Ryan Tubridy
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Ryan Tubridy (b.May 28, 1973) is a television and radio presenter on Radio Telifís Éireann in Ireland.
Ryan Tubridy was born in Blackrock, Dublin. He is the second youngest son of a family of five. His father, Micheál, is a doctor, while his mother is a sister of former MEP Niall Andrews, and the former Cabinet minister David Andrews. Tubridy was educated at Blackrock College and University College Dublin, where he studied History and Greek & Roman Civilisation.
Following university Tubridy entered RTÉ where he worked as a reporter for presenters Gerry Ryan and Pat Kenny, as well as occassionally presenting the radio show Five Seven Live. In the summer of 1999 Tubridy presented Morning Glory on RTÉ Radio 1 and in July of 2000 he moved to The Sunday Show, one of Radio 1's premier Sunday morning shows. From 2002 until 2005 he presented RTE 2FM's hugely popular morning show, The Full Irish. He will shortly be appearing back on Radio 1 presenting a new show, following the retirement of Marian Finucane from her week-day morning slot.
Tubridy has also hosted the EsatBT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in the RDS twice, in 2003 and also for the 40th anniversary celebration of the competition in 2004. He proved an immensely popular choice but was unable to host the 2005 competition due to the imminent birth of his second child.
In 2003, he was made the presenter of the high-profile Rose of Tralee competition, in which women of Irish descent from all over the world compete to be named 'the Rose of Tralee'. The programme, which runs over two nights and dominates the TV schedule in August every year, was previously presented by Late Late Show presenter Gay Byrne, Derek Davis and Marty Whelan. He returned to host it in 2004. Summer 2004 saw Tubridy present his own game show, All Kinds of Everything.
In October 2004, Tubridy was put in the role of host of the newly created Tubridy Tonight, a live Saturday night chat show. The show has proved so successful that it is neck and neck in the ratings with RTÉ's flagship talk show, The Late Late Show. Tubridy himself has recently been named as a possible successor to Pat Kenny, the current host of the Late Late Show.