98FM's Big Breakfast with Rebecca and Brendan

Brendan Investigates: How To Make Perfume At Dublin's Parfumarija Brendan has a nose for a story AND for scents. He considers himself a bit of a scent connoisseur, so we decided to send him down to 'Parfumarija' in Drury Street to find out more. Marija showed Brendan how scents are really created, here is how they got on:

98FM's Big Breakfast: Love Island's Paige Thorne Says The Dublin Accent Makes Her 'Weak' The Love Island star was at the Virgin Media Spring/Summer Launch in Dublin last week. She chatted with Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast. Paige told them about the biggest lesson she learned from appearing on last summer's Love Island.

98FM's Big Breakfast: Stephanie Roche Says DWTS Judges Comments Are Like 'Dagger To The Heart' The Irish footballer faced harsh criticism from the judges on Sunday night's show. Many people online felt the comments went too far. Stephanie spoke with Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast this morning. She told them about how she juggles football training with dance rehearsal:

98FM Big Breakfast: First Dates Ireland's Maitre D Mateo Saina On New Season First Dates Ireland is back on RTÉ 2 for it's eighth season. Rebecca and Brendan chatted with Mateo on 98FM's Big Breakfast to find out all the goss from the new series:

98FM's Big Breakfast: Dermot Bannon Reveals If He'd like To Do A Celebrity Version Of Room To Improve The house makeover show is back on our screens for it's 14th season. Dermot Bannon dropped by to see Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast. They asked him if he's like to see a celebrity version of the show:

98FM Big Breakfast: Here Are The Hot Travel Spots For 2023 It's the start of a new year and many of us are thinking about how we can get away on holidays already! Rebecca and Brendan spoke to Travel Editor with the Irish Independent Pól O Conaghaile on 98FM's Big Breakfast this morning. He had all the details on the popular spots for 2023 and how to get a bargain:

98FM's Big Breakfast: Brendan's Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2022 How well do you remember this year? If you're anything like us, not very well! Brendan put on his quiz master hat on this morning and put Dublin to the test to see how well they remember 2022:

98FM's Big Breakfast: Lyra Reveals What People Can Expect From Dublin's New Year's Eve Festival Gavin James, Lyra and many more will headline the new festival on December 31st. Irish singer Lyra spoke to Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast this morning. She revealed what people can expect from the concert:

98FM's Big Breakfast: Could Rose & Jack Both Fit On The Door In Titanic? It's one of the greatest debates of our time. This week Titanic director James Cameron commissioned a study to once and for all determine if both Rose and Jack could have fit on the door in Titanic. Brendan and Rebecca delivered the results on air and struggled to keep it together:

98FM's Big Breakfast: GBBO's Prue Leith Says She Didn't Think Matt Lucas Would Be A Good Presenter Matt announced this week that he would be leaving the hit TV show. Rebecca and Brendan spoke with judge Prue Leith on 98FM's Big Breakfast this morning. She told them she didn't think Matt would be a good host originally but of course he changed her mind! Prue is coming to Dublin's 3Olympia for her v...

98FM's Big Breakfast: Love Actually Star Wes Butters Reveals He Has Script Framed In His Loo! It is one of our favourite Christmas movies and we were thrilled to have Love Actually STAR Wes Butters on 98FM's Big Breakfast. The radio DJ played a small but pivotal role in the iconic festive movie and revealed backstage gossip to Rebecca and Brendan. He told them which of the stars he got to hang aro...

98FM's Big Breakfast: Comedian Gearóid Farrelly Thinks He's Married To Joanne McNally Now Gearóid and Joanne have been gigging together for the past year for Joanne's seemingly never ending 'Prosecco Express' tour. Gearóid told Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast that he thinks that himself and Joanne are like an old married couple now and that they "fall asleep on each other". His own tou...

