The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show

Leinster take on Saracens in the Aviva Stadium this Saturday afternoon and Ian welcomed two stars of rugby to the show this morning to preview the match. Ronan O'Gara and Johnny Sexton joined him on the line to give their predictions but poor Rog just couldn't make his mind up... Catch all the Gift Grub fun by pressing the play button below.

Now, Gift Grub's Daniel O'Donnell loves to hate Fair City but it seems he's a fan of another soap! He has expressed an interest in having a 'wee cameo' in Coronation Street! But, who would he play?! Catch all the fun from The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show by pressing the play button below.  

It has been a confusing couple of days to say the least. On Tuesday, the Government released details of the new road map for the country on 'living with Covid' but they were critised for not communicating things properly. In fact, some people felt more muddled after the briefing than before. On Thursday's Gift Grub, Ian was joined on the line by Micheál and health minister Stephen Donnelly, who was determined to clear things up....  

Not so long ago, global superstar and national treasure Hozier did something a *little* bit mortifying. But, it's something all of us can relate to. He was messing around with the filters on Instagram (guilty!) and instead of sending a video to his private group with the lads, he accidentally uploaded it to his story. By the time he realised what he'd done, the clip had been seen by hundreds of thousands of people around the world and it was too late to delete it. However, being the legend that he is, he just owned it and rode the wave of mortification. Listen to the full chat here: [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2020/09/16113047/Ian-and-Hozier-16th-September-2020.mp3"][/audio] Hozier joined Ian Dempsey on the show via Zoom to tell him the whole cringe inducing story as well as promoting the Hospice Coffee Morning, which is celebrating it's 28th year. The year, to help raise more funds, Hospice Coffee Morning Together With Bewley's has announced an exclusive competition offering five lucky winners a chance to have coffee with the man himself, Hozier. To enter the competition: Text COFFEE to 50300  to donate €4 to the Hospice Coffee Morning, with every euro raised going to support local hospice and home care services. Text costs €4. Hospice Coffee Morning Together with Bewley’s will receive a minimum of €3.60. Service Provider: LIKECHARITY. Helpline: 076 6805278.  Share a screenshot of your donation and post it to your Instagram channel using the hashtag #TogetherForHospice and tagging @bewleysireland. Closing date for the competition will be midnight 24th September and winners will be contacted on the 25th of September.  T&Cs apply. Competition open to ROI residents only. Listen to the full chat with Ian below!

One of the stories dominating this week's news is the new tell all book, 'Champagne Football'  due out on Thursday 17th September. The book outlines the scandals surrounding the FAI and John Delaney. In particular, Delaney's lavish 50th birthday party which is reported to have cost the FAI  a whopping €70,000... It just so happens that the #GiftGrub microphones managed to capture a bit of the action on the night and we were able to dig it out. It includes a rather spectacular  karaoke session... Catch all the Gift Grub fun by pressing the play button below.