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# Ray D'arcy

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A Page From My Life: Three stories of love, parenthood and revelation from Irish people
Read three people’s personal stories taken from A Page From My Life, which is nominated in the An Post Irish Book Awards.
# ask me anything
Angela Scanlon to host new entertainment show on RTÉ One
The programme will run on Saturday nights for eight weeks from March onwards.
# BAI COMPLAINTS
BAI rejects complaint made over presenter Ray D'Arcy linking Angelus to child sex abuse
The complainant argued that D’Arcy’s view “was a generalised statement against a particular group in society”
# leaving neverland
'Deeply suspicious': Sam Smyth and Eamon Dunphy wrote concerned letter to Jackson accuser in 1988
Smyth recalled covering the singer’s visit to Cork as part of the ‘Bad’ tour.
# Michael Jacob
'Help us bring Deirdre home': Father of Deirdre Jacob hopeful people will come forward
Michael Jacob said that the family still have hope that there is one person out there who knows what happened.
# Donald Trump
Stormy Daniels to appear on Ray D’Arcy Show tomorrow
The adult film star is set to talk about her new book, Full Disclosure.
# actual fake news
Ray D'Arcy rubbishes fake news Facebook posts that say he 'invested $5 million in Bitcoin'
D’Arcy says he is bemused by the posts.
# derry girls
Ray D'Arcy gave Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan a Den t-shirt for a drawing she did when she was 8
Practically an artifact.
# sound man
The Ray D'arcy Show organised for Vicky Phelan's daughter to meet Ed Sheeran because they're sound
Vicky’s daughter Amelia met Ed after his performance in Cork on Sunday night.
# Bertie on Ray
Bertie Ahern had Twitter absolutely hopping after appearing on The Ray D'Arcy Show last night
Viewers were seriously divided on this one.
# oldest easter egg
A Louth man has kept an Easter egg in his fridge for 40 years because it was 'too nice' to eat
The definition of self-control.
# well ray
'The Mooch' charmed Ray D'Arcy last night - but he didn't tell us anything new
Scaramucci, who has been doing the media rounds in recent months, said he’d be back once he finished his book.
# rebel songs
Amanda Knox sang a bit of Come Out Ye Black And Tans on The Ray D'Arcy Show for some reason
What. Is. Going. On?
# ye black and tans
Amanda Knox talked prison and redemption and then sang an Irish rebel song on Ray D'Arcy last night
The 30-year-old, who spent the guts of a decade fighting a murder conviction in Italy over the death of her then flatmate, made a memorable appearance on last night’s show.
# Ray D'Arcy Show
Trevor Deely's family: 'The easiest attitude is to say he's gone... but he deserves more than that'
Trevor Deely went missing 17 years ago after leaving a Christmas party in Dublin.
# cheap alcohol
'I got this gut feeling things weren't right': Father wants limits on cheap drink after son died by suicide
John Higgins believes the amount of alcohol people can buy for €15 is a huge problem.
# niamh ní dhomhnaill
Rape survivor on Hook comments: 'You can't say this and not expect a response'
Niamh Ní Dhomhnaill was raped by her then-boyfriend Magnus Meyer Hustveit, who was eventually sentenced to 15 months in jail.
# Big Bucks
RTÉ's top-10 earners list has three women and Tubridy on top
Ray D’Arcy comes straight into the list at number two.
# is anybody out there?
Joe Duffy and Ray D'Arcy among the big radio names to lose listeners this quarter
Ian Dempsey and Ryan Tubridy among those with lower listenership.
# Health complications
'It's very serious... you could die': Kevin Dundon describes his major health scare after routine surgery
Celebrity chef Kevin Dundon developed two pulmonary embolisms after a medical procedure.
# surgery fears
Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh has a 20% risk of losing her voice for life
The 48-year-old has opened up about her health struggles.
# shots fired
Ray D'Arcy defends Operation Transformation from critic who calls it 'worse than useless'
Health expert Jacky Jones said the show focuses too much on the individual.
# Complaints
Broadcasting watchdog upholds two more complaints against Ray D'Arcy over abortion discussions
It is understood that RTÉ will meet the BAI in January.
# savage cuts
Anton Savage leaves Today FM after rows with management
Drama as presenter blindsides station with angry statement – and station rushes to confirm his contract is at an end.
# Ray D'arcy
'I said Joe sounded like he had had a few jars': Ray D'Arcy apologises to RTÉ colleague
Presenter joked how Joe Mag Raollaigh sounded like he’d been drinking as he covered the Dublin Bus strikes for 28 hours without sleep.
# ask ray
Ray once said he'd emigrate if Enda became Taoiseach... So have they met since?
Ray D’Arcy threatened to leave the country if Enda Kenny got in, back in 2010.
# Interview
We asked Ray D'Arcy about criticism of his Eighth Amendment coverage
The RTÉ host stopped by TheJournal.ie for an interview…
# Hogan Stand
Man to be reunited with wedding ring he lost at All-Ireland final
Kevin and Eithne have been married for 44 years.
# It's On Me
Did you hear the one about the mystery American tourists and the free bar?
A mystery group turned up in Tralee earlier this week and decided to cover the cost of everyone’s booze.
# Fat Chance
Louise McSharry spoke powerfully about body shaming on the Ray D'Arcy Show
The radio presenter spoke about her book and society’s attitude to weight.
# fat chace
Louise McSharry spoke powerfully about body shaming on the Ray D'Arcy Show
The radio presenter spoke about her book and society’s attitude to weight.
# complaint upheld
Ray D’Arcy interview with Graham Linehan and wife over abortion broke broadcasting rules
The interview had to do with the couple’s foetus being diagnosed with a fatal foetal abnormality
# four decades later
Ray D'Arcy reunites man with his late wife's bracelet that went missing in the 1970s
John Leen from Killarney in Co Kerry gave the piece of jewellery to his wife Íde in 1964.
# it's not okay
Swedish rebuke for Ray D'Arcy over dial-a-random-Swede segment
The RTÉ host called two random Swedes without telling them they’d be on the radio.
# Mental Health
"If I had him back now, I'd hug him, then I'd smack him" - Mother whose son took his own life
Elaine Clear was speaking to Ray D’Arcy today.
# Anton Savage
How filling in for Ray D'Arcy is a bit like Pulp Fiction
And how will Anton Savage make sure his listenership doesn’t go into “freefall”?
# Grief
'I just miss her every day': Mother of Reeva Steenkamp speaks of heartbreak three years on
June Steenkamp described her daughter as a “perfect child”.
# stories to tell
This couple shared their lovely Humans of Dublin proposal story on the Ray D'Arcy Show
And other heroes of the popular Facebook page were there too.
# making a murderer
Dean Strang defends Ray D'Arcy after interview criticism
“I take a view quite contrary to Mr D’Arcy’s detractors.”
# tears of pride
BAI rejects complaints Ray D'Arcy was biased in marriage referendum coverage
One listener wasn’t happy the presenter said he had cried with pride when the vote was passed.