BREAKING: Miriam O'Callaghan is to present The Late Late Show tonight.
Due to a persistent cough, Ryan Tubridy is in self-isolation.
I think this is the first time a woman has ever fully presented the world's longest running TV chat show.
Like everyone else I am so shocked and saddened by this news. All the while he was minding all of us, he and his family were going through this incredibly difficult time. Like others, I feel eternally grateful and humbled. My thoughts are with them tonight.
From today, I will be taking time out from all of my work commitments to be with my family.
I would like to thank everyone for their support, understanding and respect for my family’s privacy and would wish that to continue.
Continue to stay vigilant and look after each other.
This powerful moment from Prof Rónán Collins on last night’s
@RTE_PrimeTime
clearly resonated with many - in less than 24 hrs over 100k views and still growing.
"I think a lot of older people are now expressing the feeeling that maybe life isn't worth living any longer".
Professor Rónán Collins on
@RTE_PrimeTime
on the impact Covid 19 & the measures being taken to halt the virus are having on our society
Really looking forward to chatting to Ireland’s newest favourite son
@JohnKingCNN
tomorrow morn Sunday with Miriam 10am
@RTERadio1
about his v Irish upbringing in Massachusetts,the marathon US Election coverage,his Magic Wall&how he’s looking forward to coming here soon
V sad tonight as it’s the last time the truly wonderful
@mcculld
is my copresenter on
@RTE_PrimeTime
-he joins the 6:1 from Monday.Everyone on the show loves him,esp me.Brill journalist&presenter,but more importantly the nicest kindest loveliest colleague
#rtept
It’s my wonderful Dad’s anniversary today&when out earlier in my Mum’s dropping in food, she reminded me of this beautiful obituary she has hanging on the wall written by his dear brilliant friend Paddy Moriarty brother of the gt Mícheál O Muircheartaigh - Kerry abú
No wonder they call it the Kingdom-my wonderful dad’s county. In Dingle on holiday rt now,my favourite place on earth&our dog Chance agrees.The summer of staycations.Fungie also never lets us down.Tks to
@DingleSkellig
for the view&to
@JessMcGurk
for the gt photos
This brilliant 10 yr old political genius Seamus is taking after his brilliant father Noel Whelan who we are all missing in our continuing
@rte
coverage. Watch this boy-he is going places. Mind u he is blessed as he also has a brilliant&beautiful Mum too in
@smcs
"I have to believe it was insanity. I can't think of any other way for the kids to have died."
Following today's verdict, Andrew McGinley spoke to
@MiriamOCal
about moving forward after the loss of his children |
#rtept
| Read more:
This was such a joy-what a talented duo
@tconnellyRTE
&
@laoneill111
are. Best friends since college,they’ve gigged together for decades. In a Covid/Brexit free zone,tune in tomorrow morn 10am Sunday with Miriam
@RTERadio1
Watching Theresa May right now at her Press Conference ahead of our
@RTE_PrimeTime
this evening on
@RTEOne
- putting everything to do with Brexit&politics aside,all I can say is that I greatly admire her tenacity,resilience,grace under pressure and endless good manners
#rtept
I feel very sorry for Ireland - sometimes things just go all wrong in life & this is one of those days for our Irish rugby heroes. Still really proud of them all,they’ve given us such joy in recent times&they will do so again v soon
#walesvirl
Codladh sámh Sinead - incredibly beautiful soul, inside and out. Precious memory here of Sinead duetting with Kris Kristofferson on Saturday Night with Miriam “Help Me Make It Through Th... via
@YouTube
Shocked,saddened&deeply frustrated to hear today about the number of women who have bought this so-called face cream of mine - total scam. Makes me more resolute to proceed.
Just how pitch perfect and informative and fair was
@tconnellyRTE
just now on
@rtenews
- brilliant journalist as ever, also always an incredibly kind, helpful and decent colleague.
I always knew Keelin was an incredible person,in every possible way,had the privilege of working with her for decades,but humbled&in awe watching her in Keelin Shanley:Faraway, Still Close-courage beyond belief.Beautifully made by her beloved
@theonlymrsoft
&
@judykelly50
Congrats to the truly exceptional
@KatieGHannon
who just won the overall award for Women of Outstanding Achievement at Women in Media Awards
@wimballybunion
.So well deserved. Not just a brilliant journalist,also the kindest most supportive friend&work colleague
Codladh sámh John Hume - Ireland’s Greatest. It was my greatest honour to champion you. My thoughts right now are with your adored Pat and your wonderful children. Ní bheidh a leitheid ann arís.
“We should all be eternally grateful to John Hume,” Miriam O’Callaghan (
@MiriamOCal
) said when encouraging people to vote for the peace campaigner to be named Ireland’s Greatest in 2010. We must always appreciate what he did for peace on this island.
