End of an era on RTE Radio One as last Ronan Collins Show to be aired on December 23 after four decades of afternoon music and requests

Legendary broadcaster Ronan Collins is set to hang up his radio microphone - as it's emerged his last ever Ronan Collins Show on RTÉ Radio 1 will air on Friday 23 ^rd December.

The much-loved radio star shared the news with his legions of listeners live on the show this afternoon.

Ronan revealed: “I’ve been working on afternoon radio on RTÉ Radio 1 for nearly 38 years, plus six years before that on Radio 2, and nobody will ever know how grateful I have been for all the opportunities over the past 40 years and going forward with RTÉ.