Colm Caffrey, known professionally as Colm Hayes, is an

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radio broadcaster and sometimes television presenter. He formerly presented weekend breakfasts on

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. Hayes had a 10-year radio partnership with James "Jim-Jim" Nugent, beginning on ''

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'' on

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where the pair established themselves as the number one breakfast show in

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. The pair moved to national broadcaster RTÉ 2fm to host ''

The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show ''The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show'' was an Irish breakfast radio show, broadcast weekdays on RTÉ 2fm. The show, hosted by Colm Hayes and Jim-Jim Nugent, began broadcasting in March 2007 when the duo moved from rival station FM104. ''The Colm ...

''. While there they also did '' Colm and Jim-Jim's Home Run'' on

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. When

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in 2010, Hayes split up with Jim-Jim Nugent and presented ''

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'' with

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for a time before breaking off on his own and moving to his current timeslot.

Private life

His real name is Colm Caffrey. He attended Our Lady of Victories BNS in Ballymun, and St. Aidan's C.B.S. in North Dublin, Ireland. He is the youngest of four siblings. His wife is from

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. His dog Rocky, born in July 2009, is a brother of the dog owned by Adrian Wreckler, Digital Editor of ''

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''. Hayes smokes cigarettes.

Early career (1980s – 2000)

Born in

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, Hayes began his radio career on pirate radio. He broadcast with KELO, Q102 and Energy 103 and the immensely popular Radio Nova during the 1980s. Following the pirate stations ultimate closure by regulators, he worked at the state broadcaster 2FM on the late night shifts. Colm then got the weekday lunchtime slot. He left 2FM during the summer of 1989 for the first licensed commercial radio station Dublin's Capital Radio (now called

). After its launch, Colm Hayes was Capital Radio's first weekday breakfast show presenter. In 1996, Colm became the second anchor presenter of ''The Strawberry Alarm Clock'' on

, after the departure of Timmy Ryan.

Partnership with Jim-Jim Nugent (2000–2010)

Following the addition of Nugent to ''The Strawberry Alarm Clock'' in 2000, the show would prosper with the pair dominating the timeslot in Dublin and winning several awards. In 2007, the pair joined RTÉ 2fm to host the breakfast show reportedly at the behest of

who was worried with the turbulent breakfast slot which preceded his show and had been marred by poor listenership. It was reported in 2011 that RTÉ paid combined fees of nearly €500,000. Their departure from FM104 was acrimonious with the pair escorted from the station's building and blocked from using the "Alarm Clock" reference in their new show, instead settling for ''The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show''. Whilst initial listenership was healthy, an overall decline in figures for breakfast shows with Ireland's declining economic fortunes (and, as a result, there been less commuters), the pair did not enjoy the same success as previously. The pair did, however, enjoy a television debut with '' Colm and Jim-Jim's Home Run'' which was picked up for international distribution.

Partnership with Lucy Kennedy (2010)

The 2010

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led to the break-up of the 10-year relationship of Colm Hayes and Jim-Jim Nugent. Whilst initially a temporary move, Hayes went on to host ''

'' with

in Ryan's place until a revamp from RTÉ later in the year. Nugent departed the station before the revamp, declining a new time slot at the station and returned to FM104.

''The Colm Hayes Show'' (2010–present)

Hayes then hosted the 11-1 show, following on from

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's '' Tubridy'' programme which replaced Ryan. In 2011, Hayes gained listeners in the JNLRs. On 11 November 2011, RTÉ revealed that Hayes had earned €213,954 from RTÉ in 2009, the organisation's tenth highest earner. Jim-Jim, paid less than half this figure before he departed RTÉ, was reported to have been "shocked" to learn of this, describing it as a "mystery", a "betrayal" and suggesting that "RTE is run like

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". Hayes does do a singles night. He penned a

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single called "Put Your Green Cape On" for

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. It was announced in December 2016 he would spend three weeks covering for John Clarke on Radio Nova 100 that month.

Partnership with Lucy Kennedy on
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Colm Hayes officially joined

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as its Programming Director in June 2017. On 18 April 2018 Colm co-hosted the first edition of a new breakfast show on

with

, called The Colm and Lucy Breakfast Show. Some months prior to this launch, they had presented a one-off show on

References

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