Ryan Tubridy leave this curious social medium." After a five-year break, he returned to social media and created an Instagram account. Tubridy won the Best Irish DJ category at the 2004 Meteor Awards for his breakfast show, "The Full Irish". Tubridy was named Best Male TV Presenter at the TV Now Awards in 2009. He collected the award for "Favourite Irish TV Show" from then girlfriend Ní Shúilleabháin, won by "The Late Late Show" at the 2010 awards. "The Dubliner" magazine awarded him the title Dubliner of the Year in 2009. His 19th-place finish in the 2009 Remus Uomo 100 Sexiest Irish
The Gerry Ryan Show new show in that slot "the biggest prize right now in radio". The now cross-media event "Operation Transformation" originated on "The Gerry Ryan Show". In 2010, Ryan launched "Undercurrents", a Friday slot airing unsigned unplaylisted Irish acts who then had their details published on his website. The "Irish Independent"s John Meagher disagreed that this was typical of RTÉ 2fm and Gerry Ryan. A spin-off show of the demoed songs premiered on RTÉ 2XM on 5 March 2010, presented by "GRS" researcher John Bela Reilly. Following Ryan's untimely death on 30 April 2010, Meagher hoped "Undercurrents" would be continued by his