Ryan Tubridy Ryan Tubridy Ryan Tubridy (born 28 May 1973), nicknamed "Tubs", is an Irish broadcaster, a presenter of live shows on radio and television in Ireland. Tubridy is the highest-earning presenter on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He is the current host of long-running TV chat programme "The Late Late Show" and a weekday morning radio show called "The Ryan Tubridy Show". Tubridy previously presented RTÉ 2fm breakfast radio show "The Full Irish", which at its end was the second most popular radio programme in Ireland. For five seasons from 2004 until 2009, he presented the Saturday night TV chat show "Tubridy
Ryan Tubridy had lost over 110,000 listeners since the move. After finishing "The Tubridy Show" on 16 July 2010, he began presenting "Tubridy" on RTÉ 2fm on 20 August 2010, surprising listeners by starting the programme three days earlier that what was originally scheduled for 23 August. His first guest on the programme was Bono. His RTÉ Radio 1 slot was filled by John Murray. "Tubridy" became synonymous with declining listenership figures, a 40% collapse of which by 2011 coincided with increased listenership figures for its rival "The Ray D'Arcy Show". In May 2011, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upheld a complaint