The Full Irish

The Full Irish was a radio breakfast show on RTÉ 2fm. It ran for three years from 2002 - 2005 and was on air from 7 - 9 am. Ryan Tubridy presented, though he wasn't the only voice to be heard. Shane O'Donoghue read out the leading news in sport and Avril Hoare read out the news. The "holy moley mug" was the main prize given out in competitions. It was always a light hearted show which discussed random topics.

The Full Irish began on Monday 18 March 2002 as an attempt by RTÉ to halt the haemorrhaging of listeners who were desserting Damien McCaul's breakfast show.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Killilea, Gayle (17 March 2002). "Would the real Ryan Tubridy please stand up?". Sunday Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 17 March 2002. His new challenge is to boost up their "yoof" station 2FM with an exciting new breakfast show called The Full Irish which starts tomorrow [...] Tubridy's new show aims to pull in the 15 to 34-year-old listener. In the past, the breakfast show, which lost listeners under its last presenter Damien McCaul, has played second fiddle in Dublin to Today FM's Ian Dempsey and the FM104's Strawberry Alarm Clock.
↑ "RTÉ radio loses out on morning and drivetime shows to Today FM". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. 13 February 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2002. Ian Dempsey's morning show took listeners from Radio 1's Marian Finucane and 2FM's Damien McCaul. Eamon Dunphy's The Last Word ate into the listenership figures of RTÉ's flagship evening current affairs programme, Five Seven Live.

Preceded by Damien McCaul	RTÉ 2fm's breakfast show 2002 – 2005	Succeeded by The Rick & Ruth Breakfast Show

Ryan Tubridy

Radio	The Full Irish (2002–2005) The Tubridy Show (2005–2010) Tubridy (2010–2015) The Ryan Tubridy Show (2015–present)

Television	All Kinds of Everything (2003–2004) Rose of Tralee (2003–2004) Tubridy Tonight (2004–2009) Who Do You Think You Are? (2009) The Late Late Show (2009–present)

Books	JFK in Ireland: Four Days That Changed a President (2010)

RTÉ 2fm

Presenters

Weekday	Alan McQuillan Bernard O'Shea Jennifer Maguire Keith Walsh Nicky Byrne Jenny Greene Tracy Clifford Eoghan McDermott Louise McSharry Chris Greene Ciara King Dan Hegarty Cormac Battle Blathnaid Treacy Mo-K

Weekend	Stephen Byrne Rick O'Shea Michael Cahill Dave Clarke Dave Fanning Larry Gogan Aidan Leonard Will Leahy Lottie Ryan Ruth Scott Mr. Spring

Former	Jay Ahern* Bazil Ashmawy Mark Cagney Ronan Collins Ian Dempsey Leo J. Enright BP Fallon Tony Fenton Jimmy Greeley Emilia Golightly Vincent Hanley Colm Hayes Nikki Hayes Avril Hoare Jenny Huston Lucy Kennedy Pat Kenny Michael Lyster Maxi Mark McCabe Damien McCaul Paddy McKenna Declan Meehan Mike Moloney Caroline Morahan Arthur Murphy Jim-Jim Nugent Gareth O'Callaghan Hector Ó hEochagáin Jim O'Neill Dave Redmond Gerry Ryan Gerry Stevens Tommy Tiernan Ryan Tubridy Marty Whelan Simon Young Denzil Lacey

Shows

Current	Black Echoes Breakfast Republic Chris and Ciara The Dave Fanning Show Drive By Larry Gogan's Golden Hour

Former	The Beatbox Breakfast with Hector The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show The Colm and Lucy Show The Full Irish The Gerry Ryan Show Mailbag Marty in the Morning The Rick & Ruth Breakfast Show Smells Like Saturday Tubridy

Announcers and
newsreaders

Other contributors

Heads

John Clarke
John McMahon
Dan Healy

Other RTÉ radio stations:

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