Following on from main thread in Current Affairs about Tubs in general (now closed and mod suggestion that Entertainment category is more suitable).
Indeed, entertainment in certain respects is what Tubs has provided, albeit perhaps in a way not intended. And still awaiting 150k payback to the licence fee holder.
And of course, his new career in Virgin Radio which is imminent.
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Cat-Mod: See post here regarding off-topic segues.
If you want to go there…..are you suggesting that someone who flies on a plane has the same carbon footprint as someone who doesn’t?
I have no wish to start discussing Tubridy’s emissions but I would question the moral authority of flying specifically to congratulate a group of school children on environmental sustainability. As he has probably flown every other weekend this year he will need to plant a lot of trees to offset that!
I think it's best if posters are clear in what they are saying. Otherwise their posts will be regarded as hyperbole.
Would you not agree?
You’re being deliberately disingenuous here, but you are I suspect fully aware of that fact.
He knows his limitations. Probably always did. But RTE protected him ("how could we risk losing this talent?").
A year in Virgin Radio and we're still hearing about Irish personalities he interviewed in years past. And his "coincidental" visits to a pub when celebs happen to be there.
Grifter, junior level now.
He is 100% Irish focussed. In London recently he was at Millwall Football Club for the 30th anniversary lunch for the Southward Irish Pensioners. There’s no evidence he’s doing anything to expand beyond Ireland or the Irish ex pat community
he is not a dual player - needs to commit to the small ball now
Ryan needs a new Agent.
I don't understand the direction Ryan is going in. I take my biased cap off for a moment.
This just doesn't make any sense. He's been given a job in Virgin Media Radio in London and he heads of to Ireland for a very local competition for Schools, I wonder how many schools actually participated in the competition. And does Virgin Media not turn around and say "Hold on, while we are willing to allow Bryan to host events we also need to be clear about our brand".
I thought he had his own jet?
I think the plane will still be making the journey, so no change to sustainability.
sustainability would be enhanced if Tubridy didn’t fly in from London to pay the school a visit
Alan's latest gig is hosting an annual awards ceremony for a coal-effect gas fireplace company. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0609603/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl
https://extra.ie/2024/11/19/entertainment/celebrity/willowwarm-schools-christmas-competition
Look leave Bryan alone Tough week now that Brian Fenton retired. Senior hurler and all that. I doubt he knows which sport fenton plays - senior hurling and all that
Is that the same Diarmaid Ferriter that has a chat with Claire Byrne on a unusually regular basis, and has dropped in on CB Live many times? - It's almost like Diarmaid has a magical entertainment angel looking after him…
I dunno lads, it's all a bit beyond my pay grade to figure these things out
I know Tubs. Tubs is no expert.
The Toyman. The Bookman. The Historyman now.
Each as contrived as the other. His talk will be short, vapid, light, and fluffy; and more anecdote and yarn than historic fact. It’ll be somewhat challenging given his tenuous connection to the West to place himself fully at the centre of his talk but I’m sure he’ll do his best,
Still, he’ll get a fee for it, a few nights wining and dining in Ashford Castle, and the content can and will be regurgitated on air and in the London Diary/Famous people who met me this week column.
We really are a disgrace as a nation.
It’ll likely get more of an audience than his triumphant return to work after the scandal last year, which is up to an amazing 406 viewers now……a spectacular return on investment for the organiser. I’m too tired to check if it was taxpayer’s money that funded his appearance….
“Patrick (they/them) and the President 2: Biden in Ballina.”
Tubs is not great on Biden's first term in office, much better on his second term, he may even write a children's book about that term.
He knows his history to be fair.
An expert on all things US politics. Recently showed his expert knowledge on Sleepy Joe Bidens presidency.
Ferriter must be rolling his eyes to hear he's presenting with such experts like Tubs.
2 nights free stay at Ashford castle though - I’d volunteer to be an expert for that. Will he present his show live from the castle on the Friday?
https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2024/11/11/ashford-castle-2025-history-festival-announced/
He’s a “ history fanatic” now!
I see Tubs is listed at that history festival as a guest speaker, along with Diarmaid Ferriter. I mean, this just has to be Olympic level trolling on the part of the organisers.
Thanks for the correction L1011. So he had even less to do with the West than I expected.
Clifden line closed before Todd got his hands on CIÉ; and indeed before CIÉ even existed. He didn't impact the west much; it was the South West that he did the most damage to.
I read in the Irish Independent that four of the country's top historians will present at the 2025 History Festival at Ashford Castle. The theme of the festival will be "the West of Ireland". One of those eminent historians will be (yes, you've guessed it): Ryan "I've never heard of Patrick Sarsfield" Tubridy.
The event is causing a bit of a fuss among academic historians, because: a) Ryan isn't an historian; b) All of the panel members are men; and c) None of the men are from the West.
Ryan's presentation, imaginatively titled "Tubridy's West", will address (with great humility no doubt) the achievements of his grandfather Todd Andrews. But what had Mr. Andrews to do with the West I wondered (stroking my neckbeard, alone in my mother's basement)? Well nothing, it turns out. He wasn't from the West, he had feck all to do with the West, and his major contribution to the West was to shut down and sell off the Clifden railway*. I suspect Ryan's talk won't touch on railways.
Anywaze, the rehabilitation continues.
*Edit : As L1011 points out below, the Clifden railway was shut down before Todd Andrews did the damage to the CIE rail network.
He was hoping to replace Scott Mills, then he was in the running for Tervor Nelson and then DJ Snoop came in and then Sophie Ellis-Bextor got an extension. The bizzare think is these DJs are all around the same age as Mr. Tubs, and all seem younger.
I see Tubridy didn’t get the Radio 2 breakfast show after Zoe Ball steps down
Simon Delaney has filled in for Marty a few times already and he was alright, although too much rat pack for my liking.
Tubs doesn't have an inclusive manner about him to do light entertainment, and he's too skittish for anything serious. Just shows how much RTE was drifting that someone like him was left in situ for so long.
Putting him on Lyric FM could backfire horribly. It is an RTE station so it would be seen as leaving him waiting in the wings until something comes up on Radio 1.
Marty will have to go sometime but is Tubridy really the best person to replace him? This is anecdotal but I know a few people who like listening to him in the mornings. They like the gentler pace and tone of his show and find it easy to listen to. There aren't many other morning shows out there like it. Most stations either have current affairs on the go, or have teams of noisy happy people laughing at their own jokes. Tubridy and his incessant yammering and thoughts ping-ponging all over the place wouldn't go down well at all.
Another great difficulty with him hosting a book review show would be the fact he doesn’t read any books whatsoever. The Bookshelf isn’t a review series, it’s about books the guest liked - Tubridy’s involvement is not as a reviewer, he’s just there to guide the guest through the scripted questions. I know many have opined that Tubridy isn’t the reader he claims, and I see previous little by way of evidence to challenge that thesis. The level of the written word used in his London Diary is rudimentary at best; an average reader would have a significantly greater vocabulary than Tubridy’s efforts suggest he has. I see zero evidence of any genuine affection for prose from the man.
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