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but she is almost always on that slot, has been for years. its like tuning in at 5.30 on a thursday and being shocked that John Gibbons is on and its depressing.

Very interesting. I had forgotten that I had read before that Mario joined during the Mark Byrne era. There was some confusion about when Mario first started there, probably because the name Gift Grub came later. This means that he has been around the longest on Today FM on the broadcasting side of the house, putting Ian Dempsey in second place. It also looks likely that Mario joined when the station was still called Radio Ireland. The name change happened at around January 6th 1998. If that is the case, he is definitely the last one standing from Radio Ireland. While Phil Cawley was the last broadcaster to leave from the original Radio Ireland line up, it seems he may not have been the last from the Radio Ireland era.

Re Ed Smyth's age, according to the Irish Independent he is still 47! Maybe he did not have his birthday yet (born in 1976). I think we will move on from this!…..

Who is likely to go first when it happens: Ian or Mario?

Shes just a cheap broken down AI. Has about 50ish phrases that are generally always used regardless of topic at hand.

I think Ian will go first. Not basing that on anything really. Just that he seems closer to retirement than Mario. I could also see a world in which Ray Foley & JP take over from Ian and Gift Grub would be kept on to help a smooth transition.

Geeez I never thought of that way. The slots really have been cookie cutter for so so long now. They could have recorded Marion and Cal once and replayed it for the last ten years.

What kind of fishing - river or lake, and what type of shoes? Sorry - couldn't resist!

For some strange reason she disappeared off all radio slots for a couple of years. Then she came back with a bang.

#ibelieveher

First time in this thread in years.....is this craic still going on?? 🙄

Eds show has been terrible the last few years, I wonder why he waited to be pushed as opposed to picking up work elsewhere? If he was staff, holding out for a redundancy package maybe??

Claire Beck's Saturday Soundsystem was the last thing I actually listened to on this station, not quite as good as the beat goes on, but it was the final bit of colour in an increasingly beige schedule.…

Today FM really now is the station for those that have truly given up on life.

Some more names came to mind since.

Tom Dunne - Newstalk

John Kelly - Lyric FM

Jim McCabe (a few gigs) - Radio Nova

Anton Savage - Newstalk

Karl Tsignidos - Dublin City FM

Colm O'Sullivan - Red FM