Todd Andrews Andrews jnr. aka comedian David McSavage. In May 2009, Ryan Tubridy was appointed by RTÉ to succeed Pat Kenny as host of the television station's long-running chat show "The Late Late Show", whose first host (and producer) was Gay Byrne until Kenny took over in 1999. Byrne, in his 1989 memoirs "The Time of My Life" and subsequently in an RTÉ documentary in 2005, related how Andrews, then chairman of the RTÉ Authority, phoned the Director-General of RTÉ Tim McCourt and ordered him to fire "that fucker Byrne"; however McCourt refused to dismiss Byrne. Todd Andrews Christopher Stephen Andrews (6
Midweek (Irish TV series) she also presented the daily chat show "Midday" and co-presented the "TV3 News at 5.30". In 2010 Sarah Carey took over as presenter of "Midweek" while Fitzpatrick was on maternity leave. During a piece investigating cross-border shopping for groceries in 2011, there was controversy when Ciara Doherty offended viewers from Northern Ireland by implying that everyone in Northern Ireland identified themselves as British. "Midweek" was also accused of portraying Northerners as if they were from Germany or Outer Mongolia. Midweek (Irish TV series) Midweek was an Irish weekly television news magazine broadcast by TV3. Produced by TV3 News, the programme