Mrs Brown's Boys Live outperformed Downton Abbey on Christmas Day by some three million viewers.
However, a further four million people though watched the period drama finale in the week that followed.
Brendan O'Carroll, meanwhile, bagged 9.69 million viewers in total.
Guest presenter Kieran Cuddihy described the Downton finale as awful and said he was glad the toxic relationship he had endured with the show has ended.
On the front pages:
The Irish Times leads with: "Ministers estimate roads flood damage will cost €40 million".
Also, "Doctors may get millions over HSE failure to give pay rises", and "Wife and father-in-law charged in US over death of Irishman".
In The Irish Independent: "Jason Corbett's killing wife is charged with murder of Dad of two", and "Shopping spree earns extra €3 billion for the State" ahead of the release of Exchequer figures later.
The Irish Examiner: "Bishop - people left homeless" after comments from CoI Bishop of Cork Paul Coltan who says there has been a lack of leadership and coordination in dealing with flood victims.
That paper also has: "Rural garda stations to remain closed" and "Fingleton loses action to block Central Bank inquiry".
The Irish Daily Mail: "Molly Martens and her father charged with Jason's killing".
The Herald: "Slain Jason's wife on murder charge".
The Irish Daily Star: "Drugs mules jail disease agony" - Michaela McCollum Connolly has been struck down by a tropical flu in a South American prison, where she is serving time for attempting to smuggle cocaine from Peru to Europe.
The Irish Daily Mirror: "Pirates of the Shannon" - the story about the stolen army dinghy that was used in an attempt to burgle recently flooded homes.
The Irish Sun: "Pain in the toll" - private motorway firm makes €58 million, but you will have to pay them if traffic is low.
Inside the newspapers:
The Irish Daily Mail has a story on pay rises, saying that only about a quarter of those who expected to get a raise last year when successful.
New Year's resolutions covered in depth in many of the papers - quitting smoking a perennial favourite there.
The online version of The Times (Irish edition) newspaper covers car sales here, that 2015 represented an eight-year high for the industry.
The Irish Times has the story of a primary school ordered, by The Equality Tribunal, to compensate a teacher who claimed she had been harrassed over her son's sexuality. The principal there alleged to have made comments, including one saying 'a normal boy would not have spent the afternoon shopping'.
The Daily Telegraph says MPs are to be granted an opportunity to debate whether Donald Trump should be banned from visiting Britain.
MMA star Conor McGregor is to star in a XXX film, starring alongside Samuel L Jackson.
The company behind Hawkeye, the technology firm that offers match technology have made £4.4 million (stg) in profits.
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