"A few months after Gerry Ryan died in 2010, fellow radio star Ian Dempsey saw his widow, Morah. It was across a crowded room at a function in The Mansion House in Dublin. "I hadn't seen her for ages," Dempsey says. "I waved over at her like a mad thing. Unfortunately, it was in the middle of a charity auction and I found myself bidding on a weekend in New York...""
""Gerry was fantastic," he continues. "He did actually treat me as a kind of younger brother. He was three or four years before me. I came in after the station [RTÉ 2FM] started. He was there from the start. He was established but he wasn't getting the breaks. He was still on at night.""
Ian Dempsey began experimenting with radio at age five and has presented a national breakfast show since the 1990s. He is 64 and reflects on experiencing imposter syndrome while maintaining an upbeat public persona during personal grief. After Gerry Ryan's death in 2010 Dempsey encountered Ryan's widow Morah at a Mansion House function, accidentally bidding on a New York weekend during a charity auction. Dempsey remembers Gerry as supportive, treating him like a younger brother; Gerry predated Dempsey at RTÉ 2FM, was there from the station's start, and remained established despite limited breaks, often working nights. Dempsey also notes lyrics he lives by and an enticing job possibility at RTÉ.
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