He now appreciates being able to spend more quality time with his wife Jenny, teenage daughter Katie and youngest child Tom, admitting that he was never in the running to take over as host of the Late Late Show
RTE presenter Ray D'Arcy has revealed that he cut back on his work schedule after he saw the impact it was having on his 10-year-old son Tom.
"The great Gay Byrne, who I idolised, once gave an interview to our radio show where he said he regretted the time he gave to the whole thing. I didn't need to hear that. I knew. When I was doing six days a week, Tom started crying one day when I was going to work. That was the moment for me." "Even though it was often chaos growing up as part of a big family, I loved being part of that community. The interaction with my siblings and then interacting with their friends taught me so much. Having five sisters meant I was never awkward in the company of women because I was surrounded by them all the time."
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