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The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
RTE Fair City star calls on TV bosses to make soap history and have crossover with Irish language show
RTE Fair City star George McMahon has called on TV bosses to make Irish soap history - and have a crossover with Ros na Rún. In the UK, ITV have announced that next year for the first time Advertisement 4 RTE Fair City star George McMahon has called on TV bosses to make Irish soap history 4 George would love to see a crossover with Ros na Rún 4 He said it's a crossover 'we all need and want' It will be a historic moment for soap fans, and it's something George would love to see here. He told The Irish Sun: 'I'm putting it out there. It's a road trip and it's Cass, Mondo and Ray. We need to go to the Gaeltacht for some reason. And we end up in Tigh Thaidhg, having pints in Ros na Rún. "Crossover episode we all need and want. I'm putting it out there to the universe. We have to make it happen. Tá mé reidh.' This week sees the residents of Carrigstown celebrate a new Advertisement read more on fair city George's character Mondo and Ruby, played by Rachel Wren, are the PR team behind the launch of the supermarket, which they are determined to make a success for their company Comet. George said it made for a fun day on set: 'For us, it was really fun because it kind of felt like sports day in school. "It just happened, kind of the bells and whistles and even the guy on the stilts, God love him, he was there all day in the stilts, didn't come out of them at all. "But there was a carnival atmosphere and seeing balloons and stuff like that, and it kind of just made it really real for us. Advertisement most read in the irish sun Exclusive "So there's a really, really nice positive vibe about the place, having Lidl there and the Lidl team overseeing everything and everyone with smiles on their faces. It just made our day so much fun. So it is, days like that are definitely as fun as they look." Tonight's Fair City He said the fact that a brand has committed to the show gives the cast safety for their future. 'I suppose Lidl coming on board as well, kind of reinforces everybody's commitment to the show going forward. That's kind of really kind of bolstered us. The numbers are really good. 'It's still really well watched by audiences. And RTE backs us 100 per cent. So it is nice for us to do that. So we can just get to open our scripts and worry about storylines rather than the future of the show anymore. Advertisement 'GETTING EXCITED' "But I think there are some exciting times ahead for us. And we've got a really busy summer and lots of stuff coming up for after the summer as well, which would be the launch of the autumn stuff as well, which is stuff that we'd be getting excited about as well." He praised the younger cast coming through for opening up the soap to a new audience, but added the recent returns of actors like "I think it's great. And I actually think all that prison stuff, that could be a standalone show. It'd be like a "But having Advertisement "I watched that myself as a fan of the show and that brought me back to the times before I was in the show. And it was really, really cool. It's always great when you have kind of legendary, iconic characters coming back and kind of just feeds the audience something nice, you know?" Fair City airs four times a week and the new episodes celebrating the new Lidl shop will appear over the coming days. 4 It will be a historic moment for soap fans
Irish Examiner
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Irish Examiner
My Wedding Day with Seán Mistéal: 'People thought we were mad not having a table plan, but everyone mingled'
We got married on May 3, 2019, in Ballyferriter in West Kerry. It was a humanist wedding, and we had it outdoors. This lovely cafe, called Tig Áine, has a wonderful space out the back where the scenery is absolutely breathtaking, and that's where we had the ceremony. We took a chance with the date for an outdoor wedding; you never know with the weather. The day before was howling wind and rain; I mean horizontal winds. But on the morning of the wedding, my father pulled back the curtains and calmly said, 'It's a fine day to get married.' The weather gods smiled on us. My wife, Rianne, is from the Netherlands. We actually met in a pub in Galway, a traditional Irish pub called Tig Cóilí. She was here on holidays. All her family came over from the Netherlands for the wedding, and they were just absolutely blown away by the location and the scenery. With a humanist wedding, you have so many options or rituals you can choose. We were a bit bamboozled looking at them, but Billy, our celebrant, said to pick the ones that felt right for us. So we did the handfasting and the rings, and they were special and really symbolised our connection. As I was waiting for my wife to arrive at the ceremony, my brother, who was one of my groomsmen, whispered to me, 'How are you feeling?' And I said to him, 'You know what? I'm strangely calm, I'm not nervous.' And he says, 'Of course, you're not, because you're marrying your best friend.' And I thought that was very powerful, and I got a little bit emotional, because that really summed it up: I was marrying my best friend. Seán Mistéal and his wife Rianne celebrating after their wedding ceremony at Dún Chaoin in Kerry. After the ceremony, we went to Dún Chaoin, where I'm from, for our photographs. There's amazing scenery there. Our photographer was my wife's cousin, Colin, and then the videographer was a man called Eoin Collins, who was a cameraman on Ros na Rún (he's actually a director there now). It was just quite funny, because I said to