{"id":583676,"date":"2026-08-05T06:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583676\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:18:12","slug":"marty-whelan-left-heartbroken-after-death-of-family-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583676\/","title":{"rendered":"Marty Whelan left heartbroken after death of family member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RT\u00c9\u00a0star Marty Whelan has announced his heartbreak over  the loss of his beloved family dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lyric FM host revealed Alfie, an Old English Sheepdog, had died, leaving the family devastated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/06\/07\/entertainment\/celebrity\/marty-whelan-birthday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marty<\/a> said on social media that Alfie was &#8216;large in every sense&#8217; as he paid tribute to his beloved pooch, saying he has &#8216;left such a void in our lives.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-04-194251.jpg\" alt=\"Marty Whelan with Alfie. Pic: Marty Whelan\/Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2179185\"  \/>Marty Whelan with Alfie. Pic: Marty Whelan\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said on social media: &#8216;Losing Alfie has left such a void in our lives. He was large in every sense and we loved him so. Will always treasure the portrait by artist Tony O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans and famous pals instantly rushed to support the beloved\u00a0radio\u00a0star, flooding his\u00a0social media\u00a0with messages of love and sympathy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2FM star Emma Power wrote: &#8216;So sorry for your loss <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/08\/04\/entertainment\/marty-whelan-dog-passing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marty<\/a>.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Host Laura Fox said: &#8216;Oh Marty, so sorry for your loss.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marty-1.jpg\" alt=\"Marty Whelan with artist Tony O'Connor. Pic: Marty Whelan\/Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2179184\"  \/>Marty Whelan with artist Tony O&#8217;Connor. Pic: Marty Whelan\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nuala Carey added: &#8216;Ah I&#8217;m sorry Marty &amp; Maria. I know how much you loved Alfie. He was even the star of an RTE Guide shoot with you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, Marty revealed his dog was just as popular as him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RTE star previously said that Alfie also receives his own post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;We\u2019ve an Old English sheepdog now and now he\u2019s huge,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;But now they\u2019ve starting sending me Christmas presents for him, it\u2019s hilarious,&#8217; he said at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9\u00a0star Marty Whelan has announced his heartbreak over the loss of his beloved family dog. The Lyric FM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-583676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583676","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=583676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}