Ryan Tubridy opens up about the difficult times he had in 2023 and 2024, saying: 'My family were my pillars during Oireachtas hearing'
He relocated to London at the start of this year and began his new job at Virgin Radio which is also aired here in Ireland on Q102.
He has now opened up about facing the Oireachtas hearings over the summer of 2023 due to his payments.The Mind Full, Ryan shared how his family supported him during that time. Although he had to juggle his mother’s illness at the time. NO EMBARGOE Repro Free: 17/03/2023 Ryan Tubridy is pictured on set ahead of the RTÉ One The Late Late Show St Patrick’s Day Special. Picture Andres Povedahey were the pillars, and my partner was a pillar, the girls were a pillar and if there was a temple of doom they were the pillars that kept the roof on we got through it, my mum was pretty good, she was unwell at the time so that was pretty tricky,” he confessed.
“She was in a hospital and I was going in and out of hospital during Oireachtas hearings. She said, ‘You wouldn’t get the paper for me’. I said of course and I went down and I looked at the papers…and I went s**t!!! And I went back up and I went funny they are all sold out! That was tricky.”View this post on Instagram“Looking round London didn’t feel great, it felt wet and grey and dark, it was a new city and I missed everybody.
“I started to really like the people I was working with, they were real warm and the listeners started coming on board, our figures went up, I suddenly went this is kinda interesting….. I became friends with some people I wasn’t expecting to be friendly with….. and the sun came out again…”
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