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Updated at 5pm
YOU MAY HAVE heard… Ryan Tubridy is moving back to Radio 1 to take over the 9am slot recently vacated by John Murray
The news was announced yesterday – and so as you might expect, the Late Late presenter dropped in on fill-in host Brendan O’Connor this morning to give his thoughts on the move, and to talk up an upcoming charity trip to Africa.
It was a pleasant enough encounter on the whole – but there were a few odd moments…
And as online listeners playing the interview back this afternoon noticed – one of O’Connor’s jibes at Tubridy had been edited out of the show (making it, we suppose, a little less ‘odd’).
From the get-go, O’Connor (broadcasting in the slot for the last time today, before Dave Fanning takes over for a bit) seemed set on making sure the encounter didn’t sound like one of those much-maligned “RTÉ canteen bookings”.
There were tongue-in-cheek suggestions Tubridy might be working too much, what with his busy Friday radio and TV schedule.
He also shut-down the Montrose stalwart on one occasion, as Tubs went through the formalities of thanking his 2fm production team (this is the section that was edited).
Contacted for comment this afternoon, an RTÉ spokesperson said the edit to the playback version of the programme had been made due to “strong language” as it could be accessed at any time of the day.
(An awkward section of the chat – around 20 seconds, from “there’s truth in that” – was missing in the online show).
Talking generally about the new show, Tubridy said the move from RTÉ’s ‘youth’ radio station made sense “in head and in heart” noting that 2fm was “no station for old men”.
Paying tribute to the “gorgeous job” Murray did in the slot, he said the first text he’d received yesterday afternoon was from the broadcaster.
He was assembling a new team for the show at the moment, he said – and once that’s done “we’ll come up with a mission statement”.
With the programme airing between Morning Ireland and Sean O’Rourke “we’re not talking about the banks, we’re not talking about Greece. We’re not talking about things that are on either side of us”.
In keeping with recent tradition for the slot, it will instead offer a “breather” from the heavier news and current affairs content either side of it, he said.
Wishing his guest well on his African trip, O’Connor – whose Saturday night TV show was axed by RTÉ in May – asked Tubs if he’d drop by the studio “and have a chat with us when you come back”.
“Or with Dave,” Tubridy pointed out.
“Or with Dave. Or with yourself.”
Alone again…
In case you’re wondering, yes – O’Connor, true to his word, spent some time thanking his own production team as he ended the show.
Before finishing with this…
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Two w@nkers.
Tubridy is the bigger w@nker though.
Probably but they’re both connected w@nkers; have the right family and married the right people and now they have cushy jobs for life, pontificating to the little people, paid in part by the little people. Two dick heads
Couldn’t agree more Vin.Two prime reasons why I don’t pay the tv license.I couldn’t live with myself if I did.
Didn’t O’Connor side with management at the sindo during journalist strike some years ago? He also married into the right family. What a pr i c k . who hires people in RTE? Who knows who in that seedy Donnybrook world?
If you have a look into who’s who in the Irish media, it will become very clear why the established parties get a relatively easy ride; every second media person is connected to FG or FF either through marriage, blood or both. It boils my blood knowing that the like of these two talentless clowns are on the money they’re on, sorted for life because of “who they are”. Such a load of $hite…
“Mission statement.” Oh ffs.
Vin your assertions are terrifying, but accurate! Its depressing
Check it out folks; it’s mental…but it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.
There’s no beginning to their talent.
No ending either it would seem.
Your licence money at work boys and girls.
I weep.
Do you pay tour license? You seem to be against paying for stuff..
I pay my licence and my water charges. Law abiding and proud :-D
Is Ryan Tubridy worth half a million a year while working for a loss making company propped up by taxpayers money?
If you were offered half a million a year, would you say no?
There’s a tour license now?.I better cancel that dirty weekend with my girlfriend.
Because of who my daddy is? I’ve more respect for myself…
@Sunshine. Yes on principal. Then I would say fook principals and take the money.
“If you were offered half a million a year, would you say no?”
You deserve a decent slap of a truck load of spilled fish across the top of your head for that one .
F*ck that… bit of respect for yourself and a bit of respect for people who should be there based on merit as opposed to who your family is. This nepotism horse$hit is a lot of what’s wrong with Ireland, past and present.
That’s the Fg way!
it’s more the Irish way really. Anybody here never get a job purely because they knew somebody?
Nope….
Nah, both my ‘grown up’ jobs were blind CV drops.
Me.
Two useless muppets flapping their jaws, talkin’ $hite.
O’Connor underwhelms me every time and as for the Tub, how in the name of Jaysus did this useless embarassing jerk every get on radio never mind TV, who does he know??? Its certainly not for his talent, compare him to a real pro, Graham Norton and you will see the gulf between them!
Heard him on 2fm today. He was actually patting himself on the back. What a jerk!
O’Connor should stick to making kids cry in Mace adverts, that’s about all he’s good for!
Both of them have as much talent as a talking dog!
Like Miriam O Callaghan so.
a talking dog would be pretty talented tbh
I was just about to say that. A talking dog would rock and would have to be considered not only very talented but unique as well you’d to say. I was fully supportive of Intergra-Ted until he started dissing the talking dog.
