The Late Late Show season 54

[2][3] But it proved to be one of the most controversial incidents of recent times, with Dynamo the lamb being pinned onto a 'carousel' for the pleasure of the viewing public.

[4] The Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) called for a viewer boycott, saying in a statement it issued that "Ryan Tubridy was either clueless or he simply turned a blind eye to the most disturbing and uncomfortable scenes on the 'Late Late Show' on Friday night, when a lamb was pinned down on a 'lamb carousel'.

"[2] Viewers too complained it was not humane, expressed horror at the "cruelty to poor animals" and mailed and telephoned their disgust.

[4][2] The Irish Independent posed the question of "whether RTE should have hauled five-day-old lambs into a strange noisy environment under the glare of studio lights.

[7] RTÉ received formal complaints after Paul Williams's latest appearance one week ahead of the 2016 general election.

[9][10][11] On the episode shown on 18 March, in relation to an upcoming documentary on Irish Travellers, Tubridy interviewed one of them.

[12][13] On 25 March 2016 (the feast of Good Friday), five RTÉ 'stars' - Martys Whelan and Morrissey and Sean O'Rourke, as well as two women (Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh and Liz Nolan) - donned 1916 costumes to promote RTÉ's Reflecting the Rising special over the Easter weekend.

Later in the interview her daughter joined her and the terminally ill lady sat in the host's chair and asked him to help with her funeral arrangements.

None of his parliamentary party colleagues showed any interest in seconding his own nomination of himself and Brendan Howlin won through, unopposed.