Aoibhin Fallon
Aoibhin Fallon is one of WLR FM's most talented presenters. She began her radio career back in the 1990's in Dublin and moved to Waterford in 2000. Aoibhin is the co-presenter of the hugely successful, Timmy Ryan Breakfast Show.
County/Country of birth - Ireland
Height - 5'8"
Eye Colour -Green
Hair Colour - Depends, it changes a lot
Star Sign - Leo
Favourite Band – Too many, At the moment am loving Elbow
Favourite Song – Impossible, if I had to choose Boys of Summer by Don Henley for the feel good factor
Favourite Movie – Also impossible, Anchorman, Office Space, Withnail and I for a laugh or anything by Quentin Tarantino
Favourite scene from a film – “Nobody puts baby in a corner” It makes me laugh every time
Who would play you in a movie? I would let Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston fight it out for the role
Favourite TV Programme – Greys anatomy, The Office
Best thing about being on radio is….. Not having to wear make-up to work
Biggest Thrill – My daughter being born
Pet Hates – Rudeness and people who don’t indicate on roundabouts
The best gig/s you’ve attended – Up with People 1977
What I love about Waterford – The beautiful coastline and the people
What I hate about Waterford – The road to Dublin and the people
First record bought – Gallagher and Lyle – Breakaway
If you were an animal what would it be? Hamster – what a life they have
My Hero – My dad
If you were a man/woman, who would you like to be? My Boss
Most embarrassing moment – cursing on the radio by accident
Song to be played at your funeral – Wake me up before you go-go
Billy McCarthy
Born in Waterford City. Spent part of his teenage years in Dublin. Also lived in Tramore, Rome and Boston - so the travel bug is ingrained! Began his 'radio' thing playing requests for patients at St. Patrick's Hospital in Waterford aged 17! This was followed with stints on RTE Waterford Community Radio and Vatican Radio when he was a student. He presented a weekly show on the old Waterford Local Radio.
He joined WLR FM in late 1989 to present and edit the daily Current Affairs Show 'Diese AM'. He became Programme Controller in 1990 and a Director in the mid '90s.
Country/County Of Birth - Waterford, Ireland
Height - 5'9"
Eye Colour - Hazel
Hair Colour - Salt And Peppa
Star Sign - Taurus
Favourite Band - Bonzo Dog Do Da Band
Fav. Song - I've Got You Under My Skin - Sinatra
Fav. Movie - Godfather Ii
Fav. Scene In A Movie - "Look What's For Din Din"
Who Would Play You In A Movie? - Timmy Ryan
Tv Show - Parkinson
Best Thing About Being On Radio - People
Biggest Thrill - Italy
Pet Hates - Bigots - Xenophobes - Racists
Best Gigs Attended - Barbra Streisand - Wembly 1994
What I Love About Waterford - Beaches/Mountains/People
What I Hate About Waterford - Some Peoples Begrudgery
First Record Bought - Eleanor - The Turtles
What Animal Would You Be? - Siamese Cat
My Hero - Timmy Ryan
Most Embarrassing Moment - Cannot Be Repeated Here!!
Your Funeral Song - Is That All There Is - Peggy Lee
Caoimhe Ní Mhuirithe
"Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann". Caoimhe Ní Mhuirithe is from Tramore in Co. Waterford. She presents the Irish language programme Mar Dhea on a Sunday morning. She joined WLR in September 2007 and has since refused to leave...
County/Country of birth -Waterford
Height -5’7’
Eye Colour -brown
Hair Colour -brown
Star Sign -Libra
Favourite Band -lady gaga
Favourite Song -crank that –soulja boy (actually though!)
Favourite Movie -the sound of music
Favourite scene from a film - the basketball scene fro high schoolmusical 1
Who would play you in a movie? - Johnny Depp
Favourite TV Programme - Reeling in the Years
Best thing about being on radio is - the POWER!!
Biggest Thrill - Arriving to WLR for the 1st time
Pet Hates -Basins and price stickers left on shoes
The best gig/s you’ve attended - Mike McGoldrick and Justin Timberlake
What I love about Waterford - the people!
