The Afternoon Show

[2] The programme was dropped by RTÉ as part of its new season of television in 2010, to be replaced by two afternoon programmes Four Live presented by Maura Derrane and The Daily Show hosted by Dáithí Ó Sé and Claire Byrne.

[3] The television show, the last season of which was presented by Sheana Keane and Maura Derrane, was a mix of lifestyle, information and fun items.

The show included cookery, fashion, health, fitness, parenting, life-coaching and celebrity gossip.

Viewers also had the opportunity to text, phone and e-mail in interjections, views, experiences and opinions, and they were given a chance to win prizes in a daily quiz.

The Afternoon Show had met with a mixed reaction since it first appeared on screens in 2004, presented by Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh and Anna Nolan.

This time Anna Nolan left the show and was replaced by Sheana Keane, who returned after taking a year off to focus on her first child.

She has recently been involved in much media attention with her co-host Sheana Keane, leading to speculation that they were not on good terms.

On her return Sheana presented the show from Monday to Thursday while Trevor Keegan steps in on Fridays with Bláthnaid.

Anna returned to present the second season with Bláthnaid and left the show after that to pursue other projects.

After that he continued work with Waka TV for RTÉ as producer of the highest rated programme in the Reality Bites series, Vogue Does Home and Away, in which Vogue McFadden looked at the unprecedented success of the series in Ireland over the last 25 years.

From 2009 Dr Mark Hamilton presented Friday's show with rotation between Sheana and Maura.