Una O'Hagan has just signed off her final news report, we couldn't let her go without a little trip down memory lane.... Wishing you a fond farewell and the best of luck in the future!
In
@RTE_PrimeTime
studio about to go on air&looking at my wonderful copresenter
@mcculld
thinking how much I’m going to miss him when he goes onto a gt new role on the 6:1
@rtenews
-a brilliant broadcast journalist&the kindest& most decent friend
#rtept
I know I have said it before , but watching Reeling in the Years rt now on
@RTEOne
as I cook dinner,It’s just such a superb programme...way ahead of its time,kudos to the great team especially John O Regan Janet Couchman Shirley Dalton&the genius that is Nathan Nugent
Sometimes in my job you can be lucky and get to interview one of the greatest interviewers of all time. I loved spending time with Michael Parkinson&got to chat to him on a good few occasions. I loved being in his company. He was a beautiful man in every way.Codladh sámh Michael
I have found it very very difficult today to believe Vicky is gone. Words seem wholly inadequate.What an extraordinarily wonderful courageous woman Vicky was,what fun she was,what an incredible legacy she has left, how indebted we all are to her.I loved her. Codladh sámh Vicky
This is a really superb documentary about a superb broadcast journalist who has made it big in the toughest media environment - but much more importantly, he’s just a really lovely guy from the Kingdom, my beautiful Dad’s home county. Go Donie ⭐️
We follow Kerry’s own
@donie
as he reports for
@CNN
in the run up to the 2020 US Presidential Election and its aftermath with footage from the January 6th US Capitol attack
#Donie
O’Sullivan: Capitol Man, tonight, 9.35pm
Beautiful brave interview now on
@RTELateLateShow
with
@theonlymrsoft
the wonderful husband of our former brilliant courageous kind and deeply loved colleague Keelin Shanley. She would be so proud of you Conor-she was definitely there guiding u through the interview tonight.
We are honoured to publish Keelin Shanley’s beautiful memoir, ‘A Light That Never Goes Out’ today. Written in the final months before her passing in February this year, it is a reflection on her life, career, motherhood and philosophies.
#ALightThatNeverGoesOut
I have loved
@vanmorrison
&his music forever.After 20 yrs of trying to get an iv with Van the Man,I finally got it&it was a joy&privilege to meet him.Big tks to producer
@msogorman
-that’s tomorrow Sunday with Miriam
@RTERadio1
10am
#VanMorrison
What an extraordinarily courageous,strong&wonderful woman Vicky Phelan is - the woman at the centre of the cervical smear misdiagnosis scandal. In Limerick to interview her for Sunday with Miriam in the morn
@RTERadio1
10am. Also in the morn,we’ll be joined by the gt Mary Black
I’m v sad today that I’ll no longer be able to listen to the brilliant journalist that is
@TodaySOR
every morn.His show was unmissable&set the agenda.I have always been in awe of his fearless interviewing&journalism,but as importantly he’s always been such a kind&decent colleague
You’re a wonderful broadcaster Pamela,and a beautiful person inside and out.Anyone who writes a letter like this is clearly deeply unhappy.Pity them.More importantly forget about them.They really don’t matter at all. Stay being your brilliant self. They’ll stay being miserable
They wouldn’t even spend the price of a postage stamp on me - it was hand delivered 😢
This was the last excerpt in a letter I received today telling me how “horrible”, “cold” and “smug” I am. The perks of the job eh.
"I love my work and I don't want to leave but it did feel like I was going to have to."
@aoibhinn_ni_s
discusses the immense impact harassment had on her life.
@TodaywithClaire
#TodayCB
The music class from St Brendan’s College in Killarney had their Irish trad instruments with them on yesterday's flight from London Stansted to Kerry 🇮🇪
And they put on quite a show 👏
#RivAirDance
#RyanairStories
Part Two was another extraordinary documentary tonight on the most incredible couple in the country Maurice&Lorraine McCabe - congrats again to the journalistic brilliance of
@KatieGHannon
@mairekearney
@seanmacgiolla
Ray Roantree and Matt Naughton
#whistleblower
Happy Mother’s Day to my wonderful mother and namesake Miriam - the ‘real’ Miriam O’ Callaghan as my family says.Incredible role model for all of my family-school headmistress for decades,caring,super stoic,loving&great fun.Thank you always&forever.
#rteloveourmammies
It was a privilege today to interview Dr Anthony Fauci ahead of
@RCPI_news
giving him their most prestigious award,the Steane Medal.He was fab to our entire team.Tks to RCPI especially
@siobhancreaton
.Watch the iv tonight
@RTE_PrimeTime
9.35
#rtept
A superb journalist, a wonderfully supportive colleague, always unflappable and calm, incredibly kind, great fun, and a true gentleman. Looking forward to watching your next chapter Bryan. We’ll miss you greatly.
