Saturday morning breakfast with Mary Wilson

Five afternoons a week, she dominates the airwaves with Drivetime. Yet we know very little about broadcaster Mary Wilson. Pat Fitzpatrick visits her at her home in Dun Laoghaire, for a taste of her life away from RTÉ.

Saturday morning breakfast with Mary Wilson

Five afternoons a week, she dominates the airwaves with Drivetime. Yet we know very little about broadcaster Mary Wilson. Pat Fitzpatrick visits her at her home in Dun Laoghaire, for a taste of her life away from RTÉ.

The kettle is on when I arrive in Mary Wilson’s house, an elegant mid-terrace walk-up in Dun Laoghaire. You and I know her as the calm-voiced presenter of RTÉ Radio 1’s Drivetime one of the most popular shows on radio five days a week, with over 220,000 listeners, according to the latest figures.

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