Ryan Tubridy pictured alongside Piers Morgan in London

Former RTÉ radio and television presenter Ryan Tubridy has posed for a picture with fellow media personality Piers Morgan in London.

Morgan posted the picture on X (Twitter) with the caption- "The sacked presenter club! Great to see Ireland's biggest TV star Ryan Tubridy in London today, and excited to see what he does next."

Tubridy recently hinted at a “new beginning” on an Instagram post, his first public comment since his controversial departure from Ireland’s national broadcaster.

The sacked presenter club! Great to see Ireland’s biggest TV star Ryan Tubridy in London today, and excited to see what he does next. RTE’s loss will definitely be someone else’s gain… pic.twitter.com/wtWW1FlwDu

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 5, 2023

The former Late Late Show host was taken off air on 22 June following the RTÉ payments scandal, in which the organisation was found to be under declaring payments to Tubridy.

New RTÉ director-general Kevin Bakhurst recently said that there are currently no intentions of allowing Tubridy to return to his radio programme due to “broken down” trust in negotiations.

Bakhurst said if the discussions succeeded, they would have seen Tubridy returning to his radio show, as well as start a new podcast.

Piers Morgan has also had his share of job-ending controversies.

In 2004, Morgan left his role as editor of the Daily Mirror following the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib torture scandal, during which he refused to apologise to then head of Trinity Mirror, Sly Bailey, for allowing the publication of falsified Iraqi prisoner abuse photographs.