What I hate about Waterford - the road out of it
First record bought s club 7 – don’t stop
If you were an animal what would it be - An otter
My Hero - Micheal O'Suilleabhain
If you were a man/woman, who would you like to be - George Hook
Song to be played at your funeral - cello suite no5 by Bach
Sinead Flynn
Sinead Flynn is a born and bred Waterfordian. She joined WLR FM in 2004. She currently presents 'SHOWTIME' on Sunday night on WLR FM.
Programmes - Showtime
County/Country of birth Ireland
Height - In my dreams 6ft, 5ft something in reality
Eye Colour - Sparkling Blue
Hair Colour - This week? Blonde
Star Sign - Leo
Favourite Band - Guns n Roses.
Favourite Song - Id love you to want me. Lobo
Favourite Movie - If These Walls Could Talk II
Favourite scene from a film - Marley escaping from the car in 'Marley and Me'
Who would play you in a movie? - Mena Suvari
Favourite TV Programme - Embarrassing Bodies
Best thing about being on radio is - The feeling in my stomach when I open the mic, scary.
Biggest Thrill - 14000ft Sky Dive in Australia WOW
Pet Hates - I have a thing about loo roll, The sheet must be facing outwards.
The best gig/s you’ve attended - Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Slane 2003
What I love about Waterford - Knowing everybody
What I hate about Waterford - Knowing everybody
First cd bought Livin' Joy - Dreamer
If you were an animal what would it be? - A dog
My Hero - My Dad
If you were a man/woman, who would you like to be? - My Brother Bryan, the most talented person I know
Most embarrassing moment - singing the Little Mermaid song on the Theatre Royal Stage when i was a teenager, never again!
Song to be played at your funeral - Isn't she lovely Stevie Wonder
Geoff Harris
As As one of the longest serving presenters at WLR FM Geoff Harris has seen the development of the station from the inside. In fact he has worked on nearly every show. His instinctual ability to immediately connect with people, whether it be interviewees or listeners, it has made his show one of the most popular at the station." Over the years Geoff has interviewed people such as The Corrs, Brendan O'Carroll to Cry Before Dawn. While adept at interviewing some of the top entertainers in Ireland today he is always very conscious that promoting shows and events organised and starring Waterford people are his main priority.
Country/County of Birth - Waterford
Height - 5’8”
Eye Colour - Blue
Hair Colour - Which one
Star Sign - Aries
Favourite band - Beatles
Fav. Song - Peg – Steely Dan
Fav. Movie - History of the World
Fav. Scene in a movie - End of the Life of Brian
Who would play you in a movie? - Frasier !!
TV Show - 24
Best thing about being on radio - Where do I start
Biggest Thrill - Sailing up the Suir on a Tall Ship
Pet hates - Begrudgers
Best gigs attended - Undertones – Dalymount 1979
What I love about Waterford - People, Humour
What I Hate about Waterford - Traffic
First Record Bought - Some Beatles song
What animal would you be? - Monkey
My Hero - Bob Geldof
Most Embarrassing moment - How much time you got
Your Funeral song - True Friends – Jerry Fish
Ian Noctor
Ian Noctor presents Noctor ‘til Seven on WLR FM from 4pm till 7pm with up to the minute news and Sport updates. This show discusses the main news story of the day along with local and national entertainment interviews and the best music.
County/Country of birth - Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Height - 5’ 10”
Eye Colour - Green-ish
Hair Colour - Brown
Star Sign - Aries
Favourite Band - John Martyn RIP
Favourite Song - Over the Hill
Favourite Movie - Pulp Fiction
Favourite scene from a film - I’m a sucker for a good car chase and there are so many to choose from. Steve McQueen in Bullitt from 1968 is amazing still.
Who would play you in a movie? - Brendan Gleeson.
Favourite TV Programme - Mad Men is fabulous, and I love anything about cars on Discovery Turbo, and Top Gear of course.
Best thing about being on radio is - the quality of the pictures, they’re much better than TV.
Biggest Thrill - Being a key player in the birth of my son. I was much more of a bystander and not nearly as useful when my daughter came along a few years before.
Pet Hates - Disappearing keys.
The best gig/s you’ve attended - U2 Croke Park. 1984? I can’t believe it was a quarter of a century ago.
What I love about Waterford - What’s not to love? I love the sea and the mountains, and the people and the walks, and the restaurants in Dungarvan and the castle in Lismore. I could go on.
What I hate about Waterford -I’m not too fond of the road out of it having been on it for many, many years.
