Edel Coffey: My mornings have been a much lonelier place since Ryan Tubridy left the airwaves

"His disappearance felt like a personal loss, so I was very pleased to read the news last week that he will be starting a new job in the UK from January as a presenter on London’s Virgin Radio. And even better news for Irish listeners, the show will be simulcast on Dublin’s Q102."

Ryan Tubridy to join Virgin Radio UK and Dublin’s Q102 with new mid-morning show from January 2024

Like many mammies around the country, I listened to Ryan Tubridy’s daily radio show religiously. 

After dropping the kids to school, I usually got home just as the news headlines were ending and rushed into the house to switch on my little battery-operated Roberts radio in the front room where I work, as well as the radio in the kitchen. (We’re Irish, one radio will not do.)