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Dempsey</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1961-01-16</span>) </span>16 January 1961<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 63)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">Irish</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Broadcaster</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employer(s)</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">RTÉ</a> (1980–1998) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Today_FM" title="Today FM">Today FM</a> (1998–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Children's television, breakfast radio show,</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.todayfm.com/The-Ian-Dempsey-Breakfast-Show">Official website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ian Dempsey</b> (born 16 January 1961) is an Irish presenter of television and breakfast radio. He is the long-running presenter of the breakfast show on <a href="/wiki/Today_FM" title="Today FM">Today FM</a>, self-titled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ian_Dempsey_Breakfast_Show" title="The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show">The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show</a></i>, which runs from 6-9 am each weekday. He has won several major awards for his programmes<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>'s tenth most-listened-to broadcaster in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 June 2010, he co-hosted the opening ceremony of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Special_Olympics_World_Summer_Games" title="2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games">2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games</a> Irish heats at <a href="/wiki/Thomond_Park" title="Thomond Park">Thomond Park</a> with <a href="/wiki/Des_Cahill" title="Des Cahill">Des Cahill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Dempsey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-BLP_unsourced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-BLP_unsourced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biography of a living person</a> <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">include</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">references or sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help by adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>. 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In 1978 he joined Dublin pirate station <a href="/w/index.php?title=Capitol_Radio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Capitol Radio (page does not exist)">Capitol Radio</a>, and later worked for Alternative Radio Dublin and Radio 257.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Dempsey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RTÉ"><span id="RT.C3.89"></span>RTÉ</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Dempsey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: RTÉ"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-BLP_sources_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-BLP_sources" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biography of a living person</a> <b>needs additional <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help by adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Remove_contentious_material_that_is_unsourced_or_poorly_sourced" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Contentious material</a> about living persons that is unsourced or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Questionable_and_self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">poorly sourced</a> <b>must be removed immediately</b> from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Libel" title="Wikipedia:Libel">libelous</a>.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Ian+Dempsey%22">"Ian Dempsey"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Ian+Dempsey%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Ian+Dempsey%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Ian+Dempsey%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Ian+Dempsey%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Ian+Dempsey%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 29 February 1980, he joined the national broadcaster, <a href="/wiki/Raidi%C3%B3_Teilif%C3%ADs_%C3%89ireann" class="mw-redirect" title="Raidió Teilifís Éireann">Raidió Teilifís Éireann</a> (RTÉ), to present <i>The Weekend Breakfast Show</i> on <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_2fm" title="RTÉ 2fm">RTÉ 2fm</a>, and later, shows such as <i>Poparama</i>, <i>The Hotline</i>, <i>Night Train</i> and <i>The Great Giveaway Show</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dempsey later hosted the lunchtime show before moving to the breakfast slot in the mid-1980s. He picked up where <a href="/wiki/Marty_Whelan" title="Marty Whelan">Marty Whelan</a> had left off, engaging the audience with his natural personality, a world apart from the 'jocks' that stalked the Radio Centre in Montrose at the time. Apart from a brief time off breakfast following 2fm's 1989 relaunch, he has remained on early mornings since. <a href="/wiki/Maxi_(singer)" title="Maxi (singer)">Maxi</a> was placed on the breakfast show at that time, but, after a few weeks, it was apparent to all that her style was not suited to the format; Dempsey was promptly reinstated. </p><p>1986 saw Dempsey's first major exposure to television, with the children's show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Den_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Den (Ireland)">Dempsey's Den</a></i>, which also gave the alien twin puppets <a href="/wiki/Zig_and_Zag_(puppets)" title="Zig and Zag (puppets)">Zig and Zag</a> their first break to the small screen. Noted for his choice of brightly coloured jumpers, Dempsey presented <i><a href="/wiki/The_Den_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Den (Ireland)">The Den</a></i> until the summer of 1990 and later reflected on his time at the helm in a 2008 RTÉ documentary.