Right so, down to business.

"Anna's safe, she's got the right accent, " he told me at the launch of Cilantro's Indian restaurant in Castleknock. "RTE don't normally go for people with northside accents." I wanted to disagree with him, but I could only think of Fair City.

Ray's accent is kinda Cockney geezer/northsider. "It is and I wouldn't change it for the world." He is slightly regretful about his reference to accessing all areas of RTE and a nun's knickers on Podge & Podge. "The words came out of my mouth and I thought, 'Ray, shut the f*** up!'" But his celebrity has worked, thus far.

"Celebrity? That's a dirty word, man.

The positive outweigh the negative, but I just get on with it." Access All Areas is an irreverent take on the music industry. "It's great, man, it's brilliant.

There's nothing like it on TV. A lot of the other stations would be afraid to do it." (Now, where's that Argyle sock I keep lying around for over-talkative celebrities? )