RTÉ broadcaster Bryan Dobson retires today after 37 years in the newsroom. Mr Dobson says farewell after many remarkable years presenting flagship RTÉ news and current affairs programmes | Read more:
Congrats
@RTELateLateShow
on superb tribute show last nt to the legend that is Gay Byrne.Interestingly I was asked all day about Nell,even in the just to reassure her many fans,Ireland’s greatest living feminist was fab&happy
@RuthbMax
Tonight's EP of
#DIYSOSIrl
was one of the hardest and most heartbreaking stories I've ever had to be part of as a presenter! If you were in anyway part of this thank you from the bottom of my heart, you’ve restored my faith at a time when it would be easy to lose it! 💜 6:30PM
A constant for decades in my family’s life has been Dingle’s Fungie - here he is,once again never letting us all down courtesy of
@JessMcGurk
- hope he returns. 2020 has been bad enough
After 35 seasons, Michael Lyster has presented his last All-Ireland final for The Sunday Game - we look back at some highlights from his career with the programme and
@rte
Thank you so much to Tony Lunney - what an incredibly decent, kind caring and wonderful brother to Kevin he is. An absolute privilege to meet and interview him.
You voted in your thousands!
RTÉ is delighted to announce that Keelin Shanley's memoir, A Light that Never Goes Out, has been voted by YOU as the
@RTERadio1
Listeners' Choice Award at the 2020
@AnPostIBAS
Watch the
@AnPostIBAS
ceremony live on
As a former practising lawyer and also as a woman of a liberal disposition, delighted with this news.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court Justice returns to work from hospital bed - BBC News
In important news our family dog Chance bumped into these guys on the street earlier& has just become the 5th member of the great
@TheCoronas
- we are v proud. Great pic by
@JessMcGurk
Earlier today I had the privilege of interviewing 19 yr old Alanna Quinn Idris, the victim of a terrible assault by 4 people in Dublin 2 years ago leaving her permanently blind in her rt eye.2 of her attackers have been jailed. The iv is coming up now on
@RTE_PrimeTime
@JohnKingCNN
Hi John,I work as a TV anchor in Ireland for the National State Broadcaster RTÉ.Many of us here have been glued to&riveted by your superb coverage.I also know you are v proud of your Irish roots.Could I e mail u about doing a radio interview with you for my show?
Posting this before they change their mind! A real honour to follow in the footsteps of Gay, Pat and Ryan. Thanks RTE for the chance to be a part of the next chapter.
@RTELateLateShow
Coming up this morning on
@RTERadio1
10am on Sunday with Miriam my guest is the incomparable
@christymoore45
as we chat about his life &listen to some of his work from the early years. A real privilege.
That looks
@PhelanVicky
like you and
@KeoghChauffeur
had a really lovely journey in spite of what you were travelling for - mind you Vicky, Pat is clearly a great guy,but you do bring out the very best in people because you are such a wonderful woman, in every possible way.
Home from
@svuh
for my infusion of Pembro. I was nervous about travelling to Dublin with the ⬆️ in cases since my last trip up. I needn't have worried! My personal chauffeur, and friend,
@KeoghChauffeur
offered to drive me up and back. We had a lovely day.
Thanks Pat 🙏
I was so shocked to just hear this incredibly sad news. Like everyone else, I loved Michael. A super talented journalist with a fine wit, but more importantly he was a beautiful, kind and gentle Kerryman. We often discussed the Kingdoms’s wonders. Codladh sámh Michael.
How good is my publisher
@ivanobp
of
@OBrienPress
? He cycled here with the first 50 copies of
#stairliftascends
just now! we had a celebratory sup. from an idea to a book in 2 weeks - head-spinning!
Out of respect to them, and to our serving President, I have always declined to engage in those discussions.
However, given the recent resurgence of speculation, I want to state that I will not be a candidate in an upcoming Presidential election.
On
@RTERadio1
10am I’m talking to Nicola whose ex partner-former member of the Gardai,Paul Moody-is currently serving a prison sentence for coercive control of her. In court she was anonymous but now she’s appearing in a TV Doc on
@RTEOne
on Dec 11
It was a real treat today to get to
@Wimbledon
for the first time-gt matches&even got to be on de telly - pic courtesy of
@pauletteoconnor
of
@RTE_primetime
who spotted us! I was also sitting beside ace football legend&commentator
@martinkeown5
- fab day ⭐️
The outpouring of love,affection and respect for you here in this often very harsh crazy twitter world Fergal must make you realise what a truly wonderful,courageous&inspirational journalist you are&have always been for so many of us. Go easy. Mind yourself. Pop home soon ❤️
To all who have sent messages re
#ptsd
thank you so so much. The compassion is so heartening. I’m not leaving the BBC but no more war or traumatising situations. In due course. I will talk about
#ptsd
but for now it’s time to focus on recovery and different work.
