Ryan Tubridy

County Dublin

Broadcaster and Writer at Extra.ie

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Ryan Tubridy's 'most gorgeous weekend' proposing to Clare

6 days ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

Well, it’s been quite the couple of weeks since I wrote my last London diary. It’s probably best to start at the beginning and see where the road takes us!Some time ago, I agreed with my daughters that someday in the future, the three of us would visit Japan. We have been so curious about the country and its customs, art and people that we had built a great urge between us to go and see it for ourselves.
'Sarah Corbett Lynch tells her story with extraordinary dignity and insight'

3 weeks ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

I migrated to Times Radio last Monday for a three-hour juggernaut of a show that covered everything from Ukraine to UK Labour Party tax U-turns and on to more feature-based stories that included an interview with Thomas Harding, author of a fascinating book called The Einstein Vendetta. Towards the end of the show, an 18-year-old Irish woman joined me in the studio to talk about her desperately sad story.
'Watching Aaron, I knew that I had just witnessed a star of the future'

1 month ago | extra.ie | Ryan Tubridy

A most enjoyable week in London included a trip to the London local on Wednesday evening for the launch of some new music by a singer-songwriter you might not have heard of just yet, but I reckon could be a household name by the end of the year. I met Aaron Rowe a few months ago at The Devonshire, and he was telling me that things were going well in his music career as he was attracting the attention of people like Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi.
Ryan Tubridy is a big fan of up and coming Irish star

1 month ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

Watching Aaron, I knew that I had just witnessed a star of the future. A most enjoyable week in London included a trip to the London local on Wednesday evening for the launch of some new music by a singer-songwriter you might not have heard of just yet, but I reckon could be a household name by the end of the year.
'Memories of kind and thoughtful Saoirse will live with us forever'

1 month ago | extra.ie | Ryan Tubridy

It’s rare that I refer back to the dark days of the pandemic, given how awful it was for everyone, but it’s necessary today for the purpose of this story. At the height of the Covid era, we found ourselves putting together the oddest Late Late Toy Show of them all. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW The dreadful ‘social distancing’ was in full flight, there was no audience (that silence was eerie) and hugs/handshakes/ pats on the back were all banned by order of the Covid tsars.
'Could President Joe be the next big thing?'

1 month ago | extra.ie | Ryan Tubridy

What a remarkable week for the planet in many, varied, extraordinary ways. There was that US/UK trade deal, the attempted annexation of Gaza, a bizarre court case running all week in Ireland and the shocking (to some) retirement of broadcasting icon (and friend of mine) Joe Duffy (more of which later). Arguably, the biggest news story involved a rickety little chimney at the heart of St Peter’s Square.
Kellie Harrington took me on my first 5km run

1 month ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

I start this week’s diary with a warning but also an invitation to witness a salutary tale. The warning is that I will be discussing a personal story of how I’ve become a keen 5k-7k runner. I say warning because, until two years ago, if I ever saw an article or heard a report about the subject, I would either turn the page, scroll onward or switch off.
'I attended two plays in a week full of culture'

2 months ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

A very cultural week for me in London following a hectic working Easter both here and in Dublin. First stop was home for a live broadcast of The Bookshelf podcast on Instagram and YouTube with a favourite of mine, Joseph O’Connor whose book, The Ghosts Of Rome was our featured novel. It’s the second of his Vatican Trilogy but can be read as a standalone experience also. Joe is not only one of my favourite writers, he’s also a joy to interview.
Ryan Tubridy interviews the one and only John Cleese

2 months ago | evoke.ie | Ryan Tubridy

One of the joys of hitting around 12 years of age was being able to understand television shows that grown-ups were watching. As a child of the Eighties, this means programmes like The Thorn Birds or V, but also re-runs like the incomparable Fawlty Towers. This chaotic comedy about a frustrated, neurotic hotel owner/manager called Basil Fawlty worked on many levels.
'In an unusual move, I’m dedicating this week's diary to one story'

2 months ago | extra.ie | Ryan Tubridy

In an unusual move, I’m dedicating my diary this week to one story. There are many elements to this tale, but I hope you’ll indulge me, and you may even connect with what you’re about to read. Around three years ago, a lady named Phyllis MacNamara wrote an email to the radio show I was presenting in Ireland at the time.