him beforehand, 'Treat me like I'm at work. Tell me where to stand and where to move.' It was great having two people who knew us so well doing the photos and the video — they knew our personalities and what we like, that kind of thing. So we enjoyed that part of the day. So much so, the hotel — Ceann Sibéal in Ballyferriter — actually called us and said, 'Listen, the food is ready.' Now, we had decided on a buffet for the food and we didn't do a table plan — we don't believe in rules — so we said to the hotel, 'Serve away.' You see, the theme of our wedding was that it wasn't necessarily about us; it was more about the coming together of both our families. So we thought, if the guests are hungry, they're hungry; the pictures were more important to us. So then we came in later and got a glass of champagne, and then we queued up for our own food with everyone else. People thought we were mad not having a table plan, but what ended up happening was everyone mingled. And, instead of it being the Irish over there and the Dutch over there, it was all mixed together, and that's exactly what we wanted. Seán Mistéal and his wife Rianne at Tig Áine for their humanist ceremony. After the buffet, we had the speeches, which ended up being a little bit of a roast. Nothing offensive at all, just taking the mickey. I made a speech, but I kept it short and simple, said a few words in Dutch to thank Rianne's family for making the trip over. My wife's two sisters spoke, too, and also did a little roast of Rianne, which was quite funny. We had a DJ then, a great fella who was recommended by my best man, Conall. I went up to him at the start, and I says, 'You can play whatever you want, but no ABBA.' Of course, my best man heard that, and he was actually offering DJ Dowdy money to play ABBA, but, in fairness, he stayed true to his word and didn't play them. Our first dance was You and Me, by Pink. I'm no dancer, so we did practise a bit before the day, and we got there in the end. There was great craic going on. We even did a mock Riverdance routine, which the Dutch thought was going to be the real deal. I ended up going to bed earlier than my wife. It was such a long day and I was just so tired. I think I went home at two o'clock, and my wife came in at four. The second day was more relaxed. We went to Páidí Ó Sé's pub and they did a lovely spread for us. We invited Rónán Flaherty to come and play on that second day. His father owns the pub where myself and my wife met in Galway. He's a great musician. That was a bit of a special connection to where we first met. Six years later, when I look back on the day, not to be cliche, but the first memory I have is of my wife walking up the aisle. She was absolutely gorgeous. And another big memory is of going to the graveyard, because my mom had passed away a few years before the wedding, so we decided to do a picture at the grave site. So that was very powerful and emotional. 'Ros na Rún' is broadcast twice weekly on TG4 on Tuesday and Thursday at 8.30pm, with an omnibus on Sunday at 7.30pm.
The Irish Sun
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
How & when to watch Pope Francis' funeral from Ireland as RTE confirm coverage of tradition bucking ‘simple' ceremony
HUNDREDS of thousands of people will gather in the Italian capital for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. But for those who won't be making the flight to Advertisement 3 Thousands of mourners will gather for the funeral Credit: AFP 3 The ceremony will take place on Saturday Credit: AFP The deceased pope's funeral will be held in the historic Italian city on Saturday, April 26. It will take place almost a week after the 88-year-old Since then, his body was brought from The Vatican and lay in wait in St Peter's Basilica for public viewing and mourning. The funeral mass ceremony, which will take place in St Peter's Square in the Advertisement Read more in News The service will be led by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re. Pope Francis famously bucked the tradition of a decadent funeral, opting for a more "simple" plan. He made the move in 2024 to show that he was a "disciple of Christ" rather than "a powerful man of this world". According to his changes, he is to be buried in a single coffin rather than the traditional three separate coffins throughout the burial rites. Advertisement Most read in Irish News Exclusive And different language will be used, with the previously used term "Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church" now being avoided. Pope Francis' coffin transferred to St. Peter's Basilica For those watching the ceremony from Ireland, national broadcaster They recently announced a major programming Live coverage from The Vatican will begin at 8.30am Irish time. Advertisement The programme, lasting four hours, will be presented by David McCullagh, Sharon Ní Bheoláin and Áine Lawlor. At 12.30pm, footage of the Pope's visit to Ireland will be aired until the news at 1.00pm. Due to the scheduling change, SPECIAL PROGRAMMING And RTE bosses said that Ros na Rún, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators and Celebrity Bridge of Lies have been scrapped from Saturday's programming altogether. Advertisement Coverage of the funeral will also be available on RTE Radio One during a special programming, with Colm Ó Mongáin and Fr Thomas McCarthy giving commentary. And RTE said that "detailed reporting" will also be available on their website and app. The funeral of Pope Francis is set to bring leaders from countries around the world. It's already been announced that US President Donald Advertisement Irish President Michael D 3 RTE have announced live coverage of the event Credit: Reuters
