The family sold the farm after the outbreaks of swine fever in the early 1970s and moved to Drogheda, County Louth, where they bought a pub.

[6] He set up [dubious – discuss] Boyneside Radio in Drogheda when he left school, changing his birth name of Liam to a "cooler" Gavin.

[5] In 1989, he led the consortium in the country's first [dubious – discuss] licensed provincial local radio station, LMFM, which was sold to UTV in 2004 for about €10 million, a sum which Duffy claims holds the Irish and UK record for the highest multiple achieved for a broadcast or publishing asset.

[10][11] In 2017, he was the moderator of the Fine Gael leadership election debates around the country, which ultimately saw Leo Varadkar become party leader and Taoiseach.

[2] He is the Chairperson of Bizworld Ireland, a non-profit organisation which teaches entrepreneurship to primary school children.

[4] During the course of the election campaign, media reported on an incident in 1978 when, aged 18, Duffy was involved in a vehicular collision in which he caused serious injury to a motorcyclist.