I dunno about you guys, but I’ve got a hard-on for RTE this August. Why? Well because of Fáilte Towers. The premise:

Failte Towers, Ireland’s only 12 star hotel, will open its doors to an unsuspecting public this August 2nd, live on RTÉ One. Presented by RTÉ’s Aidan Power and Baz Ashmawy, Failte Towers will feature 12 celebrities, each battling the heat of the kitchen, the steam of the laundry and the toil of the toilets as they are left to their own devices to run a real, fully functioning hotel.

Paddy Power has the contestants as follows:

Ronan O’Gara 11 - 8
Liz O’Kane 4 - 1
Gerald Kean 6 - 1
Andrea Roche 8 - 1
Jennifer Maguire 8 - 1
Barry Egan 10 - 1
Donna McCaul 12 - 1
Joe McCaul 12 - 1
Claire Tully 20 - 1

Christ. And Ronan O’Gara? What the hell is wrong with you chief?

Anyway. You can:

Apply for a room.
Register your function to take place at the hotel.
Or just apply to be in the audience.

Who cares about the weather when we’ve got this to look forward to?

[RTE] Failte Towers official site.

Preview:

From the most useless service ever invented department, comes this service from Scoooped to get your own custom The Irish Sun front page printed.

Ever dreamed of appearing on the front of Ireland’s favourite newspaper? Well now you CAN! The Irish Sun has teamed up with Scooped! Limited to make you a star. Just tell us who you want on your Sun front page and our news desk will design a Father’s Day, birthday or wedding gift never to be forgotten.

Examples given:

Best service evar. Click it. The glow on a brides face after receiving such a quality gift, the guys who come up with this shit should be made kings.

Press conference (It’s quite good.):

Love the Linda Martin quip:

He’s a lovely man I really like him.

And the rehearsal:

Christ. Is he on a shopping trolley?