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
The Lucy Kennedy Show The Lucy Kennedy Show The Lucy Kennedy Show is an Irish chat show hosted by Lucy Kennedy. Her father, John Kennedy, accompanies her in studio, where he performs the role of pianist. Each episode involves Lucy Kennedy interviewing two guests and dressing up as a well-known personality to perform a sketch. It began airing on 6 January 2009. In the first episode, Kennedy interviewed her fellow chat show presenter Ryan Tubridy and professional comedian PJ Gallagher. Gallagher displayed his boxer shorts and Tubridy revealed an addiction to a certain confectionery. Kennedy dressed up as singer Amy Winehouse to perform a