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Samantha Mumba and EMMY join Eurosong line-up

Irish singer-songwriter Samantha Mumba and Norwegian singer-songwriter EMMY have been revealed as the next two acts hoping to represent Ireland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.
Music • 27 Jan

Eurovision hopeful Adgy says his song is 'unique'

Donegal born Adgy, who is the latest act aiming to impress at Eurosong 2025 and represent Ireland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, has said his entry is "unique" with a "strong Celtic influence".
Music • 23 Jan

Eurosong hopeful Bobbi Arlo: I'm a huge Eurovision fan

Bobbi Arlo has been revealed as the first artist in the running to represent Ireland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Basel, Switzerland, this May.
Music • 24 Jan

Chris O'Dowd on moving home: 'Never say never'

Chris O'Dowd has told the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that he would "never say never" to moving back home to Ireland.
Radio • 22 Jul 24

Dublin visit a must for Simon Cowell in boyband search

Simon Cowell has told The Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that a visit to Dublin is a must as he launches the search for his new boyband.
Music • 20 Jun 24

The day Ray D'Arcy's mam sang with Shane MacGowan

Ray D'Arcy has recalled the afternoon his mother, "devout Catholic teetotaller" Mary D'Arcy and the late Shane MacGowan sang and did an interview in her kitchen in Kildare.
Music • 30 Nov 23

Adam Clayton: 'I thought alcohol was the way forward'

U2 bass player Adam Clayton has opened up about his struggles with mental health and melancholia, saying he used to suffer from "low level depression".
Music • 30 Aug 23

Wild Youth 'devastated' to be out of Eurovision

The head of Ireland's Eurovision delegation has said that Wild Youth are "devastated" not to have qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest final this Saturday after they failed to make it through last night's semi-final.
Eurovision Song Contest • 11 May 23

Colm Meaney crosses another thing off the wish list

Colm Meaney has told the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that he has fulfilled one of his lifelong ambitions by starring opposite Jessica Lange in Neil Jordan's new film Marlowe.
Movies • 03 Feb 22

Anne Doyle hoping for a Dancing with the Stars cameo

Anne Doyle has told the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that she is hoping to join in the fun on Dancing with the Stars by being in the audience to support her friend Aengus Mac Grianna and his professional dance partner Emily Barker.
Television • 31 Jan 22

Jason Byrne urges people to heed his heart warning

Jason Byrne has told the Ray D'Arcy Show of his shock at discovering that he needed "five stents put into my arteries", urging people to have their cholesterol checked and to visit their doctor if they experience any chest pain.
Radio • 14 Dec 21

Love Island star says Mayo summers "the best memories"

Love Island star Toby Aromolaran and his Mayo-born mother Victoria were Ray D'Arcy's guests on RTÉ Radio 1 on Wednesday, with the presenter finding the pair in the best of form as they shared their memories of Irish summers.
Television • 13 Oct 21

Bill Murray joins RTÉ Radio 1 from bus to Belmullet

A Belmullet-bound Bill Murray joined Kathryn Thomas on the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 on Wednesday as he continued his Irish golfing adventure.
Trending • 18 Aug 21

Aslan's Christy Dignam readies solo album

Aslan frontman Christy Dignam has told the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that he is getting ready to release his solo album, The Man Who Stayed Alive, in October.
Music • 26 Jul 21

Kildare teen raring to go as Olivia Colman's co-star

The Kildare teenager who has been cast opposite The Crown star Olivia Colman in the new Irish film Joyride has said he is relishing the start of filming in Co Kerry on Friday after a "manic few weeks".
Movies • 24 Jun 21

Engaged First Daters say they never would have met

Newly engaged First Dates Ireland couple Carla and Shez have said they never would have met were it not for the RTÉ2 show.
Television • 22 Jun 21

'Three years of energy' at 2022 Rose of Tralee

Rose of Tralee host Dáithí Ó Sé has told the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that he is looking forward to "three years of energy" when the festival returns in 2022.
rose of tralee • 01 Jun 21

Dervla Kirwan promises 'Celtic noir' from RTÉ's Smother

Dervla Kirwan has told the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that her new RTÉ One series Smother is "Celtic noir", and that her character Val has "a unique way of manipulating the truth".
Television • 04 Mar 21

Charlene McKenna's wedding 'only took 35 attempts'

Charlene McKenna has told RTÉ Radio 1's The Ray D'Arcy Show that her lockdown wedding to Ripper Street co-star Adam Rothenberg "only took 35 different attempts", and that she hasn't seen him "since the wedding" because he is in the US filming Ozark.
Television • 18 Feb 21

Lawyer laughs off his Zoom cat-astrophe with Ray D'Arcy

Rod Ponton, the Texas lawyer-turned-star of the kitten filter viral video, has laughed off his worldwide fame, telling the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1: "I think everybody needed to take a pinprick to all the tension we've had."
Trending • 10 Feb 21

Third time lucky for Ros na Rún's Fiachna Ó Braonáin

Ros na Rún star Fiachna Ó Braonáin has told the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that his role as Luke in the TG4 soap is "kind of something that's been bizarrely percolating for about 10 years", having auditioned twice in the past.
Soaps • 09 Feb 21

Gardaí call on public to make Jerusalema videos at home

One of the gardaí behind the Jerusalema Challenge video has said she and her colleagues want people to show off their best dance moves by creating their own videos in the safety of their bubbles at home.
Trending • 02 Feb 21

Simon Delaney wrote first novel during first lockdown

Ireland AM presenter Simon Delaney has told the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that he wrote his first novel during the first Covid-19 lockdown and is now "re-editing and rewriting" the book.
Television • 21 Oct 20

Ray listener wins break, gives it to other contestant

Dubliner Gary Clarke melted hearts on Friday's Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 when he won the quiz for a two-night break and then gave the prize to the other contestant, Ita McAteer, who is celebrating her ruby wedding anniversary this weekend.
Trending • 11 Oct 20

Lucy Kennedy: 'I've gone to the dogs since lockdown'

Lucy Kenny has told Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1 that she has "gone to the dogs" working at home since lockdown.
Television • 07 Oct 20
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