“I used to be too sensitive,” Mr Tubridy said. “I’m a different person now to who I was a couple of years ago. I’ve evolved.”

Tubridy will host a new weekend show across the Onic network in Ireland, which includes Dublin’s Q102, Cork’s 96FM, Limerick’s Live 95, and LMFM.

The couple have been spotted in Clifden in Co Galway, where Mr Tubridy's cousins Brian and Ronan Hughes own the Abbeyglen Castle hotel

“When you look at the workforce, roughly 20 per cent of workers are not born in Ireland. So that is healthcare workers, taxi drivers, and people who work in restaurants," Mr Varadkar said.

Tubridy left the national broadcaster following weeks of controversy relating to the organisation publicly under-reporting payments to him

In preparation for the interview, the Taoiseach was told the final question would be “the name of the autobiography” he was yet to write.

He made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with Ryan Tubridy for his podcast, The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy.

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In 2023, Ryan Tubridy’s agent and co-owner of NK Management, Noel Kelly, became embroiled in the RTÉ payments scandal.

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Liveline presenter Joe Duffy was RTÉ's second-highest earner, after Ryan Tubridy

He has filled in on the Nine O’Clock show since the controversy at the broadcaster erupted in June.

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Mr Lynch had been performing the duties of the role on an interim basis

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Last year, the directors’ pay was made up of €426,357 in remuneration and €14,720 in pension contributions

RTÉ had previously said it was not in a position to deliver the document to the Public Accounts Committee

RTÉ must 'immediately account for why they failed to provide or publish' the review of Ryan Tubridy’s previously incorrect stated pay for three years, the Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon has said