The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
Episodes
Gift Grub: RTÉ Launches 'Liveline The Opera' and 'Prime Time The Pantomime'
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, RTÉ made a big announcement - Toy Show The Musical is coming to town this December. Gift Grub went behind the scenes to a high-level RTÉ ...
Gift Grub: ROG And Johnny Sexton Smack Talk Ahead Of Champions Cup Final
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leinster and La Rochelle were victorious in the Champions Cup semi-finals over the weekend and will face off in the final on May 28th. ROG and Johnny ...
Gift Grub: Morgan Freeman Was Front And Centre For Clare v Limerick
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All eyes were on the Munster Hurling Championship at the weekend and Morgan Freeman was front and centre. On The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morni...
Gift Grub: Paschal Donohoe Absolutely Loses It Over Eurovision Semi-Final
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There was disappointment for Ireland in the Eurovision semi-final last night as Brooke Scullion failed to qualify for Saturday's final. Eurovision sup...
Gift Grub: BOD And ROG Are Buzzing For Champions Cup Semi-Finals
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The European Rugby Champions Cup semi-finals take place this weekend - Leinster v Toulouse and Racing 92 v La Rochelle. Brian O'Driscoll joined The Ia...
'What Number iPhone Is Out?' - Irish Kids Send Messages To Future Generations
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An Offaly Good Time This week Aisling Bonner from The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show took her School Tour of Ireland to Crinkill National School in County...
Gift Grub: Graham And Marty Are Ready To Party At Eurovision 2022
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland compete in the Eurovision semi-final tonight and this morning, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show went live to Turin to check in with Marty Whelan...
Gift Grub: Roy Keane Plays A Blinder On Mastermind
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Manchester United are on track to have their worst Premier League points total in history and one man is an expert on the whole affair. On Gift Grub t...
Alan Carr Was Met With A Surprise On Stage The Last Time He Performed In Ireland
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Carr returns to Ireland later this month with his Regional Trinket tour later this month. This morning, Alan joined The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Sho...
Gift Grub: Michael D Higgins Goes Head-To-Head With Elon Musk
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael D Higgins isn't at all happy with the news that Elon Musk has bought Twitter. Gift Grub went behind the scenes to Áras an Uachtaráin where M...
Gift Grub: Roy And Eamon React To Man United's Big Loss To Brighton
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Man United are heading for their lowest ever points total in the Premier League after losing 4-0 to Brighton on Saturday. Roy Keane joined The Ian Dem...
Gift Grub: Morgan Freeman Tears Cork To Shreds After Kerry Defeat
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Freeman was at all the big GAA matches over the weekend. This morning on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Morgan recalled Tipperary's late defea...
Gift Grub: Daniel O'Donnell Shares His Secret Love Of Heavy Metal
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel O'Donnell was back on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this morning and opened up about his eclectic music taste. All set to see Tool at the 3Are...
Gift Grub: Famous Munster Fans Weigh In On Aviva Stadium Fixture
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Munster have been forced to play their Champions Cup game against Toulouse at The Aviva this weekend due to Ed Sheeran gigs taking over Thomond Park. ...
Gift Grub: James Corden Gives It Socks At The Countdown Presenter Auditions
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Robinson will leave her role as Countdown host this summer and speculation has already begun about her replacement. This morning on The Ian Demps...
Gift Grub: The Last Word Special - Ed Sheeran In Court Over Hijacking Of Irish Sporting Events
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Greaney was back on The Last Word with Matt Cooper in this morning's Gift Grub reporting on another upsetting court case. The defendant, Edward ...
Gift Grub: Morgan Freeman Is Still Reeling Over That Cody-Shefflin Handshake
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All eyes were on Brian Cody and Henry Shefflin at the end of Sunday's clash between Kilkenny and Galway on Sunday, and that handshake certainly had pe...
Downton Abbey's Allen Leech On His Resemblance To Niall Horan And His Favourite Pint In Dublin
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After several date changes, Downton Abbey: A New Era has finally arrived in Irish cinemas. This morning on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Irish actor...
Gift Grub Classic: Michael Flatley Desperately Needs A Home Retrofit
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All this week, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show has been looking back at some of the best Gift Grubs of 2022. Back in February, a National Retrofit Prog...
Irish Kids Reveal The Main Things They Daydream About
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Trip Up To Monaghan Aisling's School Tour was back on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show this week and Aisling paid the kids at Scoil Mhuire na mBuachai...
Irish People Share Their Hilarious Stories Of Getting The Date Wrong
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever gotten an important date wrong? It seems most people have... This week on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Ian heard from listeners who h...
Gift Grub Classic: Hollywood Actors Bombard Liveline After Oscars Slap
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This morning, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show looked back at some of the best Gift Grubs of 2022. It's been a month since the Oscars and, more import...
Gift Grub Classic: Liveline Special - The Antigen Test Obsession
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This morning, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show looked back at some of the best Gift Grubs of 2022. Back in January, antigen tests were scarce and demand...
Gift Grub Classic: Louis Walsh Leaves The X Factor
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every Tuesday, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show plays a classic Gift Grub from the archives. This morning, we threw it back to 2018 when Louis Walsh ann...
Gift Grub Classic: The First Ever RTÉ Player Awards Go Off Without A Glitch
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This morning, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show looked back at some of the best Gift Grubs of 2022. Back in March, Gift Grub brought you the inaugural RT...
Gift Grub: Morgan Freeman Can't Contain His Excitement For The GAA This Weekend
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Freeman caught up with Ian this week to give his two cents on the upcoming Limerick v Waterford GAA match. "My ham sandwiches are Kerry golden ...
Gift Grub: There's No Holding Roy Keane Back When It Comes To Man United
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🎵 Letting the days go by, not a hope of silverware Letting the days go by, Pogba falling on the ground 🎵 Roy Keane doesn't hold back...
Gift Grub Classic: NPHET Compete At The Winter Olympics 2022
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This morning, The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show looked back at some of the best Gift Grubs of the year so far. Back in February, as the Winter Olympics w...
Gift Grub Classic: Inside The Fine Gael Canvassing Bootcamp
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every Tuesday morning on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Ian plays a classic Gift Grub from the archives. This morning, we went back in time to the le...
Gift Grub: Ed Sheeran Weighs In On Páirc Uí Chaoimh Controversy Through Song
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🎵 They say the Cork GAA Team are stuck in their daydream 🎵 Ed Sheeran's Páirc Uí Chaoimh gig has caused ructions within the GAA due ...
Gift Grub: Ross Kemp Investigates Ireland's War On Turf
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ross Kemp was back on Gift Grub this morning with a new documentary investigating a sinister substance known as 'turf'. Ross travelled around Ireland,...
Gift Grub Classic: When Michael D Met Michael D
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this morning's Gift Grub Classic, we went back to a time when Michael D Higgins was merely a TD. Live from Galway, the real Michael D Higgins met ...