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Mairéad Ronan to leave Today FM amid shakeup at Communicorp

Ronan has been at the station for 15 years.

MAIRÉAD RONAN, KNOWN as a TV host and the producer on Today FM’s Ian Dempsey breakfast show, has announced she is leaving the station.

In statement posted to her Twitter account last night, Ronan said that she had decided to leave to “try new things”.

“After 15 incredible years with Today FM, I’ve decided to jog on,” she said.

She said that she was “lucky to have had 12 exceptional but exhausting years” on the Ray D’Arcy Show and three years with the “brilliant” Dempsey.

She added that with more TV work and running with her blow dry brush range Faro, she would be leaving the station.

Ronan’s decision to leave comes amid a major shakeup at Communicorp stations.

Earlier today, it was announced that Newstalk’s Chief Executive Tim Collins will leave the station after just over a year.

As well as Collins, Fora.ie reports that both 98FM CEO John Burns and Spin CEO Jamie Crawford will leave their current roles.

Burns has only been in the role since August, while Crawford has been working at Spin since 2005 – and as chief executive since 2008.

TodayFM chief executive Keith McCormack has retained his job in the reshuffle and will now lead all music stations owned by Communicorp.

The Denis O’Brien-owned Communicorp posted a net loss of €3.46 million in 2015, according to the firm’s latest accounts, down from €4.15 million the previous year.

Read: Newstalk, 98FM and Spin’s CEOs to go in a major Communicorp reshuffle

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    Jun 8th 2013, 1:17 PM

    Where is the rest of the story? Is that it? There was more information in the
    Sub heading than in the few paragraphs below.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 1:21 PM

    Hi Niall,
    If you click on the slideshow, each slide has a caption that explains a different point. Can you see the slideshow?
    If not, let us know what device you are viewing it on. It’s working on desktop and I’ve just checked it on iOs
    and Android and it seems fine there too?

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    Jun 8th 2013, 4:45 PM

    I’m still getting used to this new media way of viewing information! Sorry guys thanks

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    Jun 10th 2013, 9:45 AM

    No problem!

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    Jun 8th 2013, 12:29 PM

    Ummm… What’s it got to do with the Internet? It’s about a pirate TV channel. These were pretty common place all across the US in the 70s & 80s.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 12:37 PM

    It was an absolute SHITE film then and now!! [
    Apart from Debbie Harry that is]. Its one of those films you can take whatever meanings you want to out of it or none at all.I took from it that whoever wrote it was on drugs when he wrote the script.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 1:57 PM

    Very weak connections considering the movie focuses on the cathode ray tube being mystical. The addiction and effects are based on a scientist experimental beams.
    Not exactly predictions to anything.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 2:44 PM

    Scanners. Cronebergs masterpiece. Eastern Promises underated too

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    Jun 8th 2013, 4:54 PM

    cronenberg is a body horror master, crash, the fly, rabid, scanners etc,etc.
    I have loved his recent progression to more drama like material like eastern promise, history of violence & a dangerous method. didn’t like cosmopolis

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    Jun 8th 2013, 4:55 PM

    history of violence was fantastic too!

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    Jun 8th 2013, 1:32 PM

    Debbie Harry yes yes and yes! The movie was terrible.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 5:34 PM

    Long live the new flesh!

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    Jun 8th 2013, 1:24 PM

    Might be a Sh1t movie but a hell of a lot better then any Iris made Movie. and I wonder where internet comes into play it this story.
    I will read over it and over it never know it might be in there somewhere in hidden files.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 1:46 PM

    Better than The Snapper? To name but one!

    It’s medication time Declan, open wide and swallow.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 3:17 PM

    I think you’ll find Michelle he said ‘Iris made’ One can only assume he was referring to East German filmmaker Iris Gusner

    Furthermore: could we all stop talking about the Snapper please? Yes, its just about better than Videodrome but then a documentary about whale sh*te would be too.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 3:41 PM

    Tony la plonk

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    Jun 8th 2013, 4:50 PM

    declan, exactly what is your problem with Irish movies????
    you have yet to give any reasons, so stop trolling!!!

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    Jun 8th 2013, 9:44 PM

    @ Michelle: snappy comeback

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    Jun 8th 2013, 7:09 PM

    There’s hardly any link between Videodrome and the internet.

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    Jun 8th 2013, 4:02 PM

    Brian O’Blivion. That about says it all. I expect the author of this wrote it while watching porn with his free hand.

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