First record bought -The first album was The Gift b by the Jam in 1982. I think the first single was Kids in America by Kim Wilde. She may have been my first crush too. She wasn’t my last
If you were an animal what would it be? -My cat. Lazy sod.
My Hero: I’ve a few bob on Barack Obama at the moment. Let’s see if he comes good for me.
If you were a man/woman, who would you like to be? - I am a man, if I could be another man, I might be Brad Pitt for a day. Need I explain why, Mrs Pitt?
Most embarrassing moment -No. We are not going there. I was young and I needed the money
Song to be played at your funeral -Down, Down by Status Quo, or Four Strong Winds by Neil Young, depending on whether I’m being lowered or scattered.
John O'Shea
John O'Shea presents Guaranteed Irish every Sunday night on WLR FM. He has worked for WLR FM for many years and has built up a loyal fan base. He has a real passion for radio and always is one of Waterford's best loved presenters.
Country/County Of Birth - Waterford
Height - 5''7
Eye Colour - Green
Star Sign - Aquarius
Favourite Band - The Eagles
Fav. Song - Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Fav. Movie - Spongebob
Fav. Scene In A Movie - Any Spongebob
Who Would Play You In A Movie? - Tom Cruise
Tv Show - Only Fools And Horses
Best Thing About Being On Radio - Feedback from listeners
Biggest Thrill - Being asked to fill this profile in.
Pet Hates - two faced people and smug people.
Best Gigs Attended - U2 at Croke Park
What I Love About Waterford - Beaches, Few traffic jams, neat sized city
What I Hate About Waterford - People who knock our own
First Record Bought - George Benson - Give Me The Night
What Animal Would You Be? - Thoroughbred Horse
My Hero - Adi Roche
Most Embarrassing Moment - Handing this profile back
Your Funeral Song - This is the moment - Colm Wilkinson
Karen Doyle
County/Country of birth -Waterford
Height - 5ft 2 ½
Eye Colour - Blue
Hair Colour - Blonde
Star Sign - Leo
Favourite Band - Can’t say just one. A proud lover of Abba, The Bee Gees, Pet Shop Boys, REM, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Embrace ahh I’m just saying those to boost my street cred after The Bee Gees
Favourite Song - Pet Shop Boys’ version of Always on My Mind
Favourite Movie - John Ford’s The Quiet Man. If only…
Favourite scene from a film - I love the tango dance from Last Tango in Paris
Who would play you in a movie? - Robin Williams a la Mrs Doubtfire
Favourite TV Programme - The Girl From Tomorrow –an Australian girl who made things move with her hairband.
Best thing about being on radio is - the mandatory trip to the hair and make-up department in WLR before each bulletin. Liz likes us to look our best
Biggest Thrill - reversing successfully around the corner for my driving test. I’ve been doing it ever since
Pet Hates - People sorting out their handbags at the ATM machine. Bad drivers. Untidyness – especially a clustered kitchen worktop. I’m all for minimalism but my 1 ½ year old son might beg to differ. Ironing – I hate it with a passion and it just never goes away.
The best gig/s you’ve attended - Embrace in the Ambassador 2007. Waterboys in the Olympia 2007.
What I love about Waterford - coming across the bridge at night, the Dunmore Road, pink luncheon, Ardkeen Stores, the Saleens, the fact that it will always be home....even if I do live in Wexford!
What I hate about Waterford - Shop assistants who would much rather be somewhere else – particularly bad in Waterford for some reason.
First record bought - The Bodyguard Soundtrack. I remember blasting it on my walkman on the bus to Passage East one time. EEEK.
If you were an animal what would it be? I’d be giraffe with a long neck – handy when you work in news.
My Hero - Anne Doyle
If you were a man/woman, who would you like to be? - Anne Doyle
Most embarrassing moment - Dropping the communion at a first holy communion practice. The nun said I was a ‘foolish girl’ in front of the whole class. I’ve stuck out my tongue ever since.
Song to be played at your funeral - Eva Cassidy's version of Fields of Gold followed by Elton Johns’ Candle in the Wind, Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven and then Perfect Day by Lou Reed. That coffin aint goin down without major tears and drama. Failing that, I’d like everyone to hold hands and sing Harry Nilson’s Without You with the Mariah warbling towards the end
Kevin Casey
Kevin Casey heads up the busy WLR FM Sports department, and has a vey varied working day coving everything from local GAA and soccer to basketball, swimming, horse racing and more...