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also worked on various <a href="/wiki/TV_shows" class="mw-redirect" title="TV shows">TV shows</a> including the pop music quiz show <i>Number 1</i> and three seasons of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beatbox" title="The Beatbox">The Beatbox</a></i>, a two-hour <a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a> show <a href="/wiki/Simulcast" title="Simulcast">simulcast</a> on <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="RTÉ Two">Network 2</a> and <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_2fm" title="RTÉ 2fm">RTÉ 2fm</a>. He was also the first host of the Irish version of <i><a href="/wiki/Talk_About_(game_show)" title="Talk About (game show)">Talkabout</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dempsey weathered the storm of the advent of independent radio in Ireland on RTÉ 2fm breakfast. His style was informal and relaxed. His rapport with <a href="/wiki/Des_Cahill" title="Des Cahill">Des Cahill</a> was particularly strong. John Clarke, later head of RTÉ 2fm, produced the show and occasionally deputized. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Today_FM">Today FM</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Dempsey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Today FM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dempsey shocked the Irish radio world in 1998 by announcing a move to the newly relaunched <a href="/wiki/Today_FM" title="Today FM">Today FM</a>. He had been tempted by a sizable salary package to join the station that 12 months beforehand had languished with a minimal JNLR result. He left RTÉ for Today FM in July 1998 and since 21 September 1998 (when his breakfast show was launched) he has worked at the station with his <a href="/wiki/Gift_Grub" title="Gift Grub">Gift Grub</a> team providing comedic value. 2fm have struggled to find a suitable replacement ever since. Attempts have included <a href="/wiki/Hector_%C3%93_hEochag%C3%A1in" title="Hector Ó hEochagáin">Hector Ó hEochagáin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Tubridy" title="Ryan Tubridy">Ryan Tubridy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colm_Hayes" title="Colm Hayes">Colm Hayes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marty_Whelan" title="Marty Whelan">Marty Whelan</a> in recent years. When the move was announced he was refused entry to the Montrose campus and publicly complained that over 20,000 albums of his were not returned to him by RTÉ. In recent years it has been widely reported that 2fm have tried to tempt him back. In 2007 Dempsey started presenting an online radio show for Irish people abroad called <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Craic_(radio_show)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Craic (radio show) (page does not exist)">The Craic</a></i>. </p><p>Dempsey appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Restaurant_(Irish_TV_series)" title="The Restaurant (Irish TV series)">The Restaurant</a></i> where he bamboozled the critics with his Mini Bloody Mary Burgers, JFK's Lidded Lobster Soup, Swedish Meatballs, Tagliatelle with Lightly Curried Prawns, Deeply Bitter Chocolate Mousse and a dish he called "The Bomb".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late August 2015, Dempsey and Today FM colleague Louise Duffy presented The Seven O’Clock Show on TV3 filling in for usual hosts Martin King and Lucy Kennedy.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Dempsey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dempsey lives in <a href="/wiki/Sutton,_Dublin" title="Sutton, Dublin">Sutton, Dublin</a>. He is married to Ger and has three children.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evan is a member of the band The Kapitals who have played the <a href="/wiki/Oxegen_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxegen Festival">Oxegen Festival</a> twice while Shane works as an engineer for Today FM.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Dempsey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dempsey was nominated in the category of Best Radio DJ - National at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Meteor_Awards" title="2010 Meteor Awards">2010 Meteor Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 September 2016, it was announced that Dempsey had been inducted into the PPI Radio Awards Hall of Fame along with RTE 2FM DJ <a href="/wiki/Dave_Fanning" title="Dave Fanning">Dave Fanning</a> and South East Radio's Eamonn Buttle and Downtown Radio's Trevor Campbell.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Even_Better_Than_the_Disco_Thing" title="Even Better Than the Disco Thing">Even Better Than the Disco Thing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing_album_series" title="Even Better Than the Real Thing album series">Even Better Than the Real Thing</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing_Vol._1" title="Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 1">1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing_Vol._2" title="Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 2">2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing_Vol._3" title="Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 3">3</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gift_Grub" title="Gift Grub">Gift Grub</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_and_his_Amazing_Technicolor_Overcoat" title="José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat">José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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<li>Beta Da Silva</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doireann_Garrihy" class="mw-redirect" title="Doireann Garrihy">Doireann Garrihy</a></li> <li>Jenny Greene</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hegarty" title="Dan Hegarty">Dan Hegarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Mullan" title="Carl Mullan">Carl Mullan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donncha_O%27Callaghan" title="Donncha O'Callaghan">Donncha O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_2_Johnnies" title="The 2 Johnnies">Johnny Smacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%A1thnaid_Treacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bláthnaid Treacy">Bláthnaid Treacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Walsh" title="Ruby Walsh">Ruby Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Zamparelli" title="Jennifer Zamparelli">Jennifer Zamparelli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Weekend</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cormac_Battle" title="Cormac Battle">Cormac Battle</a></li> <li>Conor Behan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Clarke_(DJ)" title="Dave Clarke (DJ)">Dave Clarke</a></li> <li>Aindriú de Paor</li> <li>Laura Fox</li> <li>Mo K</li> <li>Aifric O'Connell</li> <li>Emma Power</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rozanna_Purcell" title="Rozanna Purcell">Roz Purcell</a></li> <li>Dave Tracey</li> <li>DJ Wax</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Ahern" title="Jay Ahern">Jay Ahern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bazil_Ashmawy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bazil Ashmawy">Bazil Ashmawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Byrne" title="Nicky Byrne">Nicky Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Byrne_(broadcaster)" title="Stephen Byrne (broadcaster)">Stephen Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Cagney" title="Mark Cagney">Mark Cagney</a></li> <li>Michael Cahill</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronan_Collins" title="Ronan Collins">Ronan Collins</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ian Dempsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_J._Enright" title="Leo J. 