The Late Late Show was the most complained about TV or radio programme in Ireland for the last three years.
However, not a single one of the 30 formal complaints made against the Ryan Tubridy-presented chat show from 2017 to 2019 was upheld.
Almost half of the complaints registered about the Late Late Show related to a single programme that was broadcast in January 2017.
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An RTE spokesman said: “From the balance of 162 complaints, 12 were resolved and did not proceed to the BAI, while the remaining 150 were rejected.
Almost half of the complaints registered about the Late Late Show related to a single programme that was broadcast in January 2017.
It featured a controversial appearance by Blindboy of the Rubberbandits, in which he made a joke comparing communion wafer to “haunted bread”.
That episode attracted 14 complaints, of which two were resolved before being considered by the BAI. The remainder were all rejected.
