The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show

On this morning's Gift Grub, Roy Keane was holding an emergency episode of Radio Roy, as Manchester United find themselves in the relegation zone. Hit play now to hear the episode in full.

Well, it's official. Garth Brooks is back, and this time he’s taking the show on the road! Ian caught up with his old buddy to mark the big return to Ireland, and they chatted about the brilliance of an Irish audience, the joy of a pub sing-along, and Mayo winning the All-Ireland. Hit play now to hear the full chat.

AI was the topic of conversation on this morning's Gift Grub, more specifically the new AI feature on Spotify that could result in any singer performing any song, in any style! This caused some concern amongst the musicians of Gift Grub. Ro, Keith, Daniel and Christy all joined Ian this morning to express their concern. Hit play to hear the episode in full.

On this morning's Gift Grub, Simon Harris joined Ian, fresh from his big weekend at the Ard Fhéis on Saturday evening. Would you believe Donald Trump was in touch too? He wanted to rate Simon's performance, and his tan too! Hit play now to hear the episode in full.

Rugby pundit Donal Lenihan joined Ian on this morning's Gift Grub to give him the full rundown on the weekend's Nations Championship, or at least he tried his best to! After 37 hours of wall-to-wall rugby (and zero sleep), poor Donal was drifting off mid-analysis. Hit play now to hear the episode in full.

Welcome along to Gift Grub - Your Weekly Fix. We’ve pulled together all of the big Gift Grub moments from the week in one place, just to make life easier for you. From the US Midterm elections to another RTÉ scandal, it's all here. Hit play now to hear the episode in full.

With the Fine Gael Ard Fheis taking place in Cork this week, Ian caught up with party leader Simon Harris to see how he was feeling about the whole thing…. Hit play now to hear the episode in full.

 Legendary Irish footballer John Giles celebrated his 86th birthday today and his best buddy Eamon Dunphy was on hand to pay tribute to him, as only Eamon can!

RTÉ is under the magnifying glass again! On this morning's Gift Grub, Director General Kevin Bakhurst insisted that, despite the perception, the Irish public is firmly behind RTÉ. Hit play now to hear the episode in full.

Andy Farrell's Irish rugby team are preparing for the Northern Hemisphere series in the 2026 Nations Championship, when they take on Argentina on Friday night, and that means it’s time for another episode of the brilliant Radio ROG. Hit play now to hear the episode in full.