2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final visit to Glenswilly—the home club of All-Ireland-winning captain Michael Murphy. On 28 September 2012, manager and team appeared on "The Late Late Show", the world's longest running chat show, hosted by Ryan Tubridy. The "interview" was criticised by many—its shortness was contrasted with the full sit-down interview Tubridy conducted with Dublin the previous year—, with UTV broadcaster Adrian Logan calling it a "disgrace". Jim McGuinness vowed that the Sam Maguire Cup would be taken to every school in the county. Sam was at a world record attempt at O'Donnell Park on 29 September. Then there were Donegal Senior Football Championship
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