Ryan Tubridy desire and up it goes onto the site". He prefers books instead. A former member of Twitter, where he amassed more than 60,000 followers, was described by the "Irish Independent" as "one of Ireland's most famous Twits". Tubridy left the social networking and microblogging service on 9 August 2011, posting a late night farewell to his followers: "Dear Twitter, this is my last tweet. It's been lots of fun but I must leave. No drama, just not enough time. Thanks and take care. #goodbye. The Tubridy Radio Show and Late Late Show will have well attended Twitter accounts as I
The Ray D'Arcy Show The Ray D'Arcy Show The Ray D'Arcy Show is Ray D'Arcy's weekday afternoon radio show on Irish radio channel RTÉ Radio 1. Originally a weekday mid-morning show broadcast from 09:00–12:00 midday on Today FM until 2014, it competed with RTÉ 2fm's Gerry Ryan (and his successor Ryan Tubridy), RTÉ Radio 1's Pat Kenny (and his successor Sean O'Rourke) and Newstalk's Tom Dunne (and his successor Pat Kenny). During the 2000s, D'Arcy won three consecutive "Best National DJ" Meteor Awards while presenting the morning show. The production team of Jenny Kelly, Will Hanafin and Mairead Farrell featured prominently on that show,