Ryan Tubridy’s forgotten days as an aspiring Fianna Fáil politician… and the surprise setback that changed his plans

Ryan Tubridy’s accounts of his life at UCD hardly chime with the story told by some of his contemporaries. In a 2003 interview with Hot Press, he was careful to emphasise that he “was never a debater, never in that league. I was auditor of the History Society ... I was never into drugs. I was never wild, but I enjoyed my pints. I enjoyed meeting the girls”.