The Late Night Breakfast

Heraghty, Edel

(aka. Splitsy)

Edel began her Belfield FM career on Afternoons and Coffee Spoons in 2008, but was quickly selected to be one of the execs for The Late Night Breakfast less than a year later, when the Belfield FM management realised that allowing Cian and Danny to run the show entirely on their own was a ridiculous idea and someone with a bit of sense and cop on was needed to keep the lads in tow. Luckily, it didn't take the lads long to teach Edel how to break all the rules and they easily dragged her down to their level of maturity. Edel enjoys searching for split ends in her free time and often mistakes humans for zoo animals...

Murray, Danny

(aka. Bill)

Danny is a former Belfield FM station manager, with an above average personality. His sharp wit and extraordinary organisational skills meant Danny was the perfect candidate to be an executive on what would be the phenomenal comedy talk show, The Late Night Breakfast. After teaming up with Cian to attempt to take over the world, not unlike Pinky and the Brain, the unlikely duo recruited Edel to complete the Holy Trinity of radio presenters. When he's not thinking of witty ways to insult people live on the airwaves Danny enjoys the occasional Captain Morgan and Coke and several helpings of hit TV series House....

Taaffe, Cian

(aka. Ninja Cian)

Cian is part of the Belfield FM furniture at this stage, having kicked off his radio career in 2005 as a co-presenter on Air Raid, which was later known as Good Clean Fun, then taking on an executive role in 2008 on An Seisiún, before getting involved in the 2009 shortlived hit, The Ryaners, Raghners & Taaffers show. Cian teamed up with Danny on preparing for The Late Night Breakfast, before rounding off the team, with the lovely Edel. It was clear from the outset that Cian was the brains of the operation. When not coming up with crazy ideas for the show, Cian will usually be found growing a beard or sleeping. He also really enjoys a new pair of shoes every so often...

Doran, Sarah

(aka. Dora)

Sarah was one of the first to be drafted on to the Late Night Breakfast crew, pretty much because the execs wanted to draft her boyfriend, Conor McKenna, into the team, but because he's away on erasmus they couldn't get him, so they instead opted to bring McKenna's girlfriend, Sarah, and his little brother, Mini McKenna, instead thinking they might make a decent replacement. By the time the execs realised how wrong they were, it was too late to get anyone better, so decided to give Sarah and Mini McKenna a chance. When she isn't struggling to submit essays or talking about crap chick flicky vampire movies on the radio, Sarah could well be over in Stockholm visiting Conor... who knows?

Heaney, John

(aka. John-Boi)

John surprised everyone by landing a presenting spot on The Late Night Breakfast... one minute he's counting the traffic lights in his home county of Leitrim and the next he's submitting a sample show plan that had Danny in stitches. Needless to say, making Danny laugh will land anyone a spot on the radio, and that's the simple story of how John-Boi made the team... It wasn't until later we realised that there was another great reason John was a fantastic addition to the team, because his background in lifeguarding could potentially save any Late Night Breakfasteers from drowning in their cheerios. John also seems to have a strange fetish for paint which leaves him just in the right position on the Late Night Quirkyometor...

McKenna, Cian

(aka. Mini McKenna)

Cian McKenna basically managed to land a role on The Late Night Breakfast, due to the fact that he is the younger brother of the infamous Conor McKenna. Whether he'll be able to fill his big brother's boots remains to be seen, but the Late Night Breakfast execs believe he'll be able to pull it out of the bag. There was a lot of dispute over what Cian McKenna was to be called on the air... clearly he couldn't go by the name Cian, because it would lead to too many mix-ups between himself, and show exec Cian Taaffe, so it was finally decided that McKenna Jr. would be officially known as Mini McKenna when on air, to avoid any confusion...

Molloy, Andy

(aka. Panda)

Before the Late Night Breakfast, Andy was an executive producer for Afternoons and Coffee Spoons, but left all that behind him to pursue his dream as a Late Night Breakfast presenter. The execs felt Andy was a great addition to the team, as his dry wit and quick thinking are next to none, and obviously his previous experience brings a great element of deadlyness to the table. When not manning the decks of the Late Night Breakfast, Andy moonlights as a pop music guru on The Chart Show and has the ability to spot musical talent a mile off... Rumour has it, Andy will replace Louis Walsh in the next series of the X-Factor...