Friday evenings see Keving presenting his specialist Gaelic Ground programme which gives him a chance to focus on his beloved GAA.
County/Country of birth - London, U.k
Height - 5’ 10
Eye Colour - blue
Hair Colour - brown
Star Sign - Aries
Favourite Band - The Pogues
Favourite Song -’ Roll back the clouds’
Favourite Movie - The Field
Favourite scene from a film - ’The Bull killing the yank’
Who would play you in a movie? - Sean Bean
Favourite TV Programme - Seoige and seoige
Best thing about being on radio is - talking about my hobby-sport
Biggest Thrill - Siam Park Waterpark in Tenerife
Pet Hates - Smoking
The best gig/s you’ve attended - Damien Dempsey in the Electric avenue
What I love about Waterford - The Beaches and the Hurling
What I hate about Waterford - Boy racers and the people who stole my car!!!
First record bought Christy moore – ‘Ride On’
If you were an animal what would it be? - Seal
My Hero - Richard Harris
If you were a man/woman, who would you like to be? - superman/wonderwoman
Most embarrassing moment - can’t tell you that – have to save my blushes
Song to be played at your funeral - ’The Parting Glass’ by Muireann nic Amhlaoibh
Kieran O'Connor
Kieran O'Connor has been the voice of our GAA for almost 20 years. His match commentary brings a new light on hurling and football in Waterford. Through out the season WLR FM in association Snowcream Milk brings you live coverage of The Waterford Senior Hurlers progress in the Munster Hurling Championship and National League with regular commentaries from Kieran O'Connor & our panel of GAA sports comentators . Kieran is also WLR FM's Farming correspondent and broadcasts his popular Farmview programme each Thursday from 7 to 7.30pm and Saturdays from 9.30 to 10am (repeat).
Liam Merriman
Well known local singer/songwriter Liam brings his deep well of knowledge of things musical to the airwaves of WLR FM. Expect the unexpected from the world of music with Liam's own explanation of the story behind many of the songs and artists featured. (maybe even some of his own!!) Add in a touch of the arts and you have the ideal recipe. Catch Liam on WLR FM every Mon-Thur from 10pm - Midnight.
Country/County Of Birth - The Pale / on The Mainland
Height - Sheer
Eye Colour - Mellow Yellow
Hair Colour - Skin Tone
Star Sign - Gemini
Favourite Band - Caladh
Fav. Song - Happy Birthday To You
Fav. Movie - The Mask
Who Would Play You In A Movie? - Angellina Jolie
Tv Show - TV 3 Weather
Best Thing About Being On Radio - Not havin to Yodel
Biggest Thrill - Singing live on the BBC
Pet Hates - Nail Breaks
Best Gigs Attended - Tommy Emmanuel
What I Love About Waterford - The view
What I Hate About Waterford - Only 1 river crossing
First Record Bought - Metal Guru
What Animal Would You Be? - A Sugar Glider
My Hero - Tiny Tim
Most Embarrassing Moment - Turning up to play a gig without my guitar
Your Funeral Song - Taimse I Mo Chodhladh
Liz Reddy
Asked what the aim of the news department is at the station Liz Reddy throws her hands wide open and says "everything". Expanding on that she says "we concentrate solely on local news, the national and international news we get from our agency in Dublin. Everything that happens in the community such as politics and human interest stories, basically if it happens in Waterford it is our job to know about it. Over the last 20 years it has built up. Obviously we are looking for stories, but now we are top of people's lists to get a story on our news. We have gotten a lot busier, the local content has risen constantly.
Maria McCann
Maria McCann currently presents The Saturday Show and Sunday View on WLR FM. She hails from Dublin and has many years of broadcasting experience. Her interests include films, TV, Food, Animals and has a keen interest in Cinema.
Country/County Of Birth - Dublin
Height - 5''6"
Eye Colour - Blue
Hair Colour - Dark Brown
Star Sign - Leo
Fav. Song - Wicked And Lazy
Fav. Scene In A Movie - Lassie Coming Home
Who Would Play You In A Movie? - Angelina Jolie
TV Show - Lost
Best Thing About Being On Radio - No One Can See You In The Morning
Biggest Thrill - George Clooney Asking For My Phone Number
Pet Hates - Being Told The Above Didn't Happen
What I Love About Waterford - The People
What I Hate About Waterford - Only One Bridge
First Record Bought - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
What Animal Would You Be? - Cat
My Hero - Michael O'Leary - Cheap Flights !!
