(Told in the style of Barry Egan from the Sindo**)
I’ve known Ray for years, so naturally when he asked me to join him for the rugby on Friday night I couldn’t refuse.
(As a teenager I used to watch Ray on the Den. In the pub on Friday the only spare seat happened to be beside Ray, who I have never met in my life. I asked him if it was free and then sat down. The chair was free as everyone else was too busy ignoring him and pretending that he wasn’t famous. God bless the Irish)
We had a lively debate during the match and shared the odd embrace when Ireland scored, which sadly wasn’t often enough for me or the team.
(I could hear him shouting at the screen and at one stage he brushed my shoulder when throwing his arms up in the air in despair.)
Afterwards we decided to catch-up properly over some food and I got to hear all the inside gossip about Today FM. Although it was clear that Ray wanted to share more than a Tiramisu for desert, he is a married man, so I made my apologies and left. The only passion we could share was rugby.
(The nice lounge girl put some mixed nuts on the table between us and we both ate some. Despite my best efforts to ear wig all I could hear were the odd phrases like baby and ratings. When the match finished he buggered off with his mates. So, ended my night of passion with Ray D’Arcy.)
*Ray is a famous Irish DJ on Today FM
**Barry Egan is a gossip writer in the Sunday Independent
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September 28th, 2007 at 10:10 am
very good, lol. and i bet that’s how half the kiss and tells really went!
September 28th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Please don’t destroy my impression of Ray Darcy as a clean living family man! I’m sure when he wanted to share more than a tiramisu for dessert he meant that he wanted to show you pictures of his family over a brandy.
September 28th, 2007 at 11:25 am
in fairness, Flirty, that’s probably as close as you ever want to get to a night of passion with d’arcy. he looks like something you’d take down off the mantlepiece for a dusting.
September 28th, 2007 at 11:57 am
god he is rank i cant stand him!! yuk the thought of a night of passion with him makes me feel positively ill !
September 28th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Towny - am convinced that is how it works.
Epona - am very confident that Ray is a clean living guy.
Rosie - photo doesn’t do him justice he’s really cute in person.
Sarah - ah, he’s not that bad.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
woah! Look at you hobnobbing with celebs (well I assume he is I’ve never heard of him
September 28th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
I mentioned on a post once that the Northern Irish are the same about celebs, ignoring them and pretending they’re not famous (they’ll only get even bigger-headed). Nobody from England believed me, they’re just the opposite “oooh, you’re that bloke from the telly, whatsizname, oooh I just love your show, blah blah”. Embarrassing.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
I used to like listening to him in the mornings but the show is slipping big time just like our rugby team.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
it’s become just like the joe duffy show, except that super-sanctimonious ray’s the one doing all the whingeing.
September 28th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Steph - didn’t nob him, I promise.
Nick - it is a weird Irish thing.
Primal - don’t get to listen that much sadly
Rosie - did develop a curious interest in Joe when I was unemployed.
October 4th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Great story! Myself and my wife Jacinta met Ray, Jenny and Mairead a while back for the Us Book launch party. I too a photo of Jacinta hugging Ray which she’s very proud of!
Definitely a nice guy.
October 5th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Ray is the sort of bloke me mammy would’ve loved me to bring home! I’ve always had a mini-crush on him of my own, especially since the greying began!