''Breakfast with Hector'' was a breakfast radio programme on

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, presented by

Hector Ó hEochagáin Shane Ó hEochagáin (; born 17 August 1969), known mononymously as Hector, is an Irish television and radio presenter born in Drogheda, County Louth, and raised in Navan, Co. Meath. He currently presents ''The Tommy and Hector Podcast with Laur ...

from 4 October 2010. It was broadcast at 7:00–9:00 am each weekday from

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. It was confirmed on 18 December 2013 that Ó hEochagáin would be leaving the show and returning to TV work. The last show was broadcast on Friday, 20 December 2013. The last show ended with ''

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'' by U2.

Show format

The show was two hours long, with news and sport reports read half-hourly between 7:00 and 9:00. A typical half-hour segment contained fifteen to twenty minutes of chat, discussing Ó hEochagáin's life, music, popular culture, or listeners' issues. There were regular celebrity guest interviews, with occasional live music performances. The show relied on a number of on-air contributions from background staff, with members of the production team, news and sports readers, and studio guests contributing throughout the show. Whereas most 2FM breakfast shows have been broadcast from

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, Breakfast with Hector was based in

. A special ''Breakfast With Hector'' night was held at

's Olympia Theatre on 9 March 2012, dubbed an "Elvis Extravaganza" by RTÉ. Hector's 2fm Elvis Olympia Extravaganza (17 February 2012)

Team members

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: Host of the show. ; Emma Counihan : Regular newsreader. ; Louise Herity : Regular sports newsreader, now a regular presenter on 98fm. ; Aoife Carragher : AA Roadwatch team leader. ; Dan "the Gun" O'Neill : AA Roadwatch announcer. ; Alan "Feathers" Swan : The show's producer who frequently interrupts Ó hEochagáin from the background. Alan now produces the Nicky Byrne Show on 2fm. ; Ronan Casey : Presenter of the weekly segment, "Medium Sized Town, Fairly Big Story". A book of the same name by Ronan was published in October 2014 by Gill & Macmillan. Ronan is currently part of the Ireland AM team. ;

Features

;How's the Country this Morning?: Listeners ring or text the programme with their stories or problems. Ó hEochagáin accepts telephone calls on air to discuss quirky or off-beat topics such as weird tattoos, how

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s are made and driving incidents. ;Medium Sized Town, Fairly Big Story: A weekly segment in which Ronan Casey reports some of the more unusual or funny stories from local newspapers in Ireland. ;Evelyn's Word of the Day: A daily segment, usually airing after the 8:30 news headlines, in which newsreader Evelyn McClafferty introduces her word of the day. On Wednesday's Focal na Seachtaine offers listeners a word in the Irish language. ;The Birth Notices: A weekly segment, usually airing on Thursdays, where Ó hEochagáin reads out good wishes to new-born babies and their parents. ;Class Act: A daily quiz in which two contestants answer general knowledge questions. Winners return each day until they are eliminated. ;Where am I?: An occasional quiz in which Ó hEochagáin tries to discover the Irish provenance of callers by asking them a maximum of ten questions. ;Everything you wanted to know about the weekend, but didn't really delve into...: A weekly segment in which Bernard O'Shea (now the host of the 2FM breakfast show himself) reports on some of the bigger news stories from the weekend. ;My

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: Listeners rang and texted the programme with their road traffic tips. ;What Class of Vehicle is She?: A phone-in quiz in which Ó hEochagáin played a short audio clip of a car or tractor starting up. Listeners tried to guess what the vehicle was. ;What Class of a Dog is She?: A variation on the "What Class of a Vehicle is She?" segment. A phone-in quiz in which Ó hEochagáin played a short audio clip of a dog barking. Listeners tried to guess the dog's breed.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Breakfast wth Hector Irish breakfast radio shows RTÉ 2fm programmes 2010 radio programme debuts 2013 radio programme endings Mass media in County Galway