Veteran broadcaster Michael Reade had announced that he is terminally ill.
A message revealing the news of a cancer diagnosis was broadcast on the LMFM radio station this morning.
Mr Reade has presented his own show on the station which predominantly serves Louth and Meath for the last 21 years.
He first started in the industry 43 years ago at the age of 15.
Mr Reade has not been on air for around six weeks.
In his message to listeners today, he said he had a terminal cancer diagnosis.
"I am not well. I am actually very sick. I have cancer. And I am afraid to say that my diagnosis is terminal. It is an illness in other words that I will not be able to recover from."
Mr Reade said he has accepted what he now faces.
"I am not afraid. I am not devastated. I wish it wasn't so, but it is, and this is not open to negotiation. It is not an argument I can win. In fact, there just isn’t any argument to be had," he said.
Mr Reade also told LMFM listeners he was now physically limited in what he can do.
"But being home with the people I love and knowing they love me, is priceless. There is nothing more important to me."
He added: "Living through, experiencing, what I believe is just a great people-story, as all of my family and friends rally about me. Everyone is parking their sadness and doing what I have asked them to do.
"That is; to know I am okay with this and that I just want to surround myself now in love and positive vibrations."
"So, there is no sadness around me. All of us are trying to be strong. Trying to be positive and trying to help each other through this - best we can," Mr Reade said.
He added that he hoped to be able to speak to listeners again soon but that he has to step back from everything and will be spending time with his family.
