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.

Born in Booterstown, Dublin, in 1973, Tubridy was educated at Carysfort National School and Blackrock College. Tubridy studied Greek and Latin, and was schooled alongside Craig Doyle and Ryle Nugent.

He studied for his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in history and Greek and Roman civilisation at University College Dublin (UCD). While he was interested in the Students' Union when he was attending UCD, Tubridy made his impression while engaging in social, rather than political, activities. He was also a member of the Fianna Fáil Kevin Barry Cumann, and involved with the Dún Laoghaire branch of Ógra Fianna Fáil, as well as Belfield FM.

One of five children, Tubridy's siblings are Judith, Niall, Rachel and Garrett; he also has two half-sisters from his father's second marriage. His father, Patrick Tubridy of Blackrock, who died in January 2013, was a psychiatrist, working at the St John of God campus in Stillorgan, and the only son of the Fianna Fáil TD Seán Tubridy (1897–1939). Seán Tubridy was the only son of Patrick Tubridy (1869–1920) and Jane Waldron (born 1868).^{[citation needed]} Tubridy's mother is Catherine (née Andrews), whose father, Todd Andrews, was a prominent associate of Fianna Fáil founder Éamon de Valera and held a number of posts in semi-state companies.

Of his siblings, Niall is a professor of Clinical Medicine and one of the country's leading neurologists. Garrett ran unsuccessfully for the Pembroke-Rathmines ward of Dublin City Council at the 2009 local elections. During the election campaign Ryan was advised against making public appearances alongside his brother.