<!--[[File:Gerry Ryan Late Late Show.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Gerry Ryan hostedmenjadi thehost showacara onpada tanggal 24 OctoberOktober 2008 assaat Pat Kenny tookmengambil timewaktu outsetelah followingkematian his mother's deathibunya]]TheAcara showini hastelah hadmemiliki threetiga permanenthost hostspermanen: [[Gay Byrne]], [[Pat Kenny]] anddan [[Ryan Tubridy]]. [[Frank Hall]] deputised formewakili Byrne for a one season absence in the 1960s. There have also been at least four occasions on which another presenter has stepped in to host the show. The first was when Byrne became unexpectedly and seriously ill; frequent panelist [[Ted Bonner]] presented instead. The second time was towards the end of a show about [[feminism]], when Byrne ushered a young [[Marian Finucane]] into his seat to present the rest of the show. On another occasion, radio broadcaster and former news reader Andy O'Mahony, was brought in to replace Gay Byrne for a segment on the show to interview journalist Deirdre Purcell who had ghost written Gay Byrne's autobiography.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/opinion/comment/gerrys-love-of-chaos-may-be-a-ratings-winner-for-the-late-late-show-standin-1506499.html|title=Gerry's love of chaos may be a ratings winner for the Late Late Show stand-in|date=23 October 2008|accessdate=23 October 2008|publisher=[[Evening Herald]]}}</ref> The most recent time was on 24 October 2008, when [[Gerry Ryan]] was announced as guest presenter with less than 48 hours' notice, after Kenny's mother died suddenly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/ryan-takes-on-late-late--as-kenny-mourns-mother-1506146.html|title=Ryan takes on 'Late, Late' as Kenny mourns mother|date=23 October 2008|accessdate=23 October 2008|publisher=[[Irish Independent]]|first=Ciaran|last=Byrne}}</ref> Pat Kenny announced live on air during the 27 March 2009 edition of the show that he would quit the post at the end of the season.<ref name="Pat Kenny to step down as Late Late Show host">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0327/breaking77.htm|title=Pat Kenny to step down as Late Late Show host|date=27 March 2009|accessdate=27 March 2009|publisher=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Pat Kenny to leave Late Late Show">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0327/kennyp.html|title=Pat Kenny to leave Late Late Show|date=27 March 2009|accessdate=27 March 2009|publisher=[[Radio Telefís Éireann|RTÉ]]}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> On 11 May 2009, RTÉ announced that Ryan Tubridy would be the new host for the show.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0511/breaking66.htm|title=Tubridy to host 'Late Late Show'|date=11 May 2009|work=[[The Irish Times]]|accessdate=27 September 2009}}</ref>-->