Your Funeral Song - Wicked Game - Chris Issacs
Mark Power
Height - 6'1"
Eye Colour - Grey/Green/Blue, not sure to be honest
Hair Colour - Brown progressing to Grey
Favourite Band - The Who
Favourite Song - Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who
Favourite Movie - This is Spinal Tap
Favourite scene from a film - “Hello Cleveland!” (see above)
Who would play you in a movie? - Warren Oates in my dreams, Erkan Mustafa in reality
Favourite TV Programme - Flight of the Concords, and the News of course
Best thing about being on radio is - Dresscode
Pet Hates - Pets
The best gig/s you've attended - The Who performing Quadrophenia at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, May 1997
What I love about Waterford - Beaches and Blaas
What I hate about Waterford - Nothing really
First record bought - Ace of Spades by Motorhead (my brother bought it with my communion money to be exact, I wanted Boney M)
If you were an animal what would it be? - A retired racehorse
My Hero - Orson Welles
Song to be played at your funeral - Rabbit by Chas and Dave
Matt Keane
Sports in Waterford is going through a very exciting stage, "it's a great aspect to the job" says Matt Keane. Reporting on sporting matters for WLR FM for the last 17 years Matt, with not only his passion but his instinctual grasp of sports is always on the ball when it comes to covering some of the biggest events. Specialising in Soccer, Golf and Rugby he says that "I get a great kick out of covering sports lives. I have reported on the Irish Open and the European Open in the K Club and in Druid's Glen. I've interviewed the greats such as Bernard Langer and Greg Norman and in Soccer Jack and Bobby Charlton as well as Pat Jennings the goalkeeper." However what remains close to his heart is home team Waterford United "I've covered the ups and downs of the club for years. They are always exciting, always developing and a joy for their fans".
Country/County Of Birth - Waterford - Ireland
Height - 5''10"
Eye Colour - Bloodshot
Hair Colour - You taking the p**s?
Star Sign - Cancer
Favourite Band - Bim and Ben
Fav. Song - Shaddup a your face
Fav. Movie - Lassie
Tv Show - Telly Bingo
Best Thing About Being On Radio - Free Drink
Biggest Thrill - Seeing Timmy Ryan buying a drink
Pet Hates - Paying for drink
Best Gigs Attended - Bim and Ben at the Wander Inn
What I Love About Waterford - Garveys Bar
What I Hate About Waterford - Jimmy McGough leaving
What Animal Would You Be? - Cat
My Hero - Jimmy McGough
Most Embarrassing Moment - Cursing on Deise AM
Oliver Carroll
Responding to a competition looking for prospective D.J.s he sent in his own demo tape "I heard this ad for the competition. I sent a tape in on the last day. I was sitting in my living room trying 100 different ways to get it to work. I never expected to hear any thing back, so I told nobody about it. When I got the call to say that I was one of the finalists I couldn't get over it." Getting his foot in the door he says was the easy part "it was really then that the hard work started, it was a great case of standing up and falling down. I have no background in broadcasting, even though I had and still have a love of music. You either survive or you go under." Thankfully, for both him and his listeners, he has proved a great success. After having a number of jobs where he wasn't fully satisfied he is all to well aware of how lucky he is "it's great to do something you love, and get paid for it. I really don't look at it as work. Personally what I get from this is most of all doing something that I like and secondly having the capacity to make people happy. Being in the background of peoples good times.
Country/County Of Birth - Wexford
Height - 6''1
Eye Colour - Blue
Hair Colour - Blonde Fair To Grey
Star Sign - Virgo
Favourite Band - The Floating Crowbars
Fav. Song - Too many to choose
Fav. Movie - A man called horse
Who Would Play You In A Movie? - Someone very good looking
Tv Show - Mannix
Best Thing About Being On Radio - Getting Paid for it
Biggest Thrill - Each New Sunrise
Pet Hates - Bad Manners
Best Gigs Attended - Springsteen Live
What I Love About Waterford - Blaas
What I Hate About Waterford - Blaa strikes
First Record Bought - Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
What Animal Would You Be? - A cuddly animal
My Hero - My Co-presenter and the news team.
