The election will keep current affairs programmers busy and, while the press office in Montrose is staying schtum about it, we hear there's a new late night discussion panel in the making for RTÉ television, which is expected go head to head with Tonight With Vincent Browneon TV3.

It just might be called The Eleventh Hour, and include Keelin Shanley as one of two presenters, with participation from the Après Matchteam. PATSEY MURPHY