There go the soldiers of the dawn...
National broadcasters RTE have announced the departure of gaelgoir Hector O hEochagain from their flagship breakfast show on 2fm.
Bosses at the station said they will be announcing a breakfast show early in the New Year.
Dan Healy, the head of 2fm, said: "Hector is a major personality and hugely loved by Irish audiences and has played a significant role in developing breakfast radio with his show ‘Breakfast with Hector’ on 2fm.
"‘Keep her lit’ helped take the country through the past three years of the recession with outside broadcasts from Friday factory floor fillers to second chance debs.
"RTE 2fm would like to take this opportunity to thank Hector for the enormous effort it takes to broadcast a breakfast show and for the entertainment he gave to his 'soldiers of the dawn'."
The programme has suffered falling ratings in recent JNLR books, dropping 14,000 listeners in the past year, but bosses at the station had previously insisted that the show was not in any danger of being cut.
Hector shared the press release on his Twitter page, telling followers he would speak to them in the morning.
