Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 **Mod Warning post 1** 27th Jan Forward

And today was the final show:

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/1009/1537729-ray-darcy-to-leave-rte-after-11-years/

Something feels odd that it would be announced the day after his last show. No great loss to the schedule, but doesn't seem like the right way to manage this either by RTE…

I didn't think he was much good, stealing a living on that show in fact.

But that is a very harsh way to deal with anyone by the management.

There's DEFINITELY a story here!

Does he owe anyone rent money?

When you are gone you are gone. Bye bye Ray. Crappy way to sign off.

It's 2025, a lot of women have balls these days .

I was expecting ray to leave Radio 1 in the next year or 2, but this is all extremely sudden.

On a side note, shay byrne filling in is even more hyper active than he is on his rising time

D'Arcy always had such an overinflated opinion of his talent, his cultural importance and his vitality to RTÉ, as he did about Today FM before them.

Honestly, he is the most mediocre of any featured presenter, on any nationally broadcast station, in all of Ireland.

Wherever he ends up next, I hope its on a station that none of my FM radios can pick up.

I hope he's paid off the houses and put a bit aside for the kids education because he'll not be seeing money like that again.

Shout out to Willy O'Reilly for initiating the whole Darcy on Radio 1 fiasco in the first place.

https://www.thejournal.ie/ray-darcy-leaves-rte-radio-6840052-Oct2025/

I'd say Shay Byrne is having great gas in the role today conscious of the breaking news. I only tuned in before 4 but I'm pretty sure I heard him say just after 4 something to the effect of "well at least that button works" in taking the p out of his predecessors penchant for tech gaffes and then one of the quiz questions was "former TV presenters" and he had a scoff at that also and it's uncanny that all the jingles are still the Ray Darcy show. So I'd say all the signs is that he was uncermonously shafted by being informed that his contract want being renewed earlier today and wouldn't go on to do his show today because of it. But I have to say no great loss. I used turn over after Liveline or put on Spotify. Couldn't bear to listen to him.