The Late Late Show (season 48) The final episode of the series, which was broadcast on 28 May 2010, coincided with Tubridy's 37th birthday and the monthiversary of the death of Gerry Ryan. Ryan Tubridy was announced as the new host of "The Late Late Show" on 11 May 2009, weeks before Pat Kenny's reign came to an end. Tubridy spoke before his first episode of his plans for his tenure as host of "The Late Late Show". He declared that the owl was "not dead". He spoke of his delight at securing an Irish sponsor, Quinn Group, which he described as "a nice honest Cavan
Death of Gerry Ryan posthumous lifetime achievement award was collected by the Ryan family some weeks after the funeral during the TV Now Awards. In June RTÉ 2fm was reported to be "haemorrhaging" 10,000 listeners every week since the death of Gerry Ryan as RTÉ struggled to confirm a successor. Melanie Verwoerd later spoke of the difficulties she had listening to Gerry Ryan's eventual RTÉ 2fm successor Ryan Tubridy. Tubridy took over the role on 20 August 2010, paying tribute to Gerry and having Bono as a guest on his opening show. Lottie and Rex Ryan received a posthumous accolade on behalf of their