TV Review: A round about way of putting Kenny back on TV

Reviewed this week: Pat Kenny in the Round, UTV Ireland. Home Fires, UTV Ireland. The Speech, RTE One. Claire Byrne Live, RTE One.

Pat Kenny and Mickey Harte on Pat Kenny In The Round (UTV Ireland)
Pat Kenny and Mickey Harte on Pat Kenny In The Round (UTV Ireland)

After much waiting, Pat Kenny has returned to television in well, guess what, a chat show, called Kenny in the Round (UTV Ireland). It’s hardly a transfiguration, unless you count the fact that he wasn’t wearing a tie and there’s no resident band or hoopla and handouts. The stage seems set for serious encounters.

But while Kenny’s second coming was in the ...