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Sunday 20 September 2020
This year’s Christmas special was watched by an average audience of 574,000 people.
This year’s Christmas special was watched by an average audience of 612,000 people.
‘It’s for the kind of people who go to an Elton John concert’.
A documentary describing the life of Maureen O’Carroll, mother of Brendan, airs this morning.
Let’s have a little look back on the history of the character.
If only you had the patience.
Soap fans enjoyed an hour-long Fair City on Christmas Day.
A huge leak of about 13.4 million secret documents has shed light on the tax affairs of the rich and famous.
All Round to Mrs Brown’s will air tonight on RTÉ 1.
All round to Mrs Brown’s.
All round to Mrs Brown’s.
The actor was subjected to a wave of abuse on Twitter.
Ah feck off.
The show pulled in an average of 607,500 viewers on Christmas Day.
The cast and crew of Mrs Brown’s Boys have made a “very substantial” donation to the Society of St Vincent de Paul.
RTE this morning announced its festive schedule.
The show beat off contenders such The IT Crowd and the Office.
The plot and outline for the film are “ready to go” said Brendan O’Carroll.
“If you ever feel lonely or a bit down, turn on the television and flick to comedy.”
How far are you willing to go to show your appreciation for Agnes Brown?
Both the movie and the Christmas special proved popular with viewers this year.
EVERYONE is sharing it.
Who’ll be a winner?
He looks fairly thrilled about it too.
Have Irish people fallen out of love with the cinema?
RTÉ’s news programmes also performed well over the festive period.
But it was down nearly 2 million on last year.
An important comparison.
*Before inflation, anyway.
O’Carroll offered the money to a businessman who had struggled to get finance.
If there is not a joke about the Wicklow native’s former profession as a hooker, we will be extremely disappointed.
Bit of a d’saster.
Brendan O’Carroll’s show is the subject of a new exhibition that aims to demonstrate there’s more to the sitcom than meets the eye.
Brendan O’Carroll’s appearance on the Graham Norton Show caused much distress.
Tanti Florica looks strikingly similar to the original Irish version.
Mrs Brown isn’t going down without a fight.
The three part series premiered on BBC 4 last night.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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