Ryan Tubridy Sinéad O'Connor (the "crazy performing monkey" incident), former MEP Paul Murphy (whose guest appearance contrasted glaringly with Miriam O'Callaghan's "Prime Time" interview of Enda Kenny the previous night) and Mia Farrow ("What's the matter with you anyway? Jesus!"). In May 2011, a former director of television at RTÉ, Helen O'Rahilly, said of "The Late Late Show": "If I was back in charge of RTÉ, you wouldn't see this utter shite on Friday night". In March 2012, Tubridy made his American television debut during which he discussed his book, "JFK in Ireland". His debut was received positively by industry professionals and
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