The Indo Daily: Doireann Garrihy is back, but can anything save RTÉ 2FM from irrelevance?

Doireann Garrihy has returned to 2FM. Photo: Frank McGrath

‘We are so back’ are the words presumably muttered by RTÉ 2FM higher ups, as they launched their baby-faced, influencer-clad new presenting line up in recent days.

While management licked their wounds after a disastrous summer, which saw the departure of nearly every star presenter on their books, 2FM boss Dan Healy’s 2.0 vision of the future sees some new faces come into the fold, while old favourites return.

Doireann Garrihy is set to rejoin 2FM and host the station’s drivetime programme just months after she left the station. The early morning slot is in for a shakeup as Roz Purcell and Aisling Bonner join Carl Mullan. Since July, the 2FM Breakfast Show has been hosted by Mullan and Aifric O’Connell. Garrihy, who left the 2FM Breakfast show last May, will be in the 3pm to 6pm slot previously occupied by the 2 Johnnies, while a crop of new broadcasters and social media stars make up an invigorated new weekend…