I haven’t listened to or watched RTE services in many years – yet I still pay for it. There’s no quality, variety or value in what they broadcast. Last time I remember deliberately tuning into RTE was to watch the 9 o’clock news when the bailout was announced by BBC News. it was on BBC News website by approx 8pm and on BBC 10 o’clock TV news. RTE didn’t broadcast it until the next day when every other news organisation was widely reporting it. Not only do I pay for crappy services I pay for a crappy service that’s dictated to by the government.
Ive said it before. Add a suggestion box on the tv licence form. I actually feel sick every time I turn on RTE nowadays.
Two big egos and top class muppets. I have not watched the late late since tubs tried to bugger Paul Murphy live on air showing all his blue shirt heritage. But my mother likes O ‘Connor don’t know why maybe she has just plain bad taste!
No love lost there
RTE really needs a complete shake up from top to bottom. Presenting the likes of Tubridy and Ray D’Arcy as lead broadcasters is proof of the dearth of good younger talent in the organisation. Is it possible that brighter fresher young broadcasters are being blocked???? Newstalk is by far the better radio station.
George Hook and Ivan Yates? Not much better tbh. Did you hear Hook go off at the American last week for criticising the pope?
Where O’Connor stands head and shoulders above the likes of Tubridy is that he is a journalist first and foremost. Amusingly Tubridy refers to himself as a journalist too, but evidently isn’t.
O’Connor’s outing on the radio has been to me a success, he’s eminently listenable to and has the ability to read his guests with sharp intuition.
I watched two Late, Late Shows last year. Prior to the last season of the show Tubridy had made several references in the press to watching and learning from YouTube clips of the legendary Dick Cavett. Sadly his ‘style’ didn’t show any signs of improvement when I watched.
As there is only one man in the country who would write the above; good morning Brendan.
Don’t be silly. Just speaking as I find!
Tubridy put in years as a reporter on Pat Kenny’a shows before they started trying to make him into the next Gay Byrne. He was actually quite interesting in those days.
Oh look another article about Ryan Tubridy and still none on the verdict of the 3 ex Anglo employees yesterday. “Journalistic gold”
They and Miriam O Callaghan are a pain in the hole….
Jasus , and to think I can go to prison for not paying these w@nkers wages
What does that even mean???
It’s a Tubridy, D’arcy, O’Connor, O’Callaghan, Byrne, Kenny…………..that sort of thing.
Laurel & Hardy.
American-to-English-translation-alert.
‘Get-go’ = beginning
Hey dude,don’t you know ‘get-go’ is a cool, Tubridy sort of word?
Turn that dial…anywhere else…GODAWFUL…TUBS…YAWN.
o Connor is getting away with murder fair play to him.
2FM WILL NEVER FILL THE “GERRY” VOID…NEVER
Watershed, anyone?!
O Connor was bang on, and hats off to him and I’m by no means his biggest fan. “I’d like to thank the back room staff without them I’d be nothing” fair play Brendan for cutting him short is his tacks.
Tracks even.
Jesus I hate that fool Tubridy. He hasn’t a clue about anything. Talks over women constantly. Makes my blood boil he does.
Amazing how many talentless plonkers your licence fee pays for.
Hope he stays in Africa
Bring back Gaybo !
Gay Byrne was equally as smug and condescending as these two clowns, although he did have more of a talent for putting people at ease, which these two clowns lack…
Bring back Graham Norton for the Late Late show, might start watching it then…!
Bring him back?
He was suppose to f**k of years ago but won’t.
Bring back competition! Oh wait,we never had any in the rte family in the first place! We’re the mugs here paying for something as outdated as Rte.
Gay Bryne? A solid gold w.anker. No one will ever come close to matching him for his pompous, condescending elitist attitude.
why would Graham Norton lower himself. He’s much more appreciated across the water.
What about the talking dog? Is he getting his own show?
Darcy ?
Its like revolving doors…Dave Fanning..yawn…can’t understand Marty Whelan didn’t get it….!! Sad really..
Exactly the same way the Journal deleted my ‘w^nky jibe’ at O Connor, Tubridy and uber t•sser Kean earlier today.
Both awful. At least Tubridy can string a sentence together
Do you not hear that lisp of his as he attempts to wrap his tongue around those hollywood teeth WE paid for?
There’s a danger here that Brendan O’Conner could make more comments like this and end up along people like him.
Will they splash out afterwards?
Brendan O’Connor has done a fine job over these past weeks but it’s beneath him to cast aspersions at the new presenter. Tubbs has proven himself in both radio and TV mediums and will make a great replacement for John Murray who did a brilliant job over these past 6 years. Ryan has proved himself as a consumate presenter be it in audio or visual media. I am sure he will present a show that attracts an audience with taste and experience of what radio is all about. Ryan Good luck and continued success.
Haven’t listened to the radio in years to be honest
I can’t bear either of these guys. I am sick to death of all these smug boring men. I want to hear some intelligent interesting women there on their own merit ( not a fawning giggler) leading at least half of all radio shows.
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