Radio presenter Rick O'Shea has slammed the "random abuse" that female hosts receive in Ireland.
Taking to Twitter to express his upset at comments made about a female colleague of his, revealing some of the abuse that women presenters have to deal with "all the time".
"Take this..." he writes before giving followers a recent example.
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"I got a mail from a man, sent 30 minutes into my show on Friday (being filled by a woman), complaining the the 'woman host' was waffling, that she never shuts up, and that this wasn't the place for (names the presenter of a fully speech-driven show with no music at all)."
He adds: "She, in fact, talked less often than I usually do and, to be honest, has a much better taste in music than I do.
"This isn't rare, or new, or even something that isn't everyday for the women who present shows in the job I do.
"Stop it. Just stop it."
Rick has been a presenter at RTE since 2001.
He currently presents Daytime Gold on RTE Gold from 10am to 3pm, Monday to Friday, and was absent from some of last week's shows.
Amanda Fennelly took over form Rick last Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 11 while he was on a trip to Paris.
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