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Odds slashed on new contender for RTE Late Late host job after 'interesting' bets placed at Dublin bookies

BoyleSports have trimmed the odds on one RTE presenter becoming the new host of the Late Late Show after a number of "interesting wagers" were placed at a Dublin bookies shop.

Angela Scanlon has been the subject of some significant bets, prompting BoyleSports to cut her odds from 33/1 to 9/2. She is now joint-second favourite for the job.

Ryan Tubridy shocked RTE bosses and TV viewers last week by announcing he was standing aside as the host at the end of the current series after 14 years at the helm.

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On Friday night's show, he hinted at his replacement might be by wishing them luck, "whoever she may be," suggesting a female host is being lined up for the flagship show for the first time.

Female presenters fill the first four slots in the betting market with current affairs presenter and Laois native Claire Byrne the clear favourite having been backed into 6/4 from 9/4.

Claire Byrne (RTE Claire Byrne Live)

Early favourite Miriam O’Callaghan has now drifted out to 9/2 in the betting having once been as short as 4/6 odds-on.

Of the other female contenders, Prime Time presenter Sarah McInerney is now also 9/2 from 9/1 while the biggest mover of them all is Ask Me Anything presenter Angela Scanlon who was slashed to 9/2 (from 33/1) after a few interesting wagers were placed in a Dublin City Centre shop, according to as BoyleSports spokesperson.

BoyleSports is quoting just 1/14 on RTE bucking the trend and choosing a woman (or women!) for the role and a considerably larger 7/1 that Tubs will be replaced by another man.

Lawrence Lyons, spokesperson for BoyleSports, said: “It’s been a busy ever-changing market since we opened the betting last week and we’ve seen interest in quite a few different names, all female, with some surprising interest in Angela Scanlon, but Claire Byrne is by far the most fancied for the top job at Montrose.”

Current betting odds for Next Permanent Late Late Show Host After Ryan Tubridy:

6/4 Claire Byrne

9/2 Miriam O'Callaghan

9/2 Angela Scanlon

9/2 Sarah McInerney

9/1 Tommy Tiernan

12/1 Brendan O'Connor

16/1 Carl Mullen

18/1 Daithi O Se

20/1 Jennifer Zamparelli

25/1 Mairead Ronan

33/1 Dara O Briain

40/1 Doireann Garrihy

66/1 The Two Johnnies

66/1 Sharon Ni Bheolain

66/1 Kathryn Thomas

100/1 Ray D'Arcy

100/1 Matt Cooper

100/1 Laura Whitmore

100/1 Hector O Heochagain

100/1 Craig Doyle

100/1 Nicky Byrne

100/1 Bryan Dobson

100/1 Eamonn Holmes

100/1 Lucy Kennedy

100/1 Shay Byrne

100/1 Pat Spillane

100/1 Graham Norton

100/1 Jimmy Buckley

125/1 Joe Duffy

150/1 Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh

150/1 Ray Foley

200/1 Bar

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