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Hitting the numbers: Tracy Clifford on the search for Ireland’s favourite tunes

RTÉ radio DJ Tracy Clifford is bringing her love of music to television screens next week with the Ultimate Irish Playlist, a countdown show of Ireland’s favourite songs as voted for by Irish audiences

Tracy Clifford, the RTÉ radio DJ, is dipping her toes into television: ‘I was surprised by the song that was voted number one’. Picture: Ruth Medjber

After seven years as a presenter on the national airwaves, Tracy Clifford is dipping her toes into television with the Ultimate Irish Playlist, a countdown show that lists Ireland’s best-loved songs, as voted for by over 100,000 2FM listeners.

Which brings the Business Post neatly to our first question: who’s number one? Clifford laughs. Apart from “you’ll just have to tune in to find out”, the RTÉ 2FM presenter is saying almost nothing, which seems ...