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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Rachel Butler & Cathal Ryan

'Well-earned break': Tommy Tiernan, Hector and Laurita taking extended break from beloved podcast

Comedian and presenter Tommy Tiernan, alongside his co-hosts Hector O hEochagain and Laurita Blewitt, have announced they will be taking a break from their much-loved podcast series.

Tommy, Hector and Laurita posted a video on the podcast's Instagram account on Thursday explaining to their 49.5k followers that they would be taking a five-month break.

They added that they were "so grateful" to people for showing the podcast love over the last two and a half years, but that now was the time to take a break.

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The Instagram post was captioned: "After two and a half years and over 20 million listens we are taking a well-earned break from April 3 until this coming September."

The caption was shared alongside a video of the group in a pub with some pints of Guinness, assuring their dedicated fan base.

In the video, Tommy said: "we look forward to talking to ye once the kids go back to school”, with Laurita adding: "it's a creative break as they say in the business."

The caption also confirmed that member-only listeners would not have their subscription affected, adding in the post that: "Current member’s only subscription fees will be paused until we return in September and you will still have access to all of your episodes.

"Don’t worry about the technical details, we will take care of all of this, just know you won’t be charged for access to your episodes during our break."

Adoring fans then flocked to the comments to express sadness at the news, with one fan posting: "What am I going to do without you. Enjoy your break!"

Another fan added: "Will miss ye on my walks of a Monday and Thursday. Enjoy the break and looking forward to September already".

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