Ryan Tubridy joins The Wireless Group - Thread bans in opening post

Brian Scan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121377701#Comment_121377701

TMI

animalinside

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121377828#Comment_121377828

You can say that again.

Why is he referring to Sinead O' Connor and bragging about how he was a "good friend" of hers? Stirring these emotions about someone who recently passed away so young and in such circumstances, and talking about "god in a hoodie", and trying to make himself out to be some kind of victim. Dropping Terry Wogan's name also inappropriate, as if he's going to become the replacement to Terry Wogan, not as bad as SOC but just why bring it up? Bringing those names up out of nowhere, ridiculous.

I literally don't think I have ever heard an more inappropriate car-crash of an interview in my life. I think Tubridy is going through some mental health problems honestly and should just give up entirely. What on earth is he talking about Sinead O' Connor RIP for

Look, people who hate Tubridy are not making it all up. We're allowed to have opinions and Tubridy is a very weak presenter. He only got into RTE at all due to his connections. He has some basic reasonable capabilities, maybe he could fit in on a small local radio or children's television. He has no business being on national airwaves and people have every right to criticize him.

When your job is essentially chit-chat and you have a lot of practice doing it, it can take a while to get a full measure of someone. Tubridy can sound fluent and professional, have little jokes and make decent points and there, it's not obvious straightaway how bad he is. He has decades of doing the biggest stations in Ireland under his belt as a resume. This is why the UK think he must be good, no matter what impressions people get of him.

He went to the UK before didn't he? BBC I think, it didn't last long as they quickly realized what a joke he was. Tubridy has a perfect excuse at this time for why he wants to go to the UK - financial irregularities at home. If only they had dug a little deeper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X7IAeRDL-I

"'Desperately' being the operative word" as remarked in the comments.

They're going to have to give him a shot now and after a few weeks they'll be like "what the hell is this???", bringing disgrace on Irish people as if he is supposedly our best of the best, that the people had wanted.

TinyMuffin

Not a minute in and he’s already on about death.

Brian Scan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121378407#Comment_121378407

"Considering that Wogan left RTE because Tubridy’s grandfather made sure that he never got opportunities at the broadcaster,"

I hadn't heard that before. Is it documented anywhere?

tom23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121377782#Comment_121377782

Is that his friends in Rte or his loyal bodyguard of honour followers on Boards?

Field east

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121378267#Comment_121378267

One ‘BIG’ positive out of Ryan getting ‘work’ in the UK is the foreign exchange that he will earn there - on the assumption that he will bring it back to the OLD Sod

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121378549#Comment_121378549

what about calling them ‘cigs’ instead so that there is ABSOLUTLY no confusion,!!

Brian Scan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121378562#Comment_121378562

"He only got into RTE at all due to his connections."

What connections?

Field east

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121378398#Comment_121378398

The world would be a very dull , boring , sad, inhospital, etc, etc, place to live in were it not for it being peppered with obsessed men and women

Beechwoodspark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121378600#Comment_121378600

Fianna Fáil family members - the Andrews family for example.

pixelburp

CMOD: closing this thread pending review of the torrent of reports and general poor posting of several of you. Will reopen at a later date if it's deemed worth it, but am in no hurry.