Sunday Interview: Louis Walsh

Ireland’s most famous TV show judge lines up targets like empty tin cans on a brick wall

Resplendent Louis Walsh. Pic: Feargal Ward

CV: Louis Walsh

Age:63

Family: one of a family of nine, Walsh was raised in Kiltimagh, Co Mayo, before moving to Dublin

Lives: Ranelagh

Favourite film: The Exorcist, Gran Torino, The Shawshank Redemption

Hobbies: art collecting, eating out

Louis Walsh gives me a cute grin.

“The Voice of Ireland? They’ve never even had a minor hit from that programme. It’s bad karaoke.”

He leans into my tape recorder and gives it a deep, ...