The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show

It's St Valentine's Day, love is in the air and things got very romantic on Gift Grub. Pat Spillane declared his love for David Clifford and Eamon Dunphy and John Giles decided to rekindle their special partnership.

What an exciting weekend for Irish rugby, with Ireland taking victory against France in Saturday's Six Nations clash. Rog and the main man, Johnny Sexton, joined Ian this morning to review the game.

On last night's 'Dancing With The Stars', it was a battle for immunity, as there was no eliminations! Brian and Arthur joined Ian on the line this morning to give him the full rundown.

Micheál Martin has invested in a new government jet, after declaring that the current one is no longer fit for purpose. However, President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins has a few things to say on the subject. He joined Ian on this morning's Gift Grub to let off a bit of stream...

Ireland take on France in this weekend's Six Nation clash which calls for a brand new instalment of Radio ROG....

In our latest trip to primary schools across the country, Shauna from the Breakfast Show team headed off to meet the students from 2nd and 3rd class in Cushinstown National School in Wexford. She spoke to Courtney, Abigail, Sophie, Cillian, Conor, Jackson, Aoibhinn, Mark, Sienna, Aliysha, Darragh, Stephen, Tom, Fiadh, Abbie, two Kaylees, two Fionns, Cara, Isabella, Jay, Aine, Pauline, Max, Faye, Jack, John, Brooke and Joshua. With St. Valentine's Day approaching and love in the air, Shauna asked the children for some Valentine gift ideas and quizzed them about the day and how people celebrate it. She also picked their brains on the subject of love - how it feels to be loved and what life would be like without it... Thanks to Gwenda who organised the visit, teachers Ms Sutton and Ms Lehane and the principal Mr Gallagher.

RTÉ are recruiting for a director general to succeed Dee Forbes and they've been holding interviews. The Gift Grub microphones were there to capture some of the candidates in action and there were some very interesting ideas...

There has been a huge amount of speculation around Katie Taylor's long awaited homecoming fight with Amanda Serrano. Croke Park has been touted as a potential location and when it comes to Croker, there's one man who knows how to make it happen and that's the one and only, Mr. Garth Brooks. He joined Ian and Katie on the line for this morning's Gift Grub...

This Friday on the Late Late Show, the country picks its entry into Eurovision from a shortlist of six songs. Given we haven’t won it since 1996, questions have to be asked. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Miriam O'Callaghan take a trip down down memory lane...

Last week, musical legend Rod Stewart called into Sky News to give out about the waiting lists, the health system and the NHS. He also, very generously, offered to pay for people’s scans too. This has led to a number of Irish musicians jumping on the bandwagon and calling into live radio news programmes including the News at One on RTE.