The Gerry Ryan Show the River Shannon, Podge and Rodge, Irish literature, bacon and cabbage, Irish stew and the GAA. Some of the choices had connections to the show such as the show itself, Riverdance (first introduced to the world by the presenter) and, although not the case at the time, "The Late Late Show", which Ryan presented the following month. Despite repeated reshuffles which have seen all other presenters shifted around, RTÉ never moved "The Ryan Show" from its traditional slot. After a brief period of decline in his audience, all of the recent JNLR figures showed a consistent and significant increase in
Ryan Tubridy place which is so full of ego and bizarre resentment". Tubridy was also influenced by the "nerd made good" style of British broadcaster Chris Evans. Later he worked as a reporter for "Today with Pat Kenny", as well as occasionally presenting the radio news show "Five Seven Live". In the summer of 1999, Tubridy presented "Morning Glory" on RTÉ Radio 1 and in July 2000 he moved to "The Sunday Show". From 2002 until 2005 he presented RTÉ 2fm's morning breakfast show, "The Full Irish". The move to the morning by Head of 2fm John Clarke was seen as risky,