The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show

This week on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, we're looking back at some of the best Gift Grubs of the past year. When Top Gun: Maverick was released last month, Gift Grub imagined what a Top Gun-style training programme would look like for Ryanair newcomers. Michael 'Maverick' O'Leary put new recruits through their paces navigating the Ryanair website, taking on Dublin Airport security queues and...

Every Tuesday on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Ian plays a classic Gift Grub from the archives. This morning, Ian threw it back to 2017 when a host of famous celebrities gave their rendition of The Sunscreen Song. Davy Fitz, Roy Keane, Michael D Higgins and all the usuals were there.

This week on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, we're playing some of the best Gift Grubs of the past year. Last year, an Ed Sheeran lookalike was in the papers sharing his struggles with being mistaken for the famous singer. On Liveline, Joe Duffy took calls from several members of the public who look like famous celebs.

Ray Foley has been presenting The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show for the past 2 weeks while Ian is on holidays. This morning, Ray checked his answering machine and had more voicemails from some famous voices reviewing his performance on the show. Louis Walsh was particularly harsh.

It's that time of year again, when thousands of students get stuck into the dreaded Leaving Cert. On this morning's Gift Grub, Joe Duffy welcomed a star-studded roster of callers onto Liveline, each giving advice to Leaving Cert students. They could have done without hearing from Ray D'Arcy, however.

Ray Foley is presenting The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this week while Ian is on holidays. On Gift Grub this morning, Radio Roy is in foul humour after Ireland's defeat to Armenia and looks to tonight's game against Ukraine. He becomes even more incensed when it appears no one wants Ireland to win tonight.

Ray Foley is presenting The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning while Ian is on holidays. This morning, Morgan Freeman joined the show, still in awe after an incredible Munster Hurling Final. The ham sandwich was hanging out of his mouth as he watched.

Ray Foley is presenting The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show while Ian is on holidays. On this morning's Gift Grub, Ray's answering machine was inundated with a slew of messages from familiar voices congratulating him on his first week on Breakfast. Louis Walsh, Ray D'Arcy and Martin King all weighed in on Ray's performance.

Radio Roy was back this morning ahead of Ireland's Nations Cup game against Armenia. Roy became distracted by the racket in the studio next door as Ronan O'Gara continued his celebrations over on Radio ROG. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/06/02082622/GIFT-Radio-Roy-20th-Anniversary-Saipan-STING020622.mp3"][/audio] Things went from bad to worse when Roy discovered a Saipan 20th...

Ray Foley is presenting The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this week as Ian is on holidays. As Dublin Airport security queues show no signs of easing up, the government are under increasing pressure to get the situation under control. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/06/01084945/GIFT-Ed-Sheeran-Dublin-Airport-DAA-Team-010622-STING.mp3"][/audio] Leo and Paschal called in Ed Sheeran t...

Ray Foley is presenting The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this week while Ian is on holidays. On Gift Grub, The Last Word's court correspondent Frank Greaney was back with reports of another horrific crime. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/31102523/GIFT-The-Last-Word-Bank-of-Ireland-310522-STING.mp3"][/audio] This time, it's Bank of Ireland on the stand... Catch all the Gift Gru...

Ray Foley is presenting The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning while Ian is on holidays. Ray's answering machine was hopping throughout the morning as Irish broadcasting legends sent him well wishes on his first day on the show. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/30104513/GIFT-Ray-Foley-Answering-Machine-STING-300522.mp3"][/audio] Pat Kenny, Ray D'Arcy and Joe Duffy were a...

Ray Foley is presenting The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this week, while Ian is on holidays. This morning, Ray was joined by Morgan Freeman to give him the low-down on the weekend's GAA news. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/30102134/GIFT-Morgan-Freeman-Leinster-Munster-Football-Finals-STING-300522.mp3"][/audio] Morgan almost found Dublin and Kerry's easy wins too hard to watc...

