The RTÉ 2fm Breakfast Show is the flagship show on RTÉ 2fm. Since 24 February 2025, it has been hosted by Carl Mullan, Roz Purcell and Aisling Bonner under the banner of 2FM Breakfast with Carl, Roz and Aisling.
History The first breakfast show presenter was Declan Meehan, who remained in the slot for just under five months. Marty Whelan took over from Meehan and has the distinction of hosting the breakfast show on four occasions. Ian Dempsey is the longest-serving breakfast show presenter, having hosted on two occasions for a total of ten years. Breakfast Republic is the second-longest running show, lasting over 5 years, with the majority of its presenters resigning to other shows across RTÉ. Doireann Garrihy and Eoghan McDermott fronted the show in the following two years, until McDermott's resignation in March 2021, whilst Garrihy continued with new hosts Carl Mullan and Donncha O'Callaghan until her resignation in May 2024. Mullan and O'Callaghan continued with new host Aifric O'Connell. However, on 25 June, O'Callaghan announced that he would leave the show from July. Following O'Callaghan's departure Carl Mullan and Afric O'Connell continued to front the show until 2FM announced a new breakfast line-up which saw O'Connell depart the show and Roz Purcell and Aisling Bonner replace her. The new show launched in February 2025 originally running for 3 hours (6-9am) but following a change in the overall schedule of the station, the show was extended by an hour in May 2026 (6-10am). The Show currently averages 121,000 listeners as per latest JNLR results
Hosts NoShow titlePresenterFromToDuration 1Declan Meehan's Breakfast Show 2Good Morning with Marty Whelan 3Ronan Collins's Breakfast Show 4 5 6 7 8Gareth O'Callaghan's Breakfast Show 9Damien McCaul's Breakfast Show 10The Full Irish 10The Rick & Ruth Breakfast Show 11Marty in the Morning 12The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show 13Breakfast with Hector 14Breakfast Republic 15 2FM Breakfast with Doireann and Eoghan16 2FM Breakfast with Doireann, Donncha and Carl31 May 20243 years, 0 days172FM Breakfast with Carl, Donncha and Aifric21 February 2025182FM Breakfast with Carl, Roz & AislingCarl Mullan, Roz Purcell and Aisling Bonner24 February 2025Present
Stand-ins Holiday cover has usually been provided by another prominent member of the RTÉ 2fm presentation team. Additionally, transitions between regular hosts have often been bridged by stand-ins. These have been:
Following the sudden departure of Marty Whelan to the newly created Century Radio in April 1989, the breakfast show was fronted by Simon Young, Scott Williams and Maxi. Paddy McKenna joined Jim-Jim Nugent as a replacement for Colm Hayes in May 2010, when the latter moved to co-host a new show during the former Gerry Ryan Show slot. After the permanent departure of Jim-Jim Nugent in September 2010, Paddy McKenna was joined as co-host of the breakfast show by Ruth Scott. Alan Swann covered the period between the axing of Breakfast with Hector and the beginning of Breakfast Republic. Stephen Byrne and Tara Stewart filled in for Doireann Garrihy between April and May 2021 while she workshopped a new show following Eoghan McDermott's departure. Laura Fox has also filled in as a presenter in 2024.
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