2fm - New schedule coming

The thing is, most people can read the room about the vibe their boss is giving them and as you said, Lottie was dire in 2011. She had a chance to prove she was more than her surname and she blew it and confirmed her only reason for being there was being Gerry Ryan's daughter. Anyone with some self respect would move on and try different things like so many of her co workers. How does she pass herself when all these people have a leaving do, what could she say?? Oh all the best but I'm not moving on I'll stay here and rot. It's cringey!

For the people who say I'm singling her out of course I am her surname added weight for her to prove herself. She hasn't. And her staying in the job to be pushed around different awkward shifts is 100% management saying "just leave". Shame she can't or won't read the room.

she’s the showbiz reporter. What are you looking for in a showbiz reporter exactly?

She isn't significantly older than the duo she's replacing. The older Johnny is the same age as her

One reason why people are dismayed at her getting this gig is because of the weird place 2FM finds itself in. Hiring influencers who don't need the station nearly as much as the station needs them isn't a good long-term move. What they need are presenters who see getting a job on 2FM as a career high, not a way to bolster their proper jobs. The financial constraints in RTE are starting to bite and this could mean Dan Healy has to cut his cloth to suit his measure. Even though this pair of "ultimate messers" are starting out as a summer fill-in, you can't rule out the possibility that this is being seen as an audition. If their numbers stay reasonably fine they could be there for a long time yet. We've also seen (Tubridy being a prime example) that you can do well in RTE despite being a limited broadcaster.

While Tubridy is a better presenter than Lottie Ryan (maybe not to the power of a million though!), that's beside the point. Tubs is at best a middling presenter who rose to the top of the RTE tree despite being nowhere nearly as good as his pay or his backers suggested. The same thing may be about to happen again with Lottie Ryan. She has been on the subs bench forever and seems to be a permanent fixture in RTE. If an unofficial recruitment embargo comes in or if 2FM fails to find adequate new faces, she could be there for a while yet. In any other workplace, it'd be baffling. In RTE, who knows?

And they could play the same 200 songs they play on classic hits! Ooooh thats something to look forward to!