THE guests on the TV chat show circuit often say that the shipyard cities of Liverpool, Glasgow and Belfast are both the toughest audience and the best audience. Béal Feirste last Friday night did not disappoint with the five-strong preview panel nearly as entertaining as the crowd.

Toalsbet.com sponsored the affair and Pamela Ballantine was compere with her hard to replicate ’Pamelaness‘ while Kevin Blake, Tony Keenan, Archie Devlin (The Punters Diary/Irish News) and Bryan Cooper were the experts.