Today Duffy has theoretically arrived into this quiet Ranelagh hotel (there’s no problem here with social distancing) to talk about her new podcast with the Communications Clinic, but it’s not long before she begins reminiscing over the best times in her radio career. You can’t turn a clock back, but you can remember good times fondly. “I haven’t opened my mouth since I left Today FM,” she says, as I turn on my recorder.ĭuffy has a reason for the silence: even if – as with almost all radio careers, it ended abruptly, with the station opting to move in a different direction last July – she’s grateful for the experiences she had, and the friends she made, friends she still cherishes. She’s enjoying it, even if she’s been quiet about it. “Probably three times harder!” she says, with a laugh. Yes, that Communications Clinic, which also houses Anton Savage as a director, another well-known Today FM alumnus.Īnd Duffy looks well on it: perched with a jacket draped gracefully over her shoulders, her dark glossy hair seemingly immune to the drizzling rain she’s just encountered outside (mine has turned to frizz), she looks lively and content, radiating the same glow of friendliness that has always been a hallmark of her radio programmes.ĭuffy and her husband, Kerry footballer-turned- Wexford senior football manager and designer Paul Galvin, have been managing lockdown well, she says, as we engage in a bit of small talk.Īnd she’s willing to admit that she’s working harder now than she ever did on radio. Duffy has reinvented herself as a training consultant with the Communications Clinic, offering support in the area of job interview training and media skills. The answer? It’s pretty appropriate for these Covid-19 times. If you google her, one of the most common search terms suggested to you is: “What is Louise Duffy doing now?” Then, this time last year, she disappeared from the airwaves, seemingly vanished into thin air. In the bar area of a Dublin hotel, Louise Duffy is looking a touch nostalgic as she rewinds through time, back to when she was first hired into radio, when she was championed by Ian Dempsey, pulled from her post reading AA Roadwatch traffic reports, and served first as Today FM’s early morning presenter, before moving to a coveted afternoon slot, and then to her 7pm music programme.įor eight years, Duffy was a staple of Today FM.
You have to realise that this is just a job like anything else.” For me, there had been movements in my career which made it clear to me that you have to have a balance.
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You become this personality on air and it’s very hard to separate your personal and professional life. But after she and the broadcaster parted company last summer, she’s now found a way to help others perform to the best of their abilities – and found time for a new podcast as well. Louise Duffy was plucked from reading AA Roadwatch traffic reports to become a bona fide radio star at Today FM. Originally published in the Business Post, 26th July 2020
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