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Ryan Tubridy kicks off new Virgin Radio show on vastly reduced salary

Former Late Late Show host tells his new audience he has “so much to do and so much to say”

Ryan Tubridy with Virgin Radio boss Chris Evans as he starts his new show in the UK

Former RTE star Ryan Tubridy has kicked off his new Virgin Radio show saying he has “so much to do and so much to say”.

The 50-year-old Irish broadcaster, who was the long-time host of RTE’s flagship The Late Late Show, launched his new mid-morning show on the UK network on Tuesday.

Tubridy left Ireland’s national broadcaster in the summer following weeks of controversy related to revelations that the organisation had publicly under-reported payments to ...