Gong for Larry the legend

LEGENDARY disc jockey Larry Gogan will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin tonight.

As the RTÉ 2FM DJ steps up at the IRMA Honours - the annual awards show of the Irish Recording Music Association - the only conundrum will be why he is not receiving two gongs as he has fit in enough in his career for two lifetimes.

Many of his peers, such as Ronan Collins and Barry Lang, have long since departed, but Larry has proven especially difficult to shift. Despite the attempts of RTÉ bosses to make the station more youth-orientated, Gogan’s strong listenership figures have been one argument for his retention - that he is adored the length and breadth of the country another.