The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show

5 days in less than 20mins This is where we bring you our highlights from the past week on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show. So what did we get up to? With the Christmas alive and well, we've got lots of elf on the shelf updates from around the country, some national school pupils from Cavan tell us how they think Santa's mailing system works and Gift Grub goes live to the North Pole to have some celebrity letters read out by the man himself. We also have €850 in our These Three Words kitty so listen carefully. Sit back, relax and enjoy. Check out the fun in full by pressing the play button on screen.  

Happy 58th Danny Boy To celebrate his birthday, Daniel threw a big bash in his home in the hills of Donegal. The who's who of country music joined him for some madness, and mad it was. Iano gave the birthday a boy a call the morning after the night before and it's like a scene from The Hangover - but there's a cougar instead of a tiger. Check out the fun in full by pressing the play button on screen. Catch Gift Grub on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show weekdays.  

Back To School In our latest trip to primary schools across the country, Shauna O’Reilly from the Breakfast Show crew headed off to meet the students from St Mary’s National School, Virginia, Co. Cavan. She spoke to all the kids from third class who were FULL of chat - the two Cillians, Ryan, Julie, Kayla, Jack, Amelia, Alan, Nicole, Madison, Daniel, Jasmine, Eabha, Keira, Halle, Blake, Iwan, Mateo and Abbie. Ho Ho Ho! She quizzed them about sending their letters to Santa and the process and she also asked them to clarify exactly what a 'Booty Shakin' Llama' is.... Thanks to principal Ms Jordan, secretary Marie, SNA Caroline and teacher Mr Lyons who listens every morning and organised the visit. If you'd like Shauna to visit your school, you can email her on [email protected]

"Britain is barking" Millions of Britons hit for the polls today in order to determine who will be the next UK Prime Minister. It's the third General Election in the past 5 years and the first one to take place in December in nearly a century. To help get a better understanding on this historic vote, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Leo Varadkar join Iano on the phone line for Gift Grub. Boris describes Britain as "barking", Jacob reveals his sinister plans for the DUP and Leo has a little slip of the tongue. Brexit's only getting warmed-up lads! Check out the fun in full by pressing the play button on screen. Catch Gift Grub on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show weekdays.  

"Drummer Boy" saves the day Every Tuesday, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show delves into the Gift Grub archives to bring us a classic Gift we haven't heard in ages, as suggested by our listeners. This week's flashback transported us to the year 2005, where hauliers staged a go-slow protest in Dublin and caused all kinds of disruptions. Being the man of the people he is, Bertie Ahern decided to ease the fuel price tension by becoming a haulage driver himself. He rounds them up to the theme tune of the 1978 movie 'Convoy'. How perfect. If you have a Gift Grub that you would love to hear again, email your suggestion to [email protected] Check out the fun in full by pressing the play button on screen.