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ILikeBoats · 20-02-2026 02:44PM

Also loving all the Irish tunes being worked in. Heard Hey Day twice.

ILikeBoats · 20-02-2026 02:52PM

Clannad on now

paddylonglegs · 20-02-2026 04:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124251191#Comment_124251191

I was thinking the same. I know they’re playing older songs for the older audience, replacing these with older and newer Irish songs would be a service to Irish artists.

hold my beer · 24-02-2026 04:07PM

Is Foley covering for Dempsey? He hasn't been on at 2pm this week or last.

ILikeBoats · 24-02-2026 04:20PM

No, Ian still in. Last week, Quilty said Ray was on holidays

RMAOK · 24-02-2026 11:43PM

Have to say that today fm has been far more enjoyable to listen to over the last few weeks than previous to that

Wonder will they keep some of those older songs after the countdown is over?

pjohnson · 24-02-2026 11:47PM

Hopefully more take Daves lead and keep playing Foo Fighters.

flazio · 28-02-2026 04:42PM

Jessica Maciel is back in Marconi House. But not on Today FM. She's the Saturday afternoon presenter on 98fm.

ILikeBoats · 02-03-2026 11:09AM

Haven't listened too much over past few days. Have they reduced the amount top 100 Irish entries being played because the vote is over? Think I've only heard one this morning so far.

NIMAN · 02-03-2026 08:08PM

Did they happen to just play a prerecorded sports bulletin?

Otherwise why tell us about footy matches that took place >24hrs ago? Its hardly news at this stage.

tampopo · 02-03-2026 08:09PM

7 o'clock on a Monday evening and they play a sports report bulletin that is 24 hours old!!!

Often on a Saturday evening they replay sports bulletin from earlier in the day 'and the latest from the lunch time kick-off is…'

beggars_bush · 02-03-2026 08:20PM

Matt's voice is gone really

He was struggling to speak on the last word this evening and I actually turned it off

RMAOK · 02-03-2026 11:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124279375#Comment_124279375

Kind of reminded me of Bobby Kerr on "down to business" on newstalk, tbh

Chip Whitley · 03-03-2026 12:13PM

I like Dave, but his hyperbole is getting a bit much. Not content with calling everyone legends, he referred to Eric Lalor and Willa White as a comedy 'ICONS' this morning.

Eric Lalor can be funny, but I've never even heard of Willa White, and I'd like to think I know my way around the Irish comedy scene.

Loughc · 03-03-2026 02:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124280718#Comment_124280718

To be fair to Willa he's been knocking around for years but is gaining a bit of popularity these days. He stared in Des Bishop's show Joy in the hood on RTE back in 2006. His blurb is below.

"Willa White has exploded in popularity over the past 18 months, quickly marking himself out as one of the biggest names in the Irish comedy circuit. Having sold over 8,000 tickets to date, Willa will become the first Irish comedian ever to play the National Stadium since it was built in 1939.

As well as comedy, Willa has taken to acting, performing in the multi-award-winning production 'The Examination' with Irish theatre company Brokentalkers, and just completed a three-night run in The Ambassador Theatre (a venue at which Willa became the first ever comedian to hold a residency). He has also taking to podcasting, seeing his show 'You Must Be Jokin’, which he co-hosts with fellow Dublin comedian Eric Lalor, fly to the top of the Irish podcast charts.

With support slots alongside Jason Byrne, Tommy Tiernan, Kevin Bridges and John Bishop ticked off the list, Willa is ready to kick start the newest phase of his comedy journey. His newest show 'Dead Man Talking' will see Willa reflect on memories of those who have passed, and the fun times they shared on this rollercoaster we call life."

tampopo · 03-03-2026 02:51PM

I saw Jon Kenny in the Stadium in the early to mid 80s, so that's completely wrong, for starters

its_steve116 · 04-03-2026 01:37PM

Do they still call it "100-102 Today FM"?

flazio · 04-03-2026 02:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124284087#Comment_124284087

I think the only stations these days that refer to their frequency ranges are those named after them, like 98fm.

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares · 05-03-2026 03:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124277763#Comment_124277763

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124279350#Comment_124279350

They actually have form in this regard! Dunno what's going on. However... Some day last week, about 5 minutes before 1 o'clock, Mr Sportsnews guy (can't remember his name) suddenly appeared on the airwaves in the middle of a song for about 2 seconds, reading sports news. So I wonder does he record each one a few minutes before it's meant to go out? And then maybe someone in the studio clicks Play on the wrong clip?

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares · 06-03-2026 12:05AM

By the way, did Today FM do a countdown of biggest hits of the year towards the end of last December? I think Gracie Abrams won it. Probably to make up for being completely absent from the Top 500 songs of the post 25 years, however they managed that

pjohnson · 06-03-2026 09:19AM

I expected #99 to be about 50 places higher than it is.

Surprising.

BadTurtle · 06-03-2026 09:36AM

Heard Van Morrison but missed the two before it, what were they?

pjohnson · 06-03-2026 09:40AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124289641#Comment_124289641

100 - Bell X1 - Flame

99 - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

ILikeBoats · 06-03-2026 10:17AM

Ian and Dave had a chat there. Think it's the first time I've heard them interact.

Van Morrison - Days Like These

#95 Niall Horan - Slow Hands

#94 The Coronas - San Diego Song

#93 Niall Horan - This Town

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares · 06-03-2026 10:53AM

100 Bell X1 - Flame

99 Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

98 Van Morrison - Days Like This

97 CMAT - Euro-Country

96 Ash - Oh Yeah

95 Niall Horan - Slow Hands

94 The Coronas - San Diego Song

93 Niall Horan - This Town

92 The Frames - Star Star

91 Mundy - Galway Girl

HBC08 · 06-03-2026 11:16AM

Whatever you think about these countdowns this particular one is compelling radio.

Just Finished work and with nothing but blue skies here in the West im thinking about spinning up to North Mayo on my own and listening to it for a few hours.

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares · 06-03-2026 12:19PM

90 The Golden Horde - Friends in Time

89 Ash - Shining Light

88 Amble - Schoolyard Days

87 Bill Whelan - Riverdance

86 Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go

85 Kodaline - High Hopes

84 The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes

83 The 4 of Us - Mary

82 The Dubliners - Dirty Old Town

81 The Corrs - Runaway

castletownman · 06-03-2026 01:37PM

Something quite touching hearing a Pair of Brown Eyes and Dirty Old Town on the radio on a day like today

EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares · 06-03-2026 01:39PM

80 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
79 Fontaines D.C. - I Love You
78 Dermot Kennedy - Power Over Me
77 The Corrs - Breathless
76 The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
75 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
74 Mary Black - No Frontiers
73 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
72 Paddy Casey - Saints and Sinners
71 Kodaline - All I Want

ILikeBoats · 06-03-2026 01:51PM

Mary Black taking me right back to when my Mam would be playing it in the car

This is brilliant

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