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Enright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BP_Fallon" title="BP Fallon">BP Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Fanning" title="Dave Fanning">Dave Fanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Fenton" title="Tony Fenton">Tony Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gogan" title="Larry Gogan">Larry Gogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emilia_Golightly" title="Emilia Golightly">Emilia Golightly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greeley" title="Jimmy Greeley">Jimmy Greeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Greene_(broadcaster)" title="Chris Greene (broadcaster)">Chris Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Hanley" title="Vincent Hanley">Vincent Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colm_Hayes" title="Colm Hayes">Colm Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Hayes" title="Nikki Hayes">Nikki Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avril_Hoare" title="Avril Hoare">Avril Hoare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Huston" title="Jenny Huston">Jenny Huston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Kennedy" title="Lucy Kennedy">Lucy Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Kenny" title="Pat Kenny">Pat Kenny</a></li> <li>Ciara King</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denzil_Lacey" title="Denzil Lacey">Denzil Lacey</a></li> <li>Will Leahy</li> <li>Aidan Leonard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lyster" title="Michael Lyster">Michael Lyster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxi_(singer)" title="Maxi (singer)">Maxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_McCabe" title="Mark McCabe">Mark McCabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_McCaul_(presenter)" title="Damien McCaul (presenter)">Damien McCaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoghan_McDermott" title="Eoghan McDermott">Eoghan McDermott</a></li> <li>Paddy McKenna</li> <li>Alan McQuillan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_McSharry" title="Louise McSharry">Louise McSharry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declan_Meehan_(radio_presenter)" title="Declan Meehan (radio presenter)">Declan Meehan</a></li> <li>Mike Moloney</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Morahan" title="Caroline Morahan">Caroline Morahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Murphy_(broadcaster)" title="Arthur Murphy (broadcaster)">Arthur Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colm_%26_Jim-Jim" title="Colm & Jim-Jim">Jim-Jim Nugent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_O%27Callaghan" title="Gareth O'Callaghan">Gareth O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_%C3%93_hEochag%C3%A1in" title="Hector Ó hEochagáin">Hector Ó hEochagáin</a></li> <li>Jim O'Neill</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_O%27Shea" title="Bernard O'Shea">Bernard O'Shea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_O%27Shea" title="Rick O'Shea">Rick O'Shea</a></li> <li>Dave Redmond</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Ryan" title="Gerry Ryan">Gerry Ryan</a></li> <li>Ruth Scott</li> <li>Gerry Stevens</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tiernan" title="Tommy Tiernan">Tommy Tiernan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Tubridy" title="Ryan Tubridy">Ryan Tubridy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Walsh" title="Keith Walsh">Keith Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Whelan" title="Marty 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dave_Fanning_Show" title="The Dave Fanning Show">The Dave Fanning Show</a></i></li> <li><i>Drive By</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Europe%27s_Biggest_Dance_Show" title="Europe's Biggest Dance Show">Europe's Biggest Dance Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Full_Irish" title="The Full Irish">The Full Irish</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gerry_Ryan_Show" title="The Gerry Ryan Show">The Gerry Ryan Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gogan#The_Golden_Hour" title="Larry Gogan">Larry Gogan's Golden Hour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mailbag" title="Mailbag">Mailbag</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marty_in_the_Morning" title="Marty in the Morning">Marty in the Morning</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rick_%26_Ruth_Breakfast_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rick & Ruth Breakfast Show">The Rick & Ruth Breakfast Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smells_Like_Saturday" title="Smells Like Saturday">Smells Like 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title="Philip Boucher-Hayes">Philip Boucher-Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Cahill" title="Des Cahill">Des Cahill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Callan" title="Oliver Callan">Oliver Callan</a></li> <li>Brenda Donohue</li> <li>Eamon Horan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Kelly" title="Jenny Kelly">Jenny Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Kennedy" title="Darren Kennedy">Darren Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Kennedy" title="Lucy Kennedy">Lucy Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Looney" title="Fiona Looney">Fiona Looney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_McNamara" title="Conor McNamara">Conor McNamara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_O%27Rourke" title="Evelyn O'Rourke">Evelyn O'Rourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lottie_Ryan" title="Lottie Ryan">Lottie Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Woods_(Irish_presenter)" title="Laura Woods (Irish presenter)">Laura Woods</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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