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Dempsey is delighted (file photo). Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

Ian Dempsey is taking over the Last Word ... for one day

Presenters on Today FM are moving out of their comfort zones.

LISTENERS OF TODAY FM will hear familiar voices tomorrow, but not in the usual order.

Presenters at the station are swapping shows as parts of Trading Places.

Every presenter in the daytime schedule is being moved around and they’ve no say in which show they’ll get.

This morning Ian Dempsey announced he will present Matt Cooper’s The Last Word, while it’s yet to be revealed where other presenters such as Cooper, Anton Savage and Louise Duffy will go.

Listeners will find out on air throughout the day.

The Trading Places video is worth watching until the end if you want to see Cooper rap. And you do.

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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:00 PM

    It’s Bowie night here on the last word

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    Mute Patrick Hurley
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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:03 PM

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

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    Mute Markonline
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    Dec 15th 2015, 2:08 PM

    RTE should follow suit and put Ray Darcy back presenting The Den alongside Ryan Tubs.

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    Mute Hugh Jass
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    Dec 15th 2015, 2:20 PM

    Or put them both in the bin

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    Mute andrew
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    Dec 15th 2015, 3:09 PM

    will have to listen to hook for a day. today fm have no consideration for their listeners

    next thing: ryanair put baggage handlers in charge of planes, FG put leo vradaker in charge of health

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    Mute Alice Simms
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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:16 PM

    Dermo and date doing the last word would have been great fun.

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    Mute Rebecca Ní Smurchú
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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:41 PM

    Could you imagine? It would be like the time they let Fr. Dougal do a funeral.

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    Mute SCO Electrical
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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:19 PM

    Should be a bit of craic

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    Dec 15th 2015, 1:08 PM

    Matt Cooper seemed genuinely pissed off about this on his show yesterday

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    Mute Phil O' Meara
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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:11 PM

    Maybe his greatest contribution could be to pronounce Saturday properly unlike Matt “Sahurdy” Cooper.

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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:23 PM

    He can’t pronounce Edinburgh either… does my head in

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    Mute JJ O Riordan
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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:50 PM

    Don’t listen to him then. Problem solved.

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    Dec 15th 2015, 7:06 PM

    He also has a problem with the word Theatre – he always says thee-8er

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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:02 PM

    Who cares? Is this news worth publishing?

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    Mute Mick Power
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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:48 PM

    You’d have nothing to complain about then

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    Mute Deige B
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    Dec 15th 2015, 2:10 PM

    You obviously care because u read the article.

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    Mute Ian Dempsey
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    Dec 15th 2015, 2:53 PM

    Wait what am I doing now ?

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    Dec 15th 2015, 12:15 PM

    This will be like a car crash version of 8 of 10 cats does countdown with Paula MacSweeney as Rachel Riley

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    Dec 15th 2015, 1:55 PM

    I heard Dempsey once and that was enough…Plonker

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    Dec 15th 2015, 5:06 PM

    Would get rid of them all bar Anton Savage for good!!

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    Dec 15th 2015, 5:34 PM

    OH…GAWD◇◇◇◇◇

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