January – Playboy executive Victor Lownes is forced to cancel an appearance on The Late Late Show after telling reporters he is in Ireland to recruit Irish bunny girls for Playboy clubs in the United Kingdom.[1]
February – A Bishop calls on "all decent Irish Catholics" to protest following a Mr & Mrs sketch on The Late Late Show in which Gay Byrne asks the female contestant about the colour of her nightie. The call is largely ignored, but the affair becomes known as The Bishop and the Nightie affair.[1]
