So that's Mairead and Jenny's dulcet tones that will be absent from the Ray D'Arcy show for the foreseeable... Speaking as someone who tunes in every day, this is quite upsetting news. 

According to The Independent, Mairead will be a producer on Dempsey's 7am-9am breakfast show.  Much like Jenny Kelly, Mairead is making the move to spend more time with the liddler in her life, her six-year-old son Dara. As ever, the news was broke on air, with the producer/presenter saying: 

"I'm moving on from the Ray D'Arcy show - all of 16 ft away to the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show as a producer... It's very tough leaving here, but it's something that's been on my mind for awhile. Dara is growing up in a flash in front of my eyes! With starting work earlier, I'll be home in the afternoons. I'll be able to pick him up from school every day. This year, Dara started lessons and after school activities and I couldn't take him to one... I'm really excited about it because they have a brilliant time over there, but I'm sad I’m leaving!"

Not only will she get to spend more time Dara, she'll also have a few more hours to plan that wedding she's just agreed to with her boyfriend Louis Ronan. Indeed it is a busy time for Mairead, and we wish her the very best!