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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Sandra Mallon

Tommy Tiernan's RTE chat show sees a dip in ratings as TV favourite hit by first night of restrictions easing

More than half a million tuned into the Late Late Show on Friday night – but Tommy Tiernan suffered a slight drop in ratings as the country's restrictions were lifted on Saturday night.

Late Late host Ryan Tubridy saw an average 505,000 tuning into his show on Friday, but comedian Tommy had a slight dip with 425,000 with a 38% share tuning into his chat show. A further 91,000 watched Tommy back on the Rte Player.

A spokesperson for RTÉ said: "An average of almost 505,000 watched Friday night’s Late Late Show across RTÉ One and RTÉ+1. This marked 43% share of the available audience on RTÉ One.”

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