<!--[[File:Gerry Ryan Late Late Show.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Gerry Ryan menjadi host acara pada tanggal 24 Oktober 2008 saat Pat Kenny mengambil waktu setelah kematian ibunya]]Acara ini telah memiliki tiga host permanen: [[Gay Byrne]], [[Pat Kenny]] dan [[Ryan Tubridy]]. [[Frank Hall]] mewakili Byrne foruntuk aabsen onesatu seasonmusim absencepada in thetahun 1960s1960. ThereAda havejuga alsosetidaknya beenempat atkesempatan leastdi fourmana occasionspresenter onlain whichtelah anothermelangkah presenteruntuk hasmenjadi steppedtuan inrumah toacara host the showitu. TheYang firstpertama wasadalah whenketika Byrne became unexpectedlytiba-tiba andmenjadi seriouslysakit illparah; frequentpanelis panelisttersering [[Ted Bonner]] presentedmenjadi insteadpresenter pengganti. TheKedua secondkalinya timeadalah wasmenjelang towardsakhir theacara end of a show abouttentang [[feminismfeminisme]], whenketika Byrne ushered amengantarkan youngpemuda [[Marian Finucane]] intoke hiskursinya seatuntuk tomenyajikan presentseluruh the rest of the showacara. OnPada anotherkesempatan occasionlain, penyiar radio broadcasterdan andmantan formerpembaca news readerberita Andy O'Mahony, was brought indibawa tountuk replacemenggantikan Gay Byrne foruntuk asegmen segmentdi onacara theuntuk show to interviewmewawancarai journalistwartawan Deirdre Purcell whoyang hadtelah ghostmenulis writtenhantu autobiografi 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> TheWaktu mostyang recentpaling timebaru-baru ini waspada ontanggal 24 OctoberOktober 2008, whenketika [[Gerry Ryan]] wasdiumumkan announcedsebagai aspresenter guesttamu presenterdengan withpemberitahuan lesskurang thandari 48 hours' noticejam, aftersetelah ibunya Kenny'smothermeninggal diedsecara suddenlymendadak.<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>-->