The Late Late Show (Irish talk show) with journalist Deirdre Purcell, who had ghostwritten Byrne's autobiography. After Kenny's mother suddenly died in October 2008, Gerry Ryan was announced as guest presenter for that week's show with less than 48 hours' notice. Kenny announced his decision to quit live on air in March 2009. On 11 May that year, RTÉ announced Ryan Tubridy as Kenny successor. Kenny in turn replaced Tubridy on 1 February 2013 for one night only, due to the death of Tubridy's father. Since the early 1970s, an annual Christmas edition entitled "The Late Late Toy Show" has been held in late November or early
The Tubridy Show The Tubridy Show The Tubridy Show was an Irish talk-based entertainment radio programme presented by Ryan Tubridy. It was broadcast on Mondays to Fridays at 09:00 on RTÉ Radio 1. Known for its influential book club, the programme attracted 333,000 listeners each morning as of May 2009. In Tubridy's absence, the programme was presented by Dave Fanning or Kathryn Thomas. The programme's first edition was broadcast on 27 June 2005, replacing Marian Finucane's "The Marian Finucane Show", in a slot which she had occupied since 1999. The first guest that morning was Gavin Friday who reported in on the U2