Ellen Coyne: Now Doireann Garrihy can sow her porridge oats with abandon, and none of us ‘rats’ will care

‘2FM Breakfast’ presenters Donncha O’Callaghan, Doireann Garrihy and Carl Mullan. Photo: RTÉ

Ellen Coyne

“The bottom line is I am not in the business of trying to make people like me,” Gerry Ryan once told this paper.

The quote from the late presenter, whose radio show is rightly regarded as the high-water mark of 2FM’s 45-year history, has become even more prescient with time.