The Night Is Young (And Youre So Beautiful)

The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful

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As a teenager it would have been Bowie Illustrious comedian and actor Katherine Lynch: I like to think we would practice our kiss for a while before going for it. Illustrious broadcaster and Ireland's most famous wearer of a moustache, Marty Whelan: After Maria, she could be my second First Lady.

I'm a bit of a heightist and I usually only go for men over 6ft but Tom can stand on a box under the mistletoe. I literally fell in love with him in A Star Is Born. Singer of some considerable note, Tommy Fleming: No explanation needed I think. Ageless racing car driver and author of inspirational feminist tract Driven, Rosemary Smith: He is gorgeous and mad about cars.

Author and broadcaster Victoria Mary Clarke: He might be able to teach me the guitar. And a 21st Century Scarlet Pimpernel! I adore him and David Walliams Which was so funny because nothing could be further from the truth! Of course I signed 'Tracey Emin'! Hard when they say: Naughty at every chance. Then Maria Walsh pipes up: I am a retired Rose of Tralee. I moved into a house in Stoneybatter with a friend and we spent the first half of the year going out a lot. I was just over excited about living so close to town with a pal but the novelty eventually wore off and we calmed down.

Such dazzling repartee reminded me, of course, of what Noel Coward was getting at when he mused, once upon a time, that "wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it like marmalade". Prepared by The InterContinental's executive chef Alberto Rossi and his team, the culinary treats included: In terms of the headiness of the night, the party is like Studio 54 in New York, the Copacabana in Rio, Annabel's in London or Regine's in Paris during their respective heydays courtesy of the star-power on display tonight in Dublin 4.

I'll get to Gay Byrne, who arrives with Kathleen Watkins at 7pm and stays until Neven Maguire popped in, with his new book, Home Economics for Life, to offer foodie ideas to Marty Whelan, as did that other culinary king Ross Lewis who cooked for the Queen in Dublin in the summer of The Poor Ould Fellas and Tony You looked on the couch and there were Gay Byrne and Kathleen Watkins holding court for four hours. People were literally queueing up to tell Uncle Gaybo how great they thought he was all their lives, or to listen to him up close and personal for 15 minutes or so, hopefully to get something approaching the meaning of life from the great man himself.

Sipping his Jameson - a glass that was replenished a few times throughout the night - Gay gave generously of his time. As did his other half Kathleen Watkins. When charity queen Debbie Deegan, who helps the children of Russia, told Kathleen that she had a great idea for a children's book, Kathleen, beaming more than ever with the massive success of her second children's book, Happy Christmas, Pigin! But back to the party. And not the Communist Party. It was a party that could only have happened when it did and where it did: An Taoiseach came last year but cried off this party, promising instead to have dinner with me on the following night you can read the interview in next Sunday Independent's Living.

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Another absentee who starred last year like Leo was a four-legged fella by the name of Ted. Twink said she got sad eyes from Ted who was sitting on the bottom of the stairs as she was leaving the house to go to the party, but she simply didn't have time to get him ready to go with her, having rushed back from a day's filming to get ready for the party herself. There were enough A-listers in the room to make up for Ted whatever about Leo not being there, however. Indeed, for five hours, the Presidential Suite of the InterContinental was the giddy epicentre of the universe, where the Champagne never stopped flowing or the sumptuous food never stopped arriving on plates.

It was a sybaritic paradise of beautiful people letting their hair down. If Heineken made parties in Presidential Suites then this would be it. Were the guests happy to see Michael D returned to Aras an Uachtarain again for another term as President or did they think Peter Casey should have been given a go?

Michael D is a public servant and orator; Peter Casey gave out about Travellers. I did a few performances at events he and his lovely wife were at, they're both just great. Always jumping off stage to give them a hug. In my opinion, he was the only obvious choice and he is such a statesman. The two ladies before him were amazing, Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson, and continue to make us proud in what they do today. Peter Casey is not what I consider a choice of president for me, but it is important to listen to everyone but I would not agree with his approach.

It is a freezing night in Ballsbridge, but, mercifully, too cold to snow. What are their memories of the Beast from the East? It was a blast. I had been commissioned to do a huge cake for a wonderful woman going through chemo for breast cancer. I had all my supplies in. Besides, my local supermarket is across the road Both my girls were in the USA," she says, referring to Chloe and Naomi; the latter is with her famous mammy tonight at the party of Festivals are 10 times better when you're not wearing a poncho dragging your feet through the mud.

A little sun trap and most summers it goes under-utilized, however this summer it came into its own! A garda wouldn't ask me that! Marty Whelan enjoying his Champagne and his Butlers chocolates: A garda would ask me that! The tattooed lady Deirdre O'Kane laughs enjoying her Champagne: I don't have a garden. Kathleen smiles, sipping on Champagne: So I could keep everything alive.

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It was like they'd known each other all their lives. It is not long until Christmas Day but this is no silent night. There is too much opinion-throwing stars in the suite for there to be anything approaching a silent or dull moment. Fellow telly ledge Marty concurs: We were having work done on the house, and I should have been there, as part of the team. But I wasn't and he got on with it and let me do my thing.

She is a tireless worker for animal welfare, and has saved and re-homed countless animals this year and every year A gentleman I sang for his charity event Walkwhileyoucan supporting Motor Neurone Disease which he discovered he had in March this year - just an extraordinary man with a great sense of humour and humility, I felt changed after meeting him.

He has been my hero for many years, but more so now on his passion and influence to stop the damage that's been inflicted on the planet to stall climate change. His knowledge on the natural world is astounding. Brave, inspirational women who bore their illnesses with such courage, dignity and strength.

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I wish all their families and friends the very best this Christmas - their Christmases will be lonely ones without these amazing women. Mark Cagney rising to the occasion well - he has been rising at dawn for nearly two decades to front Ireland Am on Virgin Media: The fact that I turned 50 and was a finalist on the show, come on! It was a great feeling. The reason I mention it is because he was so proud of me on Dancing With The Stars, and I loved the fact he loved the show and was so proud of me.

Camille O'Sullivan has her own highlight that Victoria will appreciate: It was really emotional and the audience was incredible and wild, Shane was great. And also seeing dear Gaybo and his lovely wife this evening! I'm a big fan of the show and I love trying anything that gets me out of my comfort zone. Pat Shortt, enjoying a Butlers Chocolate Butlers Chocolate very kindly provided a box for everyone at the party: Getting out in front of an audience for the first time is the scariest and was a huge relief that it worked really well.

I marvel at the geniuses that work in theatre. And it's looking smashing so far. Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Progress on improving gender balance in our higher level institutions has been too slow - and it would remain too slow unless we took action.

I created 45 gender-specific posts over a three-year period where there is clear evidence of significant female gender under-representation. The viewing figures are around 25 million in the US, so it was nerve-racking yet incredibly exciting to think of such a large audience to re-launch my career.

The feedback has been really positive and there's now talk of some further related projects in the new year. She is the bravest person I know. Like a lot of people I find January a bit tough and I was depressed and anxious up until spring. I am never sick He was a visionary and a beautiful soul and he will be missed.

I expected some backlash, however I am simply responding to the serious challenges faced by our higher education institutions on the gender equality front. What we are doing is an entirely different approach, innovative and will help shine a light on our brilliant female academics.

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