{"id":325593,"date":"2026-03-02T22:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/325593\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:16:07","slug":"ray-darcy-to-launch-new-daily-podcast-after-leaving-rte-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/325593\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray D\u2019Arcy to launch new daily podcast after leaving RT\u00c9 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rte\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rte\/\">RT\u00c9 Radio 1<\/a> broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ray-d-arcy\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ray-d-arcy\/\">Ray D\u2019Arcy<\/a> has announced a new podcast titled Ray D\u2019Arcy Daily starting next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2025\/10\/09\/ray-darcy-hugely-disappointed-with-how-rte-handled-his-departure\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2025\/10\/09\/ray-darcy-hugely-disappointed-with-how-rte-handled-his-departure\/\">presenter left RT\u00c9 in October<\/a> of last year after a sudden announcement that his long-running Radio 1 programme would be discontinued and his contract would not be renewed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Ray D\u2019Arcy Daily podcast will be released Monday to Friday starting Monday, March 9th. It will be downloadable from the usual podcast streaming platforms. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The news was shared by D\u2019Arcy\u2019s wife, fellow podcaster Jenny Kelly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Sharing the announcement on Instagram, Kelly said: \u201cThis five day a week show is nothing new, and yet all new. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIt\u2019s Monday to Friday with Ray giving his own world view while surrounded by friends of the show.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ray D\u2019Arcy will welcome guests on the podcast such as Kelly, Mairead Ronan and Bernard O\u2019Shea. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The news signals D\u2019Arcy\u2019s return to broadcasting after last year\u2019s announcement that he would leave RT\u00c9 Radio 1 where he had spent 11 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/tv-radio\/2025\/10\/09\/ray-darcys-parting-outburst-atypical-of-broadcaster-who-shunned-the-limelight\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ray D\u2019Arcy\u2019s parting outburst not typical of broadcaster who shunned the limelightOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a statement about the decision, D\u2019Arcy said he was \u201chugely disappointed with RT\u00c9 management and how my departure from Radio 1 has been handled\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cI\u2019ve been with Radio 1 for the past 11 years. In that time, I have worked with some brilliant people. I want to thank them. I also want to thank all the regulars on the show, the guests and the wonderful, loyal listeners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cI love radio and daily radio is part of who I am. I look forward to the opportunities ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2025\/10\/09\/ray-darcy-hugely-disappointed-with-how-rte-handled-his-departure\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ray D\u2019Arcy \u2018hugely disappointed\u2019 with how RT\u00c9 handled his departureOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former RT\u00c9 Radio 1 broadcaster Ray D\u2019Arcy has announced a new podcast titled Ray D\u2019Arcy Daily starting next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,32975,6085,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-325593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-ray-d-arcy","11":"tag-rte","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}