98FM Big Breakfast: Angela Scanlon Reveal's Who Her Dream Guest Is & We Are Here For It Presenter Angela Scanlon joined Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast this morning. She chatted about her plans for Christmas, who her favourite guest has been on 'Ask Me Anything' this season & who her dream guest of all time would be time would be:

98FM's Big Breakfast: Psychologist Reveals Why Christmas Lights Make Us So Happy Have you already got your Christmas lights up? Do you struggle to take them down when Christmas is over? Well, there is a scientific reason why and Psychologist Dr John Francis Leader spoke to Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast about why that is:

98FM's Big Breakfast: People Across Dublin Reveal Best Spots To Hide Xmas Treats Around The House It's that time of year again - when Dublin households stock up on multipacks of fancy crisps, fizzy drinks and sweets for Christmas. However, there are always people in every house that are willing to cause chaos by breaking in to the stash before the big day. This morning on 98FM's Big Breakfast, Reb...

Ryan Tubridy Talks To 98FM's Big Breakfast Ahead of Tonight's Toy Show Tonight is the night! It's Toy Show night and people around Dublin are gearing up to get watch the iconic show. Ryan chatted to Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast about what people can expect from tonight's show:

Dublin Actor David O'Reilly Talks About Making New Netflix Movie 'Christmas at Mistletoe Farm' The movie was released on Netflix yesterday and is sure to get you in the festive spirit. David spoke to Rebecca and Brendan about shooting the new movie and who the most famous person in his phone is:

That Time You Had To Turn Around: Most of Dublin Has Left Their Child Somewhere At One Point This morning on 98FM's Big Breakfast, we spoke about that time you had to 'turn around'. Listeners shared hilarious stories of turning around because they had forgotten something (like their child!) or had driven to the wrong place of work:

Brendan Investigates: Can He Ring The Bells At St Patrick's Cathedral? Have you ever wondered how bells are actually rung in cathedrals? Well, Brendan from 98FM's Big Breakfast took a trip to St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin to find out! Brendan got a personal lesson from Louis who has been at the cathedral for years. It was not as easy as he thought it was going to be:

98FM's Big Breakfast: Irish Dancer Adam Fogarty Chats About Working On Disenchanted & Barbie Movie He is one of Ireland's most talented young dancers and has worked on some seriously big productions including Disnenchated in Ireland and more recently, the brand new 'Barbie' movie starring Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie. Adam Fogarty spoke to Rebecca and Brendan on 98FM's Big Breakfast:

98FM Big Breakfast: Listeners Share Hilarious Driving Test Fails

98FM's Big Breakfast: Comedian Frankie McNamara Leads Rebecca & Brendan In A Guided Meditation Frankie has thousands of followers on his account 'Meditations For An Anxious Mind', where he gives his unique take on Irish places and leads guided meditations. He has just released his new book 'The Toxic Travel Guide: Ireland As You've Never Seen it Before '. Frankie explained how 'Kimmage' was the in...

98FM's Big Breakfast: Brooke Scullion Reveals What Happened On Her Night Out With Rylan Clark Last week Rylan Clark revealed that he took Irish Eurovision hopeful Brooke Scullion on a night out in Turin after she was "robbed" of a place in the finals. He told them he "doesn't remember the night out". Rebecca and Brendan spoke to Brooke on the show today who revealed exactly what happened that nigh...

98FM's Big Breakfast: Scooter Reveals 'Nonsense' Meaning Behind Song Names & Finally 'How Much Is The Fish?' H.P. Baxxter aka Scooter was on 98FM's Big Breakfast with Rebecca and Brendan this morning. He revealed the stories behind his famous hits like 'Logical Song' and 'How Much Is The Fish?'. H.P. also told Rebecca and Brendan what fans can expect from his 'God Save the Rave' tour when he comes...

Brendan Investigates: The History of the Humble Sandwich On World Sandwich Day Have you ever thought about who the first person was to decide to put things between two slices of bread? Brendan carried out one of his famous investigations to find out: