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Micheál Martin names cyber risks on The Late Late Show

Patrick Kielty presses the Taoiseach on emergency advice, while Julie Hesmondhalgh and Chris Kent bring a lighter side to the upload week.

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The Late Late Show Story of November 8, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin discusses emergency planning in Ireland and abroad on the #LateLate

"What do you guys know that we don't?" Patrick Kielty asks Micheál Martin, putting a direct question to the Taoiseach about advice to keep emergency supplies at home.

Martin calls the advice sensible, but Kielty presses him on why governments across Europe are issuing similar guidance. Martin identifies cybersecurity as his biggest concern, pointing to subsea cables and undersea gas interconnectors as vulnerabilities. His observation is that technological progress brings new exposure along with it.

That short exchange was The Late Late Show's most-watched new upload, reaching roughly 73,000 views. The full interview and a separate extract about keeping Ireland safe also arrived, giving viewers both the concentrated exchange and the longer conversation. The emergency-planning clip carries the channel's strongest daily momentum, with the full interview also among its busiest videos.

Elsewhere, the programme made room for remembrance. "Ciara Mageean Tribute | The Late Late Show" brought Ellen Keane, Thomas Barr and Greg Allen together with Kielty to celebrate Mageean's life and legacy. It drew the next-largest audience among the week's new uploads.

The lighter conversations included Julie Hesmondhalgh on Coronation Street and Celebrity Traitors, and Cork comedian Chris Kent on quitting the internet, joining the programme straight from the 3Arena.

Across the channel, daily views are running at about twice their usual level, and the week added around 1,000 subscribers. Nearby in size, Lorraine also has an unusually busy daily audience, while Sunrise's subscriber count was unchanged over the week. For The Late Late Show, the most active viewing centres on Martin's preparedness exchange and the Mageean tribute.

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