Pat Stacey: Departing 2FM 'stars' are trying to have their cake and eat it too by still doing RTÉ TV gigs

Working for RTÉ should not be a side-hustle for departed ‘stars’

The Two Johnnies: Photo: Emma Synnott/Synnott Media

Pat Stacey

The departure from 2FM of Doireann Garrihy, the 2 Johnnies and Jennifer Zamparelli has dominated the domestic news cycle in a way not seen since Pat Kenny announced a decade ago that he was leaving RTÉ after 41 years to join Newstalk.

The newspapers had comment pieces coming out of their ears over the last few days, each of them arriving at the same broad conclusion: it’s mainly about the money.