Late Late Show review: Ryan Tubridy forgot the cardinal rule of a good chat show during ‘this glutinous mixture of love-in and self-indulgence’

Ryan Tubridy pictured on the series finale of The Late Late Show. Picture Andres Poveda

Pat Stacey

What everybody remembers from Gay Byrne’s final Late Late Show in 1999 is the bit when U2’s Larry Mullen and Bono presented the host with a Harley-Davidson motorcycle as a going-away gift.