Upfront with Katie Hannon: Strait-laced, a bit po-faced, except when it’s trying to be cuddly. Then it is unbearableThat’s the register here as Katie Hannon invites members of the public to explain why they’re refusing to pay their licence . One woman complains about the shoddiness of RTÉ's daytime schedule, an older man says Montrose stitched up Tubridy and that the executives who facilitated his off-the-books payments need to be called to account.
Smyth, who was educated at Gonzaga, takes the Jesuitical stratagem of speaking while saying as little as possible. “If people break the law, they should be prosecuted,” he shrugs, as neutrally as he can.