The Late Late Show (season 51) 25 January 2013, Fiona Doyle thanked everyone for their support in her court case against her own father during an interview on "The Late Late Show". On 26 January 2013, RTÉ announced that "The Late Late Show" would launch a music showcase initiative for emerging Irish acts to appear on Irish television. Former host Pat Kenny made an unexpected return as presenter of "The Late Late Show" on 1 February 2013, announced RTÉ on 30 January 2013 following the death of the father of regular host Ryan Tubridy. Tom Cruise gave a pre-recorded interview to Tubridy during his promotional visit
Ryan Tubridy with station insiders disapproving and "Hot Press" publishing a double page editorial with the headline "station in turmoil". Within one year its ratings had soared and Tubridy was given a major award. When "The Full Irish" ended it was the second most popular radio programme in Ireland, after "Morning Ireland". Clarke later described moving Tubridy to the morning as the best decision of his 25-year career in radio. In 2006, Tubridy began presenting "The Tubridy Show", on weekday mornings on RTÉ Radio 1. Around this time, he wrote a column for the "Sunday World" in which he expressed amongst other