Prendeville thanks bosses for return to air

BROADCASTER Neil Prendeville returned to work at Cork’s 96fm yesterday and thanked his bosses who he said had “balls of steel” for giving him a second chance.

He said several bouquets of flowers, including one from the “taxi drivers of Cork”, were also delivered to the radio station during his morning show.

“I have to say this is strange; very, very strange,” the 49-year-old told listeners on his first live link since his contract was terminated and he was taken off air five months ago after the Irish Examiner revealed that he had masturbated in front of passengers on an Aer Lingus flight from London to Cork last October. In an interview on 96FM last Friday, he blamed alcohol for his inability to remember what happened.