Ryan Tubridy
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| Ryan Tubridy | |
 Presents talkshow Tubridy Tonight on RTÉ
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| Born | 28 May 1973 |
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| Residence | Dublin |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Degree in Arts at University College Dublin |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Employers | RTÉ |
| Salary | €400,000 a year |
| Known for | The Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 and Tubridy Tonight |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | Anne Marie Power (separated) |
Ryan Tubridy, born 28 May 1973 , is a television and radio presenter on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland.
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[edit] Early life and education
Ryan Tubridy was born in Blackrock, Dublin. Tubridy was educated at Blackrock College and University College Dublin, where he studied Arts. He was a member of the Kevin Barry Cumann of Fianna Fáil while in UCD and was active in the UCD Students' Union, as well as the Dun Laoghaire branch of Ógra (Young) Fianna Fáil.
[edit] Media career
Tubridy started in broadcasting at the age of 12, reviewing books for the Radio 2 show Poporama presented by Ruth Buchanan. After leaving college he became a runner in RTÉ initially working on the Gerry Ryan show. Later he worked as a reporter for Today with Pat Kenny, as well as occasionally presenting the radio news show Five Seven Live. In the summer of 1999 Tubridy presented Morning Glory on RTÉ Radio 1 and in July 2000 he moved to The Sunday Show. From 2002 until 2005 he presented RTÉ 2fm's morning show, The Full Irish. In 2006 he commenced presenting The Tubridy Show, on weekday mornings on RTÉ Radio 1. Tubridy hosted the EsatBT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the Royal Dublin Society, in 2003 and 2004. Also in 2003 and 2004 he presented Rose of Tralee competition. In 2004 Tubridy presented a game show, All Kinds of Everything. In October 2004, Tubridy began presenting Tubridy Tonight, a live Saturday night chat show, a successor to Kenny Live (formerly Saturday Night Live). Tubridy presented The RTÉ People in Need Telethon in 2004 and 2007.
[edit] Personal life
Tubridy is noted for his passions for such things as lounge music[1] and Inspector Morse. [2] Tubridy married his partner Anne Marie Power in 2003
"Three years after the birth of their first child, Mr Tubridy proposed on bended knee in the Abbeyglen Hotel in Clifden. The engagement stirred a bizarre controversy when it was announced in the Irish Times with the words "Ella Tubridy is delighted to announce the engagement of her parents Ryan and Anne Marie",[3]
They separated in 2006.[4]
[edit] Quotes
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Ryan Tubridy quips to Liam Clancy about The Clancy Brothers on Tubridy Tonight on Saturday March 22, 2008."You were Beatlemania in Aran jumpers"
[edit] References
- ^ RTÉ Television - The Afternoon Show
- ^ PAPER PROPHET Ryan Tubridy - Irish, Business - Independent.ie
- ^ Ryan Tubridy in marriage breakdown - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie
- ^ Ryan Tubridy in marriage breakdown - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie
| Preceded by Marty Whelan |
Host of The Rose of Tralee 2003 – 2004 |
Succeeded by Ray D'Arcy |
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