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Doireann Garrihy opens up following split from boyfriend Joe Melody

Doireann Garrihy has revealed that she has split with boyfriend Joe Melody.

The presenter was dating the Clare farmer and the couple made their first public appearance together at Electric Picnic last year.

However, Doireann has now revealed that they are no longer together, admitting she found having a long distance relationship in the public eye, 'tough', RSVP Live reports.

Speaking to the Irish Mail on Sunday, she said: "Nothing went massively wrong. It was just a bad time. It isn’t easy to have a long distance relationship when you are in the public eye,.

"It was tough there for a while. I am all good now."

The Podge and Rodge Show has been cancelled after comeback, RTE has confirmed  

Last week it was revealed that RTE have axed Podge and Rodge and it will not return for a new season in the autumn, however Doireann added that she needed things to quieten down for her career wise.

She admitted: “Last year I had the Doireann Project, Podge and Rodge and the Zoo Crew was full-time. I burned out a bit by the end of the year."

She added, “I thought being busy was this badge of honour. Then, last November, I was in work one day and I just burst out crying. I just hit a wall. For a few weeks I was just a shell of myself.

“Whether it was filming or radio or the constant of having to be on my phone all the time, it was too much. I realised I needed to slow down a bit and that is why I am not as busy."

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