Ryan Tubridy could be silenced for weeks as he is considering having his tonsils out.
Speaking on his 2FM radio show, the 37-year-old presenter says he is struck down for at least three days a year with inflamed tonsils and he's thinking of having them whipped out.
In a wheezy voice he told his radio audience that he was "slightly congested today, but not in a Cowenian way, only because I went to the doctor yesterday and guess what she told me?
"She said you are just on the cusp of getting a bad tonsil thing."
He explained: "You know the way you are meant to get your tonsils out when you are a kid, well I didn't."
The presenter is now considering the operation, but says the thought of going under the knife makes anxious.
"Apparently it is very sore as you get older. If I did get them out the doctor said they would have to take me in for two weeks in the summer. That might be my summer holidays this year - oh the joy!"
Adults have a far slower recovery time than children after a tonsil operation and recuperation can take between two and six weeks.
