Can we have our OWN celebrities instead of 2nd rate Irish ones please?

I’ve just seen the Socceroos wander around ANZ Stadium whilst China squeezed a goal into their busy schedule of seemingly auditioning for the Italian team. (For those unfamiliar with the favourite pastime of Italian footballers, they drop like stones at the slightest glance, clutching their shins and moaning theatrically .)

Anyway, it was a shite game but a great crowd. 72,000+ I believe. The half-time entertainment confused me a bit though. Just because Bryan McFadden “the fat-dumb-one-from-Westlife” lives here (who LET him live here??) why do we have to have him as a guest goalie in our half-time kicky-boot comp for the kiddies? We have PLENTY enough sub-standard, cheesy celebri-twits of our own to fill choice spots like this. I bet McChubba was paid for it too. Now does this money go into an Irish bank account? Where ‘artists’ (the term is VERY loose!) don’t pay a plop of tax? tbc.