Beoga and Niall Breslin to perform on The Late Late Show tonight

The Late Late Show have announced trad band Beoga and Niall Breslin will be the musical guests for tonight's programme.

Beoga will also join host Patrick Kielty for a chat about their decision to leave Ed Sheeran's LOOP tour back in September, due to US rapper Macklemore's removal after his calls for a 'free Palestine.'

The band played a gig at the Garvaghy Road in solidarity with protestors at the beginning of October. They were nominated for Best Folk Group for the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards, the winners will be announced at a ceremony in Vicar Street on November 10.

Beoga have several upcoming Belfast and Dublin shows in December.

Niall Breslin will perform with his band The Polaris Quartet during the show. The musician will play a number of dates in the coming weeks, including a show Drumhierny Woodland Hideaway in Leitrim on October 24, and The National Opera House in Wexford on November 8.

Other guests for tonight's Late Late Show include Irish actress Philippa Dunne, who recently starred in the RTÉ show Tale Tales & Murder.

She is also known for her role as Anne Flynn in the UK comedy Motherland, and its spin-off, Amandaland. Dunne will chat about her BAFTA nomination for best actress in a comedy earlier this year.

Athlete Sharlene Mawdsley and Tipperary gaelic football star Mikey Breen will join Kielty to discuss competing at a national and international level. The couple will also partake in a unique sporting challenge.

Ireland's Fittest Family host Laura Fox will meet with Kielty to delve into the 14th season of the show, which returns next month. She will divulge some backstage gossip, and will also talk about her wedding, which she celebrated in August this year.

Iain Ward, known to his social media followers as 'King of Chemo' will chat to the host about his preparations for the upcoming Dublin Marathon on Sunday. He will also discuss his life-altering brain cancer diagnosis that has led him across the world raising money for cancer research.

Following a recent rise in headlines about drug intimidation across Ireland, Investigations Editor of The Sunday World Nicola Tallant will talk to Kielty about the rise of violent crimes and the impact these have on communities.