Here is your host, Patrick Kielty!

It's been a long hot summer, and The Late Late Show is back and ready to go!

As he comes home to play at the Irish Open, four-time major winner Rory McIlroy will join Patrick for a chat along the Royal County Down fairway covering all things golf and the very special project he is supporting across Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  

Think we can stop what they do? We doubt it! And we don't want to. Fresh from appearances at some of this year's biggest festivals, young rappers Kabin Crew and Lisdoonvarna Crew are in studio to perform and chat about their viral hit 'The Spark', which gained widespread attention from celebrities the world over and amassed a whopping billion views on social over the summer.

While Team Ireland's time in Paris has come to an end following incredible performances by all our athletes, Olympians and Paralympians will come together for the very first time this Friday night on The Late Late Show. Patrick will welcome medallists home from the summer games!

Comedian John Bishop will be talking all about his eventful summer, from touring Ireland on a motorbike to getting lost in translation in the United States and… donkeys!

Folk music royalty John Sheahan and Phil Coulter join The Late Late Show to exclusively unveil John's new stage show 'The Dubliners Encore'. The new group will perform a rousing medley of The Dubliners hits.

And that's not all, Patrick has something he is really looking forward to telling you about, don't miss it!

Here is your host, Patrick Kielty!
 
In her Late Late Show debut, European champion sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke will be in studio for her first interview in Ireland since the Paris Olympics. Rhasidat joins Patrick this Friday night to talk about her record-breaking season, the Diamond League, coming home to Ireland, and her recent encounter with one of her biggest fans – Rihanna!
 
The Script's Danny O'Donoghue and Glen Power sit down with Patrick to share memories of their band mate Mark Sheehan; they will talk family, getting sober, flying high with PINK as well as playing live acoustic performances from their back catalogue.
 
In a week that has seen war spread to Lebanon, where the civilian death toll continues to rise amid fears of a major escalation, Irish humanitarian John Whyte is in studio to give a picture of his life working with UNRWA in the epicentre of the conflict in Gaza, before he returns there next week. 
 
Gaeilgeoir, podcaster and presenter Hector Ó hEochagáin is in studio to talk about the Irish words and phrases we should know and use and what he's been doing now that he's no longer making his weekly trip to the Hen House.

Plus, it's time to dust off your cowboy boots as Patrick will be going live to a secret location where country music fans will be in with a chance of getting their hands on the last pair of tickets to be in the audience for The Late Late Country Music Special, happening on Friday 4th October!