Analysis

Deny, deny, deny: Six hour Tubridy spectacle lacked substance as broadcaster’s career hangs in the balance

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Agent Noel Kelly and former Late Late host Ryan Tubridy endured a six hour frilling from Oireachtas committees on Tuesday. Picture: Maura Hickey

Ryan Tubridy can’t help himself.

For more than six hours on Tuesday, he sat with cameras pointing at him from all angles, a mic on his table that flashed red when he spoke, and an audience hanging on his every word.

So he did what he has done his whole career - he put on a show.

The problem is, not everyone likes the Ryan Tubridy spectacle.

Sure, the veteran broadcaster is articulate. His answers, ...