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
The Gerry Ryan Show of Ryan Tubridy. Siobhan Hough was resident producer of the show. At the time of his death Ryan had the largest audience on RTÉ 2fm. He presented the station's only show which was regularly among the top twenty Irish radio shows in Ireland, a show which commanded around €4-5 million for RTÉ per annum, mainly through advertising (one thirty-second advertisement during the show cost €900). This meant RTÉ would have earned €27,000 through advertising per day. In March 2008 RTÉ's difficulties in securing a sponsor for a number of their radio shows was placed under the spotlight. "The Gerry Ryan