Tickets for Bruce Springsteen's return to Dublin went on sale this morning. One man was queueing from 4am for tickets - former Taoiseach Enda Kenny. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/27100552/GIFT-Enda-Kenny-Bruce-Springsteen-Tickets-270522-STING.mp3"][/audio] Enda joined The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning from the queue and couldn't stop himself from singing a few ba...

It's a massive weekend for sport, with big games in tennis, rugby, Gaelic football and soccer all fighting for attention. Sports-mad Michael D Higgins joined The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning to express his excitement. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/27085641/GIFT-Michael-D-Sports-Roster-STING-270522.mp3"][/audio] Ran through his extremely detailed roster for the w...

It's Hilly In Rathvilly Aisling's School Tour was back on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning, and Aisling headed to County Carlow to visit St Patrick's National School in Rathvilly. She spoke to all the lovely kids in Mr Townsend's 5th class - Saoirse, Clodagh, Kianna, Molly, Emma, Alana, Jade, Aisha, Lilly, Ella, Sean, Lexi, Kirsten, Adam, Rory, Evan, Dylan, Sarah and Lauren. Hugs And He...

After the past 2 years, we really don't need another virus to be worrying about and this morning's Liveline was all about monkeypox. Listeners phoned in in their droves and shared a lot of strong and strange opinions on the subject. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/26095249/GIFT-Liveline-Monkeypox-260522-STING.mp3"][/audio] Of course, Luke O'Neill and Sam McConkey got in on t...

Top Gun: Maverick is out in cinemas today, 36 years on from the original. This morning on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Gift Grub imagined what a Top Gun-style training programme would look like for new Ryanair recruits. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/25091627/GIFT-Top-Gun-Ryanair-250522-STING.mp3"][/audio] Michael 'Maverick' O'Leary put newcomers through their paces navi...

🎵 And it went like this singin, oops I'm off, what a shambles gotta say bye bye. Hold up, Roy sit down and have a chat with me, Keaney listen to me one more time. 🎵 Today marks 20 years since Roy Keane's famous exit from the World Cup in Saipan. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/24125622/GIFT-20th-Anniversary-Saipan-Roy-Mick-240522-STING.mp3"][/audio] This morn...

The Premier League ended yesterday with Man City finishing on top. Brian Kerr was on commentary duties for the day and he joined The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning to reflect on the games using some rather colourful language. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/23095413/GIFT-Matt-Cooper-Leeds-Win-230522-STING1.mp3"][/audio] Matt Cooper also joined the show singing footb...

Waterford crashed out of the Senior Hurling Championship after losing to Clare on Sunday. Morgan Freeman was still in shock when he joined The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/23080747/GIFT-Morgan-Waterford-v-Clare-230522.mp3"][/audio] He reckoned there must have been something in the blaas that day. Catch all the Gift Grub fun by pres...

The Premier League will be decided on Sunday and Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa could do Liverpool a big favour if his side beat Man City. Stevie G joined The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning in advance of a huge weekend of football. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/20095902/GIFT-Steven-Gerard-End-of-Season-STING200522.mp3"][/audio] As usual, he was extremely pessimistic...

Harry's House, the new album by Harry Styles, landed today and fans are ecstatic. However, not every is a fan of the ex-One Directioner. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/20094046/GIFT-Daniel-ODonnell-Harrys-House-200522.mp3"][/audio] Daniel O'Donnell joined The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning and absolutely ripped Harry to shreds. Catch Daniel's Gift Grub rant by pres...

This morning on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Ian sat down with Johnny Sexton for the first time! Johnny spoke about his plans for after his retirement as well as what his kids think about him being captain of Ireland. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/19103657/Johnny-Sexton-190522-STING.mp3"][/audio] Ian also hit Johnny with some questions from his younger listeners asking...

The Northern Ireland Protocol is back in the news again and on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Ian tried to get some clarity on what the whole thing actually is. Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg joined the show and seemed to make the whole thing even more confusing. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/19091744/GIFT-Politicians-Explain-Northern-Ireland-Protocol-190522-STING.mp3"...