After the series had begun , there were reviews too . Katie Byrne in the '' Evening Herald '' said RTÉ were " deluded in terms of what constitutes a celebrity " ; however , she admitted it had " come so close to genius " but was lacking in irony . In the same publication , George Byrne dubbed it " RTE 's celebrity boxing atrocity " , opining that " quite simply , the fact that charitable causes may benefit financially from something is no excuse for bad television programmes ... or rotten records " before comparing the motives to those of television programmes '' Fáilte Towers '' and '' Celebrity You 're a Star '' and the musical attempts of Queen at Live Aid , records released in aid of the Bradford City stadium fire in the United Kingdom in 1985 and the Zeebrugge ferry disaster in 1986 as well as " the dreadful " Let 's Make It Work " " which " we were forced to endure ... on what seemed like an hourly basis on RTÉ radio "
Bradford City stadium fire
Bradford City stadium fire
Charity Lords of the Ring