The Gerry Ryan Show and current host of "The Late Late Show" Ryan Tubridy began his career with "The Gerry Ryan Show", working as a teaboy before obtaining his own breakfast show, "The Full Irish", a programme which Gerry Ryan once claimed was "the most exciting broadcast at that hour of the morning since Ian Dempsey started on Today FM". Ryan has since stated his belief that it was "a giant act of folly" for Ryan Tubridy to move to RTÉ Radio 1. Ryan viewed Tubridy as "kind of like a son" whom he used to (and still does) lecture frequently. He said he
Irish TV broadcasts a wide range of music, entertainment, sports, special interest and live documentaries and in 2015 founded the first ever Irish County Music Awards on television. To coincide with its launch on Saorview in Autumn 2016 the channel is launching a live weekend chat show to be hosted by popular presenter and musician Malachi Cush. The channel has also entered into a media partnership with the global Tata Communications network to deliver Irish TV across the USA while delivery links are also being established to cover the UK, Canada and Australia. Sports events covered by Irish TV include: Athletics Soccer