RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

None of them were 50

The problem is that his musical tastes seem to be in the over seventies era in terms of listenership. (Frank Sinatra, the Rat Pack, Tony Bennett etc.) That's not exactly the same demographic as Virgin's demographic. That young fogey act that he did in RTE for so long might not work in London as there may be stations catering to that demographic and musical tastes. It might be a bit of a culture shock for him in more ways than one.

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That's true. Mostly in their 20s and 30s. Dermot Morgan was early 40s I think. And Mrs. Brown was probably in her 50s.

Firstly, I think we are all glad he's off the books in terms of RTE and the licence fee.

I wish him well. He's been given a golden opportunity to prove himself a genuinely great broadcaster. He will have to stand on his own two feet in the private sector, where ratings and ad revenue matter, and no support from a friendly DG, licence fee, or name recognition. Pat Kenny and Ian Dempsey were able to do it, so it should be no trouble to him.

But as I said, he will need to completely reinvent himself, as what works in Ireland doesn't always work in the UK.

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Fionnan Sheehan ls not currently the editor of the Irish Independent. He was from 2015 to 2019, but Cormac Bourke is the current editor (as well as being Editor in Chief of Mediahuis Ireland).

Sheehan is "Ireland Editor". In this context, the "Editor" part of his title means that he's a very senior journalist that has greater scope over what he writes about than a regular journalist.

Well I don't want to help his ratings but lots of presenters get the early honeymoon period, Tubridy won't live or die by how he does in his first week. I'm sure he'll have a lot of Irish interest in UK and Ireland for the first few shows and then I would imagine it's going to die a death.

The name of the game is going to be his native UK listenership and I just don't see him being able to coast along on the good ship Mediocrity like he did at RTE. Tubs is weak on all fronts IMO. His current affairs and political knowledge is shocking. God help him if he dips his shiny brogue into UK politics.

His knowledge of music is bare bones, he is the embodiment of the joke "My favourite Beatles album is the Best of the Beatles".

He's not a sporty guy either so they'll be no England footie bantz at the Euros! "I'm told that a team of spritely young bucks called England are playing............erm.......... Denmark today.........hah! the old foot-to-ball. What fun!"

The young fogey act, the nerd who loves a bit of Joyce and Shakespeare. I hope he tries it with someone like Stephen Fry.

And worst of all, he has zero charisma. Assuming he's going to have the odd big name guest on the show, in the same way Chris Evans does, those interviews are going to be like pulling teeth. He can't wheel out the tried and trusted "Do you love Ireland, isn't Ireland great altogether" He will actually have to engage them on their own terms. Is he going to start prepping now? Will he read material and know what he's on about. Or is he going to spoof as usual. If he spoofs, that imo, will only hasten the end of his limited time on Virgin.

I don't ever read the Indo myself, but no newspaper puts anything on the front page if they don't think it'll make them money. NKM isn't some nefarious supernatural entity that's more powerful than revenue.