tony Gregory voted against FitzGerald but abstained on Haughey, seeing Haughey as the "lesser of two evils". This was because of Gregory's opposition to
7480-476: Was hoped that the show would be "high energy", would "provide a distinctively Irish take on contemporary entertainment" and proposals for the show's format could include "chat, music, comedy, satire or some other element, such as audience participation, games, etc". It was reported by the Evening Herald that the programme would have a budget of € 90,000 per programme. Newspaper reports in late 2009 revealed that
7568-590: Was liberalised under the Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1985 . FitzGerald set up the New Ireland Forum in 1983, which brought together representatives of the constitutional political parties in the Republic and the nationalist SDLP from Northern Ireland. Although the Unionist parties declined his invitation to join, and the Forum's conclusions proposing various forms of association between Northern Ireland and
7656-638: Was no longer a member of the Commonwealth of Nations , but had in 1973 joined the European Economic Community (EEC), the organisation which would later become the European Union (EU). FitzGerald, firmly ensconced as Foreign Minister, was free from any blame due to other Ministers' mishandling of the economy. If anything, his tenure at the Department of Foreign Affairs helped him eventually achieve
7744-710: Was the son of a labourer who had emigrated from Skeheenarinky in County Tipperary, joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914, and fought during the 1916 Easter Rising . FitzGerald senior had been active in Sinn Féin during the Irish War of Independence and had been one of the founders of Cumann na nGaedheal . The party was formed to support the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which created the Irish Free State . Although
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