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
Ryan Tubridy on Amazon.com—appearing on "Seoige and O'Shea" in April 2008, he proclaimed his top three books of the previous year as "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, "Christine Falls" by Benjamin Black and "Exit Ghost" by Philip Roth. He is fond of the humour of Gerry Ryan and the fictional character Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. Tubridy has expressed his disdain for "anonymous cowards on the internet", those who operate "under the shadowy cover of names like Catman or Twenty Rothmans or whatever", and believes Wikipedia is "a fact-free bull run for any passing eejit to come along and add whatever fact or fiction they