Donegal TV presenter Ciara Doherty is the latest name in showbusiness to attract support to replace Ryan Tubridy as the Late Late Show host.
BoyleSports has been busy updating its betting since news broke about Tubridy’s imminent departure recently.
Now former TV3 presenter and Newstalk host Ciara Doherty is 50/1 from 200/1 to sit in the hot seat in RTE.
The Letterkenny woman has years of experience having previously presented Ireland AM and numerous documentaries for TV3 (now Virgin Media Ireland) and is also a qualified barrister to boot!
Support for women in general has been very strong with Claire Byrne top of the pile as the 2/5 favourite followed by Sarah McInerney at 7/2, Kathryn Thomas at 9/2 and Jennifer Zamparelli at 12/1, while dance partner Doireann Garrihy has now drifted to 100/1 after ruling herself out of the running. The closest male candidate in the betting is Tommy Tiernan but at 25/1 it’s now an outside chance.
Judging by the latest price moves, a female taking the hot seat looks like a foregone conclusion with BoyleSports quoting an unbackable 1/50 on the next host being female.
Sarah Kinsella, spokesperson for BoyleSports said: “The next Late Late Show host market has been an extremely busy one for us and just when we thought things had started to quieten down, support arrived for Ciara Doherty this morning. She has excellent presenting skills and is also very warm and compassionate, so we’re not surprised to see that support has started to arrive for her but she has a lot of ground to catch up with Claire Byrne!”
Next Permanent Late Late Show Host After Ryan Tubridy
4-11 Claire Byrne
7-2 Sarah McInerney
9-2 Kathryn Thomas
12 Jennifer Zamparelli
16 Angela Scanlon
25 Katie Hannon
25 Anton Savage
25 Tommy Tiernan
25 Baz Ashmawy
33 Dara O Briain
50 Daithi O Se
50 Ciara Doherty
66 Lucy Kennedy
66 Brendan O’Connor
80 Ciara Kelly
100 Doireann Garrihy
100 Ray D’Arcy
100 Mairead Ronan
100 Joe Molloy
100 Maura Derrane
100 Claire Brock
100 John Creedon
100 Catriona Perry
100 Carl Mullen
100 Lottie Ryan
100 Colm Matthews
100 The Two Johnnies
100 Panti Bliss
150 Vogue Williams
150 Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh
150 Hector O Heochagain
150 Graham Norton
150 Matt Cooper
150 Eamonn Holmes
200 Laura Whitmore
200 Eamonn Dunphy
200 Ian Dempsey
200 Craig Doyle
200 Anne Doyle
200 Joe Duffy
200 Dave Fanning
200 Donncha O’Callaghan
200 Jimmy Buckley
200 Joanne McNally
200 Shay Byrne
200 PJ Gallagher
200 Oliver Callan
250 Pat Spillane
300 Sharon Ni Bheolain
300 Nicky Byrne
500 Ray Foley
500 Bryan Dobson
500 Pat Kenny
500 Gary Lineker
500 George Hook
500 Des Cahill
500 Enda Kenny
500 Bertie Ahern
500 Martyn Whelan
500 Henry McKean
1000 Vincent Browne
