Ryan Tubridy

Ryan Tubridy (born 28 May 1973) is an Irish broadcaster. Until December 19 2025, he presented a weekday mid-morning programme The Ryan Tubridy Show on Virgin Radio UK (which aired simultaneously on Dublin’s Q102 ) from 10:00AM-1:00 PM) He will be starting a new show on Times Radio in the UK from 1-4pm on Sundays from March 2026 onwards .

He currently presents an Ireland - only radio show on Sundays called The Ryan Tubridy Show on Sunday from 10:00AM-12:00PM on Dublin’s Q102 , LMFM, Cork’s 96FM and Live 95 FM in Limerick and his own podcast series The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubrity .

His broadcasting career with RTÉ spanned over two decades, where he presented many shows on radio and television, most notably The Late Late Show on RTÉ One from 2009 to 2023. Other shows he presented include RTÉ 2fm's The Full Irish (2004–2009) and Tubridy (2010–2015), RTÉ One's Tubridy Tonight (2004–2009), RTÉ Radio One's The Tubridy Show (2005–2010) and The Ryan Tubridy Show (2015–2023). He also hosted the Rose of Tralee contest on two occasions and worked for BBC Radio.

Tubridy has written several books, including JFK in Ireland, The Irish Are Coming and Patrick and the President. He was known as the highest-paid person at RTÉ over several years; related controversies included his refusal to take a voluntary pay cut in 2009, and, most importantly for his career, in 2023 over misstatement of his total earnings and additional payments, at least some made via a costly "barter account" mechanism. The latter scandal led to RTÉ dispensing with Tubridy's services in August 2023.