Most Embarrassing Moment - Receiving a humanitarian award in Geneva
Your Funeral Song - Carpenters - We've only just begun
Paul Nolan
Paul Nolan presents WLR FM's Business Programme every Sunday at 9:30am. Outside of WLR FM, Paul is Group Development Manager with the Dawn Group and former South East Regional President on IBEC.
Rick Whelan
Rick Whelan is one of Waterford's best known DJ's. Rick has worked on radio in Waterford since 1978 and presented many show on WLR FM over the years. He currently presents ''Here's Ricky'' every Saturday from 5-8pm. This show is not to be missed..
Country/County Of Birth - Waterford
Height - 5''9'
Eye Colour - Blue
Hair Colour - What Hair? I shave it everyday.
Star Sign - Taurus
Favourite Band - Too Many To Mention
Fav. Song - Ditto
Fav. Movie - Shawshank Redemption
Tv Show - Revelation Channel 765 on SKY
Best Thing About Being On Radio - Haven't worked that one out yet, but it feels comfortable.
Biggest Thrill - Very personal but it has a lot to do with one woman.
Best Gigs Attended - Queen, Bowie, U2, Bee Gees
What I Love About Waterford - 60 miles of coastline
First Record Bought - Mary Hoplin - Knock Knock
What Animal Would You Be? - A Bull
My Hero - GOD
Your Funeral Song - Bryan Adams - Everything I Do
Roddy Cleere
Roddie first became interested in radio back in 1979. His interest in Thin Lizzy (a story for another day) led him on to checking out other Irish bands at the time and that interest has been with him ever since. That is why he still does a show, Irish Nightlife, every Friday night, dedicated to the promotion of up and coming Irish bands.
County/Country of birth - Ireland/Kilkenny
Height - Tall
Eye Colour - Light blue
Hair Colour - Artic Blonde with white highlights (grey to you and me)
Star Sign - Taurus
Favourite Band - Thin Lizzy
Favourite Song - Hero and the Madman – Thin LIzzy
Favourite Movie - Godfather 1/2 – Lord of the Rings (all three)
Favourite scene from a film - Gandolf to the rescue
Who would play you in a movie? - Danny DeVito
Favourite TV Programme - Friends
Best thing about being on radio is - Without a doubt, the salary
Biggest Thrill - Furious Baco (theme park ride)
Pet Hates - Bad Manners / Disrespect
The best gig/s you’ve attended - Thin Lizzy, Dalmount 77 / Brusce Springsteen, Slane 85
What I love about Waterford - The Coast (Woodstown to be exact)
What I hate about Waterford - Blas
First record bought - Dana, All Kinds of Everything (did I really just admit to that???)
If you were an animal what would it be? - Cheetah
My Hero - Philip Parris Lynott / Nelson Mandela
If you were a man/woman, who would you like to be? - Olga Kurenkio, number one weight lifter in all of Obeckestan
Most embarrassing moment - Too many to pick from
Song to be played at your funeral - Song for while I'm away - Thin Lizzy / Tribute to Sandy Denny by Cleann Eader feat. Philip Lynott
Sean Organ
Sean is a big Spurs fan and hails from Dungarvan in County Waterford.
Passion. It is often a misused or misunderstood word. In the case of Sean Organ however it fits him perfectly. When put to him that he is passionate about his work he does not even hesitate in answering "I definitely am. I am very precise about things, I don't like waffle. I like to be straight to the point. It's important that everything is right.
I'm probably my own best critic in that way: everything has to be right." A fact that he is very conscious of "it's important to enjoy what you're doing - comes across on air. I've never been happier doing what I do." With the station for 10 years he says that for him interviewing Olympic medal winner John Tracy is one definite highlight, although he does add "I know it's a cliche but every day is a highlight. Job satisfaction is the most important thing for me. Why do what you don't love? "With a deep love of music, he also says that sports is something that is very close to his heart.
He is almost as active as any of the players on the pitch. Living 100 yards from where he was born in Dungarvan he is the first to talk of his strong affection for his home county and especially the beauty of it's countryside. Although he does add "I'm just proud to be Irish, full stop." Asked what he thinks is the most important aspect of his work he says "the most important thing is to keep it simple, people are not stupid, they don't like to be patronised. You have to be passionate about what you do, you have to care, it shows.
