Career
Born in Templeogue, Dublin, Power was educated at St. Mac Dara's community college and then Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Ballyfermot Senior College where he obtained a diploma in broadcasting and journalism in 1998. He began his career as a DJ and presented West Dublin Community Radio alongside reporting for RTÉ's daytime show ''12-2-1''. Aidan gained his radio presenting experience on the pirate Freedom FM. Subsequently, Power worked as a presenter on a variety of shows such as ''Open House (Ireland), Open House'' and ''The Den (Ireland), The Den''. In 2003, he left RTÉ and joined Nickelodeon (UK and Ireland), Nickelodeon as anchor presenter on their daily show ''NickL8R'', but he left this show in 2004 to concentrate on co-presenting ''The Cafe (2004 talk show), The Cafe'' with Laura Woods (Irish presenter), Laura Woods until October 2008 when he became the show's sole presenter. In September 2005, he became the face of ''TTV'' until July 2007. In September 2007, he co-presented one series of ''Class Act (Irish TV series), Class Act'' with Síle Seoige. He hosted ''Celebrities Go Wild'' with Anna Nolan in October 2007 In September 2008, he began co-presenting ''Winning Streak: Dream Ticket'' with Kathryn Thomas. He quit Winning Streak: Dream Ticket in 2009 to present behind-the-scenes show ''The All Ireland Talent Show#The All Ireland Talent Show Backstage, The All Ireland Talent Show Backstage''. In 2010, he started presenting ''SuperCrew'' on TRTÉ, and he began working on ''Celebrity Bainisteoir''. He also presented the ''98fm Morning Crew'' show with Clare Solan until the end of September 2012, after which he was replaced by Ray Foley. Power presented ''Superbloopers'' with Zig and Zag (puppets), Zig and Zag on RTÉ over the 2011 Christmas season, and again during 2012. On 13 April 2013 Power presented Sligo Rovers versus Cork City in a high-profile league of Ireland game. Power co-hosted the only series of the Irish songwriting competition, ''The Hit (Irish TV series), The Hit'' with Nicky Byrne. On 2 February 2016, iRadio announced that Power would present their new breakfast show. Power replaced Steven Cooper who left to present Dublin's 98FM, 98fm's breakfast show alongside former iRadio presenter Luke O'Faolain, the same show which Power left in 2012. In 2019 Power had presented boxing on UK Channel 5Spike TV. In 2021 and 2022, Aidan returned to Irish radio presenting on temporary multi city 90s and noughties station, Freedom FM.Notable incident
Power was surprised on 23 October 2008 when wrestling superstars Joe E. Legend, Joe Legend and Scotty Too Hotty came in to talk about the wrestling events around Ireland but in a strange turn of events ended up taking on Power and trashing the Cafe. Power later admitted this was the highlight of his broadcasting career.References
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