[1] Presented by Ian Dempsey, it is noted for its Gift Grub feature, performed by Mario Rosenstock.

[7] Another notable former producer of the show is Paul McLoone, a fellow Today FM radio presenter and current frontman of the Northern Irish pop-punk band, The Undertones and who also helped co-create the highly popular and successful comedy series, Gift Grub alongside Rosenstock.

[8] The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show has been on air since September 1998 and originally broadcast until 10:00 but an extra hour was given to The Ray D'Arcy Show in 2004 to allow direct competition with RTÉ 2fm rival Gerry Ryan.

[12] Gift Grub airs at approximately 07:10 and 08:10 every morning, as well as game "Waffle" after the 07:30 headlines, where a caller attempts to mention (hence, "Waffle") five 'key words' about a chosen topic with no advance notice of the topic in 30 seconds, for a cash prize of €1,000.

Former features included "Talking Heads" where a number of voices played in quick sequence - listeners are allowed to guess the voices to win a cash prize;[13] and "Free For All Friday" occurred each Friday when the listeners may request which songs are played on the show.