Sinead Aherne
Sinead is an honourary Waterfordian since moving from Cork to join the hectic WLR FM News room. She joined WLR FM in 2008 after graduating from Griffith College and UCC and has had a passion for Journalism for as long as she can remember.
County/Country of birth - Cork
Height - 5'2”
Eye Colour - Green
Hair Colour - Brown
Star Sign - Libra
Favourite Band - Kings Of Leon
Favourite Son - Elbow: Grounds for Divorce
Favourite Movie - The Italian Job (The Original)
Favourite scene from a film - Italian Job: “You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"
Who would play you in a movie? - Christina Ricci (supposedly she looks like me)
Favourite TV Programme - House
Best thing about being on radio is - Not knowing what could happen from one day to the next or where in Waterford you could end up reporting from.
Biggest Thrill - Abseiling, Old Head of Kinsale was my favourite
Pet Hates - the sound of a fork scraping off a plate it makes my teeth hurt more than nails on a blackboard
The best gig/s you’ve attended - Bell X1, Killarney 2006
What I love about Waterford - The sea
What I hate about Waterford - It's not Cork like!
First record bought - One of the NOW Compilation Tapes can't remember which number
If you were an animal what would it be? - Kangaroo
My Hero - Ireland Grand Slam winning team 2009
If you were a man/woman, who would you like to be?
Most embarrassing moment - couldn't tell, I'd be too embarrassed
Song to be played at your funeral - Everybody Hurts - REM
Timmy Ryan
Timmy joined WLR FM back in 1981. Over the years Timmy has become one of the top presenters on local radio in Ireland. Timmy Presents WLR FM's highly successful breakfast show with Aoibhin Fallon. Timmy hails from Dungarvan in Co. Waterford.
Country/County Of Birth - Waterford
Height - 6''
Eye Colour - Brown
Hair Colour - Dark
Star Sign - Libra
Favourite Band - To Many To Mention
Fav. Song - Ditto
Fav. Movie - Shawshank Redemption
Fav. Scene In A Movie - The Final Scene Of Shawshank Redemption
Who Would Play You In A Movie? - Johnny Vegas
Tv Show - Seinfeld
Best Thing About Being On Radio - A Short Working Day
Biggest Thrill - Meeting Liam Merriman
Pet Hates - Questionnaires
Best Gigs Attended - Billy Joel/Queen
What I Love About Waterford - The Clock Tower
What I Hate About Waterford - No Happy Hour In Pubs
First Record Bought - Rhinestone Cowboy
What Animal Would You Be? - Iguana
My Hero - Liam Merriman
Most Embarrassing Moment - Being Mistaken For Billy Mccarthy
Your Funeral Song - Jumbo Breakfast Roll
Trevor Condon
Trevor joined WLR FM in 2006. He is Waterford born and bred. He currently presents the Weekend Jukebox every Saturday night from 8-11pm.
County/Country of birth - Waterford born and breed boy!
Height - Depends on your point of view
Eye Colour - Blue
Hair Colour - Black with a splash of grey· only since I started working here mind you.
Star Sign - Aquarius
Favourite Band - Today it would be Snow Patrol - ask me again tomorrow.
Favourite Song - 'Morning Man' by Rupert Holmes - I know I was once a late night jock before those pesky computers started doing the job for free.
Favourite Movie - Any one of the Scary movies.
Favourite scene from a film - The "I see dead people scene" from Scary Movie·.
Who would play you in a movie? - Brad Pitt - a couple of hours of makeup and you wouldn't tell the difference
Favourite TV Programme - The Simpsons
Best thing about being on radio is - I get paid to Talk and play music. No really they actually pay me.
Biggest Thrill - Getting a Gig on WLR FM
Pet Hates - Parking Fines
The best gig/s you've attended - It was my first gig.. 'The Sawdoctors' in the Ard Ri, and support was by a Waterford band 'The Freudian Slips'..
First record bought - Here goes any credibility·. Janet Jackson..Control the remix - bought it in Sinnotts.
If you were an animal what would it be? - Dog
Song to be played at your funeral - It's over - Michael Caine