DOIREANN Garrihy has kicked off her brand new show on RTE 2FM today with an “Irish star” making a surprise appearance.
The popular presenter departed the 2FM Breakfast Show back in May after five years working on the radio programme.
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Today, just nine months and one wedding later, she has returned with her new show, 2FM Drive with Doireann Garrihy.
The 3pm to 6pm slot was previously hosted by The 2 Johnnies, who left the station in a shock departure last May.
Returning to the airwaves today for the first time on her new show, the 32-year-old exclaimed: “Oh my goodness, we’re live.”
As she began, a number of people in the 2FM studio began to cheer and clap for the radio star.
She continued: “It is Monday, February 24. It is 3:06pm, I may have rented a crowd. I may have asked them to give me a little clap in the background, because I was a tiny bit scared just to get up and running.
“But we have so much to get through on the show today until six o’clock. And actually, there’s one thing I’m really, really excited about.
“As a team, we put the feelers out there today to see if anyone in particular might want to maybe intro the show. And they asked a few Irish stars, and we couldn’t believe that we got a response from this person, in particular.
“Anyway, look, I’m just gonna hand it over to him.”
Doireann then proceeded to imitate Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty, wishing her well on her new show.
Mimicking the RTE TV host, she told listeners: “Folks, yes, I am delighted to be the chosen one to introduce the very first 2FM Drive show with Doireann Garrihy.
“Now you may remember last May, a sad day for 2FM when Doireann left the building, but hey presto, she only got as far as the car park where she did a few doughnuts, then a U-turn, and came right back in.
“During her time away, she rediscovered sleep, exercise and became the only person in Ireland to ever get married.
“How do you know Doireann Garrihy has done literally anything? She tells you about it. Which, now that I think about it, makes a great radio presenter.”
She added: “Now it’s been about 42 seconds since I took a breath, so I’m gonna hand you back to the woman herself before I collapse on to this flight. Have a good show.”
GOT TO GO
Shifting it up a gear, Doireann then got ready to start her show with Chappell Roan’s Hot To Go.
Before coming back to the airwaves today, Doireann was a guest on last Friday’s Late Late Show.
Down comic Patrick was joined at the top of the show by Doireann where she reflected on her decision to return to RTE 2FM.
She said: “I had done four years of breakfast, ten years of kind of mad busyness, and I just needed a bit of a break, and so I took a leap of faith and took a break.
“I never could have anticipated how much I would miss it. I knew I would miss it. I just didn’t think I would miss it as much with the year as it was kind of planned out. I knew what I had coming up. I was obviously getting married.”
