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‘I needed a break’ – RTE’s Doireann Garrihy opens up on ‘gut decision’ to leave 2FM breakfast show ahead of shock return

RTE star Doireann Garrihy has admitted she “needed a break” from her 2FM breakfast show.

The Dancing With The Stars host presented 2FM Breakfast with Donncha O’Callaghan and Carl Mullan from 2019 to 2024.

Woman in a plaid dress and tall boots standing by a stone wall.
Doireann Garrihy has admitted she ‘needed a break’ from radio
Woman holding a microphone, saying "I'm back," with orange balloons in the background.
Doireann will return to 2FM with her own show this year

The dynamic trio quickly became a fan favourite with listeners all over the country with over 142,000 people tuning in from 6am to 9am.

However, after five years waking up the nation, Doireann announced she would be departing the station in a shock statement.

Discussing the decision, the Dublin star recently told VIP Magazine: “I just needed a break.

“It was the right time for me to leave. And I made the decision based on my gut, which I have always done.”

The popular presenter joked that her family and friends “always backed and supported” her, but this time they had a different reaction.

She added: “They were like, ‘Oh, here’s Doireann going with her gut again, making these decisions.’”

Doireann explained that there was “no point” in making her decision any other way.

The TV star emphasised: “It felt right for me then, I knew what the rest of my year looked like. I knew what the start of 2025 looked like with Dancing With The Stars. I knew I needed a break as well.”

But, after nine months away from radio, the 32-year-old was itching to get back to her old tricks.

Last month, Doireann revealed that she would be making a major return to 2FM with her “very own show”.

She added: “When I left in May, I knew that I wasn’t finished in radio forever. I absolutely knew and felt that.”

Doireann will take over the driver’s seat of the popular drive time slot.

The new show, 2FM Drive with Doireann Garrihy, will run from 3pm to 6pm.

‘I’M BACK’

In an excited post to her Instagram account, the 32-year-old wrote: “I am so beyond excited to tell you I am BACK Weekdays from 3-6pm on @rte2fm.

“Radio is where my heart is, and absence has only made the heart grow fonder. It is an absolute dream come true to have my very own show.

“I CANNOT WAIT to put my own stamp on it, to rise at a reasonable hour and to be back with you, the listeners. Bring it on.”

RTE radio stars Carl Mullan, Roz Purcell, and Aisling Bonner are also set to front an all-new Breakfast Show as part of a major airwaves shake-up at the station.

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Irish gang on knees after ‘very sophisticated’ distribution hub smashed in €14m drugs raid as 3 ‘high up’ thugs quizzed

A MAJOR organised crime gang led by two men who are high-priority garda targets has been left on its knees after its distribution hub was smashed.

It was the second huge blow to the mob – who were transporting drugs in modified cars from the midlands into west Dublin – delivered by the Dublin Crime Response Team in seven months.

Undated handout photo issued by the Garda Press Office of a view of more than 14 million euro worth of drugs, which were seized following a major garda operation, which also saw three men arrested. The Dublin Crime Response Team is continuing an investigation following the seizure of drugs in Mountmellick, Co. Laois and a number of other locations on Tuesday. Issue date: Wednesday February 5, 2025. PA Photo. The three men arrested on Tuesday remained in custody under drug trafficking legislation at garda stations in the Eastern Region on Wednesday morning. See PA story IRISH Drugs. Photo credit should read: Garda Press Office/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Some €14million worth of cocaine and cannabis was seized in raids
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The long-running operation saw investigators pounce on Tuesday and seize €14million worth of cocaine and cannabis in raids.

Cops recovered 182kg of cocaine and 4kg of cannabis herb from a commercial site in Mountmellick in Co Laois which the gang was using as its distribution hub.

In follow-up searches in Lucan and in Rathcoole in the capital, a further 17kg of coke, along with €25,000, was nabbed, bringing the haul to a total of 199kg.

Gardai say the drugs that were seized were ready to be mixed and repackaged before being distributed.

The Irish Sun has learned that the gang targeted is led by two brothers in northwest Dublin who have been long in operation, filling the void left by their murdered associate Eamon ‘The Don’ Dunne in 2010.

They have been high-priority targets for gardai for a number of years as well as the Criminal Assets Bureau.

The gang had been running a “very sophisticated” distribution hub from Mountmellick.

Gardai discovered eight cars there which had been modified to create secret compartments to transport drugs.

This was done by cutting into panels, sealing them and disguising them again while other drug paraphernalia was also discovered at the site.

Assistant Commissioner for the Dublin Metropolitan Region Paul Cleary said: “It was a big operation down here and the set up was very sophisticated.

WHOLE NETWORK ‘TAKEN OUT’

“So they had their equipment for mixing and cooking and re-bagging and sealing and stamping and then into the modified cars there for distribution.

“It’s the whole network we’re satisfied that we have taken out from importation to the mixing and bagging and distribution, the whole network which was supplying into the west Dublin communities.”

Three suspects from Poland – who detectives believe are “high up in the hierarchy” of the mob – are being quizzed in custody.

The group was targeted last July when €8million in drugs and €1million in cash was seized by the same garda unit in north Dublin.

‘SEVERELY DISRUPTED’

Assistant Commissioner Cleary added: “This was the result of an attempted lead operation that has been going on for many months and follows on from another big seizure last year.

“With this particular seizure we are satisfied that we have dismantled the whole supply network for cocaine into west Dublin and severely disrupted the activities of the organised crime gang behind that supply network.

“So it’s a significant seizure and we have stopped these drugs getting into our communities in west Dublin, those communities that have been devastated by drugs and we’ve seen that force happen.”

Seized drugs displayed with Dublin Crime Response Team officer.
Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary is satisfied the drug gang’s network has been taken out

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