''The Full Irish'' was a radio breakfast show on

RTÉ 2fm (RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, whil ...

. It ran for three years from 2002 – 2005 and was on air from 7 – 9 am.

Ryan Tubridy Ryan Tubridy (born 28 May 1973), nicknamed 'Tubs ' is an Irish broadcaster. He presents ''The Ryan Tubridy Show'' and '' The Late Late Show''. Tubridy previously presented RTÉ 2fm breakfast radio show ''The Full Irish'', which at its end was ...

presented; Shane O'Donoghue read out the leading news in sport and

Avril Hoare Avril Hoare is a news presenter and reporter from Coolock in Dublin, Ireland. She has worked in the RTÉ Newsroom since 1999. She was a regular presenter of 2fm news and has been a reporter on RTÉ Radio 1's ''News at One''. In 2001, she be ...

read out the news. The "holy moley mug" was the main prize given out in competitions. It was a lighthearted show which discussed random topics. ''The Full Irish'' began on Monday 18 March 2002 as an attempt by RTÉ to halt the haemorrhaging of listeners who were deserting

Damien McCaul Damien McCaul is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Donaghmore GAA club and at senior level for the Tyrone county team. He plays as a corner-back. Career McCaul made the breakthrough into the Tyrone team in the 2007 McKenna Cup pre-seaso ...

's breakfast show.

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