22.02.2008
Ireland, Dublin,  RTÉ Television Centre's Studio 1
The Ballad of Ronnie Drew
PAL
PRO-SHOT
no menu, 6 chapters 

This is a live TV performance by Irish stars of "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" earlier recorded as a single and a music video. 
RTE (Irish TV channel) Late Late Show 2008-02-22  (Part 1 only)

1. Intro / The Ballad of Ronnie Drew (live) 
2. Ronnie Draw interview / Bono interview
3. Ronnie Drew short review
4. Bono interview, Sinead O'Connor, Andrea Corr
5. Ronnie Drew songs, Larry / Bono speeches
6. Ronnie Drew Trailer 

Total Running Time: [32:31]

Recorded by: u2_neat
Lineage: RTE TV broadcast > standalone recorder DVR (?) > DVD 
Quality: excellent

Note: OK, first of all A VERY BIG THANX to my friend u2_neat who uploaded in private for me, this beautiful dvd. It's a direct DVB capture, great digital audio/video quality. It's only the Ronnie Drew related material (live performance and very interesting interviews) and not the full Late Late show. Enjoy and share guys. All the best from Hellas! 

Comment: 
On 19 February 2008, a song was released called "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" performed by a number of famous Irish musicians including the members of U2, Sinead O'Connor, Christy Dignam of Aslan, Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead, Irish Trad band Kila, Christy Moore, Andrea Corr, Moya Brennan, Shane McGowan, Bob Geldof, Damien Dempsey, Gavin Friday,Iona Green, Jerry Fish, Paul Brady, Paddy Casey, Mick Pyro (of Republic of Loose), Mundy, Chris de Burgh, Ronan Keating, Jack L, Eleanor Shanley, Mary Black, Declan O'Rourke and Mary Coughlan, as well as The Dubliners and The Chieftains. The single was written to originally include Ronnie himself but was changed to be a tribute to him as his health is declining. The single will be available for digital download from 22 February, and as a CD in shops from the 29 February. All proceeds from sale of the single are to go to The Irish Cancer Society at the request of Ronnie Drew himself. 
The song was performed live on The Late Late Show on 22nd February with Ronnie Drew in attendance as an audience member, and entered the Irish Single Charts at #2. Kostas - Hellas

U2Torrents: Torrent 3732 (by mydakos)

Video Attribute :
  Video compression mode : MPEG-2
  TV system : 625/50 (PAL)
  Aspect Ratio : 4:3
  Display Mode : reserved
  Source picture resolution : 720x576 (625/50)
  Frame Rate : 25.00
  Source picture letterboxed : Not letterboxed
  Bitrate : 9.30Mbps

Audio Attribute : 
  Audio Coding mode : Dolby Digital
  Sampling Rate : 48kHz
  Audio application mode : Surround
  Number of Audio channels : 2.0
  Bitrate : 256 Kbps
  Number of Audio streams : 1