Feel really happy to help support the 2021 launch today of
#darknessintolight
- it takes place on Sat May 8 with the help of
@PietaHouse
&
@ElectricIreland
to aid all those affected by suicide. For details to register go to
It was a really special day in
@UCC
and so delighted myself and
@BrigidQuilligan
received our honorary doctorates on the same day-great to speak to Brigid this morn too
@RTERadio1
Great to hear
@BrigidQuilligan
speaking to
@MiriamOCal
this morning about 30 years of Irish Traveller Movement
@itmtrav
& role of women. Remembering the day in 2017 when both women were in honoured in
@UCC
The great Fergus O’ Flaherty in O Flaherty’s iontach pub in Dingle singing as ever brilliantly - thanks to
@DingleSkellig
for minding us so well as ever and sending us here ❤️
There is something particularly special about hearing The Fields of Athenry sung at Twickenham, especially when we are ahead - come on Ireland, you can do it IrlvEng
The band is back together….for what is going to be a truly historic day at Stormont. So join myself &
@mcculld
who is up there for an
@rtenews
special
@RTEOne
1.15pm
"The next couple of weeks are really going to be telling."
If we hit 250,000 doses in a seven-day period by the end of April, Ireland's vaccine roll-out will be broadly on track, reports
@Mark_Coughlan
|
#rtept
| Read more:
Tough day yesterday at the funeral of a family friend. Paul Tanney worked as editor for
@rtenews
and
@RTE_PrimeTime
and much more. He fought a brave battle with a cruel illness. Lovely words from
@MiriamOCal
and
@mcculld
💔 Thinking of him this morning and this 🌈 appears. Mick
Beautiful day out
@RTE_PrimeTime
wedding of our amazing colleague
@ConorWilson
and his stunning bride Máire - best team ever - and what do the four women in the pic have in common?
#Knocknagoshel
Delighted to say I’ll be on Sunday with
@MiriamOCal
this Sunday to talk about Her Highness The Aunt, currently riding high in her stairlift up the book charts. Tune in!
Thank you Brigid - really appreciate that. Strong
@RTE_PrimeTime
team especially
@pauletteoconnor
get us those great medics every night and we are so grateful that all those doctors working on the frontline are taking the time to come in to our studio.
Another high quality
@RTE_PrimeTime
tonight-
@MiriamOCal
&
@mcculld
. All medical professionals interviewed were at the top of their game. Importance of public sector broadcasting & expertise underlined by
#coronavirus
The reaction to Geraldine Mullan has been simply phenomenal- myself and superb producer
@SamanthaBourke
are so happy,as Geraldine’s courage is stunning.Her work as a Nurse a manager in Letterkenny Hospital for yrs has clearly touched many people as so many have been in touch
"Cherish every moment and tell the ones you love you love them."
In August, Geraldine Mullan lost her entire family in a Donegal tragedy. Tonight, she tells
@MiriamOCal
that she hopes other families will realise how precious life is |
#rtept
| Read more:
The very best for the future Eileen. We will all miss you greatly - another superb journalist moving on. You’re been a wonderful voice for the North West for so long.
Coming up Sunday with Miriam
@RTERadio1
10am-really looking forward to catching up with the force of nature
@PhelanVicky
as she heads home from her cancer treatment in the US&we’ll also be joined by her parents John&Gaby Kelly.Also today
@CroweSerrano
on her new novel
#InTheDark
As a journalist, I’m much more comfortable reporting on stories than being at the centre of them.
Over recent years, I’ve been touched and a little embarrassed when people have approached me at charity events around the country and suggested that I should run for President.
@Paulmcgrath5
So so sorry to hear this Paul - I know how much you adored your mum. I hope you are okay and remember she will keep minding you forever from heaven.
It was such a privilege to interview Geraldine - a truly extraordinarily courageous woman. That’s tonight’s
@RTE_PrimeTime
9.35
@RTEOne
-produced so sensitively by
@samanthabourke
This incredibly courageous testimony from Geraldine Mullan, who lost her entire family in an horrendous tragedy, should remind us all to treasure what we have
@RTE_PrimeTime
@MiriamOCal
Really thrilled to say that ace producer/director
@Sallyannegodson
&myself with ace cameraman Nick Dolan&ace editor Mark Siung just won the Torc
@CelticMediaFest
Award for Current Affairs for our
@RTE_PrimeTime
documentary on Carers in Crisis
#rtept