A Dublin teen who is travelling to every county in Ireland using accessible public transport stole the show today on Ireland AM and left Tommy Bowe red faced.
James Casserly, who has cerebral palsy, was joined by his mum Vicki to chat with Tommy and his co-host Muireann O'Connell about the BayWatch initiative to legislate for misuse of accessible parking bays. But when the topic moved onto sport and James' love of football, the banter became a bit much for former rugby star Tommy.
The Lucan teen stood up for his love of football, calling rugby "too posh", to great laughter from Vicki and Muireann as Tommy tried to catch his composure and joked "behave yourself". And later in the appearance they got on to chatting about the counties James has visited.
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As Tommy revealed James had eight counties left to visit he asked him what his favourite was to which James replied Galway. But Tommy once again got hot under the collar as he asked James what he thought of Monaghan to which he joked "there's nothing to do there!".
The moment turned out even funnier as after Tommy said "I thought you were going to get back into the good books and say Monaghan", he mistakenly thought James said he hadn't been there yet. But Muireann quickly pointed out what James had said and Tommy couldn't help but laugh at the teen's quick wit.
Taking to Twitter after the appearance, James sent a tweet from his account Jimbo's Accessible Adventures, simply captioned "Sorry @TommyBowe" with several laughing emojis. One response said: "Don’t be sorry you’re dead right Jimbo" while another in support added: "Love it Jimbo, Tommy was no match for you!".
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