Listen up ... I want to be first with a word in your ear each morning

It has been suggested that my past as a Fine Gael politician renders me unsuitable and inappropriate as a broadcast presenter because of party prejudice. I want to confront this issue head-on.

Yes, I was a member of Fine Gael from 1979 up to a few weeks ago when I rang party headquarters and asked them to cancel my membership card

MY lifestyle has been turned upside down. I have embarked on a new career opportunity as a radio broadcaster with Newstalk 106-108fm. I have relocated for the working week from Enniscorthy to Dublin. I am a morning person, awake between 6am and 7am, eager to arise. However, setting the alarm for 4am and getting up in the dark is weird. Proper sleep has been an early casualty.