Murnane, Catherine

(aka. Murno)

Catherine could easily have beaten out the competition in her quest for a spot on the most talked about radio show in Ireland, The Joe Duffy Show. However, she sacrificed a career as Joe's right hand woman to bring her intuition and obvious comedy to The Late Night Breakfast. While her application for The Late Night Breakfast was almost entirely based on toilet related topics, that won over the two male execs, Danny and Cian, who like most males feel the toilet is there throne, and the bathroom their castle. Even Edel, who usually denies even knowing what a toilet is, was impressed. Despite having a major disadvantage by being schooled in Loretto on the Green, Catherine managed to overcome all odds and proved that she deserved her spot on the show...

Palminteri, Rob

(aka. Lady Giggles)

Palminteri was an obvious choice for the Late Night Breakfast, as he was already experienced in the art of radio, thanks to his stint as co-host on The Buzz, and as if that wasn't reason enough to give him the position, the execs were bricking it, that if they didn't Palmo would set his family on them... Let's face it, with a name like Palminteri, he must have connections to the Italian Mafia. Despite his ganster background, however, Palmo is surprisingly warm and cuddly - like a small puppy or something equally as sickly sweet. Palmo threatened momentarily to leave Belfield FM to start his own radio station on a boat, but obviously decided against that, when he was informed that it was a ridiculous idea...

Reynolds, Laura

(aka. Operation i102)

Laura was brought to the attention of the execs by fellow Late Night Breakfasteer, Rachael Walsh, and Laura's bright and bubbly personality landed her the spot as a presenter during her interview with the execs. Laura hails from the west, Mayo specifically, and like most people from the area has an obsession with western radio station i102. The countries, eastenders, aren't quite sure about this magical radio station of the westies, and many civilians worry that i102 is some sort of a conspiracy to take over the east side of the country... whether this is true or not, only time will tell, but the Late Night Breakfast execs decided to take a chance in Laura, despite her i102 connections...

Sharkey, Conor

(aka. Sharkalicious)

Conor Sharkey is a man often associated with Belfield FM's very own Sports Talk, and rightly so as he is an executive producer for that show. Despite his Sports Talk commitments however, Sharkey managed to find time to fit the Late Night Breakfast into his busy schedule and while he was fired twice during his debut show on the Late Night Breakfast, Cian asked him back for the following week, as the execs firmly believe Sharkey is one of the best aquisitions of the season. The only worry the execs have about having Sharkey on the team is the fact that he often draws a lot of attention towards himself while drunk... the type of attention the paparazzi kill over, and the Late Night Breakfasteers do worry about having the paparazzi in there lives, because of the excessive drug abuse and celebrity lifestyle they partake in... not all publicity is good publicity...

Walsh, Rachael

(aka. My Lovely Mayo Mammy)

Rachael was one of the first presenters pulled aboard the Late Night Breakfast express, as she's one of those people that stand out of the crowd... usually because her use of big words that she clearly doesn't understand does seem to draw a lot of attention to her. Rachael prides herself on being from Mayo, despite everyone outside of Mayo just being clearly amazed that she can manage to actually survive outside of her beloved county. While she may look all sweet and innocent, Rachael has an evil side, as we saw when she whipped her co-host with a paperclip whip, after threatening his life with a scissors. However, when she's not involved in those kind of shennanigans, Rachael is a bit like a mammy - always ready to give advice to those who need it and there as a shoulder to cry on when necessary... When they're not ripping the piss out of her, the execs do really appreciate Rachael's kind-heartedness... Just don't tell her that...

• Monday @ 8 - Rob Palminteri, Catherine Murnane, Laura Reynalds
• Tuesday @ 8 - Conor Sharkey, Sarah Doran, Cian McKenna
• Wednesdays @ 8 - Cian Taaffe, Danny Murray, Edel Heraghty
• Thursdays @ 8 - Rachael Walsh, Andy Molloy, John Heaney