My Childhood with Carl Mullan: 'I succeeded because I had mam and dad in my corner'

The 2FM Breakfast Show host on his struggles with confidence, falling in love with his wife in sixth class and the unwavering support of his parents 

Carl Mullan as a child 

Carl Mullan’s earliest memory is of being woken in the middle of the night by his grandmother. His grandmother had good news: His sister Emma had just been born. He and his older sister, Therese, were staying with her while their mother was in the maternity hospital.

“I was only three, and I remember how excited we were,” says the 36-year-old co-host of The RTÉ 2FM Breakfast Show. “It seemed like a big moment; big enough to be woken up for.”