Ronan Keating leaves fans 'gutted' as he says 'I'm leaving' after 'difficult decision'

Ronan Keating will have left his fans who like listening to his Irish tones in the morning gutted as he revealed he's quitting one of his long-standing roles. The singer and presenter has spent seven years co-hosting the Magic Radio Breakfast show with Harriet Scott.

But he'll soon be stepping down from presenting early mornings, with his last stint on the airwaves, in its current capacity, confirmed to be taking place as the end of July.

Speaking to listeners on the Breakfast show on Thursday morning (June 6), Ronan shared: "It’s been very difficult for me to come to this conclusion, and to make this decision. I wanted our listeners, our Magic Breakfast listeners and our Magic Radio listeners be the first to know that after seven years and so many incredible shows, I’ve decided to stand down from Magic Breakfast at the end of July.

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"I have loved every single minute, this has not been an easy decision at all. I came on board as you know [Harriet] for a year, maybe two and I’ve loved the job so much that I’ve stayed here for seven. We’ve had an amazing time and we’ve been through some incredibly emotional times with people at home. Those two years that the world changed. It was an honour to be able to be in people’s homes and communicate with them like we did."

He continued: "So yeah, although I won’t be waking the nation up anymore with you [Harriet], I look forward to, I guess reconnecting with what I did before this – you know getting back to my music and touring. Even though I’ve been doing it, trying to do both