Byrne told the Sunday Independent that she "didn’t understand why [she] deserved to be capped.”

He will now present a programme at the weekends, starting on Saturday, March 7th.

Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly will be quizzed in the studio by Pat Kenny with less than two weeks to go until voting on Friday, October 24th.

Kieran Cuddihy’s switch to RTÉ comes as it confirms a number of changes to its presenter and programme schedule on RTÉ Radio 1