The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show

It's Daniel O'Donnell's birthday! On Gift Grub this morning, Ian gave him a call to send him best wishes. It's been a wild couple of days for him, filled with celebrations...

England lost 2-1 to France in the World Cup quarter-final and the England squad began their journey back to the UK. On Gift Grub this morning, Michael D. Higgins and Michael O'Leary had a lot to say about the defeat.

Eamon Dunphy joined Ian on Gift Grub this morning for another World Cup update. Things have been quiet for Eamon during the tournament, and he's appealing to other broadcasters to adopt a Dunphy this Christmas. Adopt a Dunphy, and you'll get a complimentary John Giles thrown in!

On Gift Grub this morning, we heard from a few famous faces who hadn’t many good things to say. Daniel O'Donnell, Francis Brennan, and Christy Moore dropped by to tell us how annoyed they were that Mario Rosenstock would be making another appearance on the Late Late Show tonight.

On Gift Grub this morning, we checked in with Radio Roy in Qatar. Media crews had some down time yesterday as there were no scheduled matches. But, ITV and BBC crews decided to go head-to-head in a friendly match, and Roy Keane scored the winning goal for ITV. He celebrated his goal by dancing. Earlier in the week, Roy slated the Brazilian team dancing, and had to issue an apology to them on Radio...

Pauline McLynn joined Ian on the show this morning to talk about her new role, and to reminisce about Father Ted. Pauline and Ardal O’Hanlon reunite after 25 years for Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything. They play the Irish parents of a Manchester girl determined to clean up her act in new TV series. You can see Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything tonight, 7th Dec, on Sky Comedy and Sky Now.

On Gift Grub this morning, we joined the Fianna Fáil Christmas party in Leinster House. Things were sounding a little tame, until Fine Gael crashed the party...Paschal Donohoe and Leo Varadkar seemed to bring it back to life.

On Gift Grub this morning, Matt Cooper was joined by Frank Greaney for a special court report. Frank told Matt about a case of multiple serious offences. The perpetrator goes by the name 'Elf on The Shelf'.

A four-day working week trial in Ireland has been deemed a success by both the employers and employees taking part. Michael D. Higgin’s joined Ian on Gift Grub this morning and thinks it’s a wonderful idea. Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, quipped in to show his dismay.

On Gift Grub this morning, James Corden joined Ian to gloat about England's win in their latest World Cup game. According to James, 'It's Coming Home'... Steven Gerrard on the other hand is still sitting at the edge of his seat.

Leo Varadkar joined Ian on this mornings Gift Grub and told us how it's only 15 days until he becomes Taoiseach - not like he's counting or anything!! President Michael D. Higgins and Paschal Donohoe phoned in to give their two cents.

On Gift Grub this morning, Ian spoke to Ronan Keating across the pond while he was doing his own breakfast show on Magic Radio. While Ronan was on, he had a favour to ask Ian. He wants him to put in a good word with Westlife..

The World Cup tournament is nearing the halfway mark and the cream is starting to rise to the top. On Gift Grub this morning, we got a sampling of what World Cup coverage radio stations and TV programmes are doing across Ireland.

Following the news that Amazon is set to offer customers an Irish accent on Alexa devices, on Gift Grub this morning, we got a sneak preview of some of the dialects from across the country. The device will be able to recognise Irish phrases like “Alexa, what’s the craic?” and “Alexa, who’s your man?”.

On Gift Grub this morning, Radio Roy was broadcasting from Qatar for another World Cup special. Roy Keane spoke about greed and the double standards surrounding the tournament… We also revisited the ongoing series - ‘The Real Qatar’ with David Beckham.

ROG spoke to Ian this morning on Gift Grub about the news that he’s made it on to a three-man shortlist for the England Head Coach position. A couple of old timers called into the show to voice their objection.

Eamon joined Ian on this morning’s Gift Grub to give his thoughts on the selection of Irish World Cup pundits this year. In his own words, he branded them as ‘muck’...

Eamon Dunphy joined Ian this morning on Gift Grub to give his thoughts on the World Cup. Irish football manager, Stephen Kenny, and Robbie Keane also weighed in on the action!

On this morning’s Gift Grub, Paschal Donohoe joined Ian to analyse the biggest cash amount EVER on the Today Fm Cash Machine. Ray D’Arcy and Bono also swung by to give their two cents.

Alisha Weir dropped in to chat to Ian about her upcoming role in Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, and explained how she got the news of her big part. Alisha, from Knocklyon Co. Dublin, is just 13 years old and is most definitely a star in the making.

On Gift Grub this morning, we got a sneak peak of what to expect on this years Toy Show with Ryan Tubridy. One of the toys that featured this year was a James Corden doll called ‘Two Faced James’...

On this morning’s Gift Grub, Radio Roy is broadcasting from Qatar for a World Cup special. Gary Neville, John Delaney, and a host of others, joined Roy on the show.

It was a big night in the 3Olympia last night, Bono took to the stage to showcase his new book, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. On Gift Grub this morning, we heard about all the famous faces who graced the Dublin theatre for the performance.

Eamon Dunphy and John Giles joined Ian on Gift Grub to talk football this morning. It’s the first year since 1978 that either are not involved in punditry for the World Cup, so they’re looking for a new home to dissect the games.

On this morning’s Gift Grub, Ian spoke to Ronan O’Gara and Johnny Sexton about Ireland’s rugby win on Saturday and reflected on what a great year it’s been for the Ireland team overall.