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02 Oct 2025

'I'm moving on' - Maura Fay confirms departure from the 2 Johnnies Podcast

The 2 Johnnies Podcast producer also works as a reporter on the Today with Claire Byrne show on RTÉ

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Maura with the 2 Johnnies in San Francisco. CREDIT: Maura Fay's Instagram

Maura Fay is to leave The 2 Johnnies Podcast, she confirmed in the latest podcast of the award-winning show which she has produced for six years. 

Citing heavy travel and work commitments, Maura said she felt she was leaving at the perfect time. 

In an at times emotional 2 Johnnies Podcast, the producer recounted many highs during her time including stadium gigs and 20,000 fans at their Pints in a Field show.

Both Johnny Smacks and Johnny B paid tribute to their producer who was at the helm during a period when they scored a number of successes and garnered awards.  

"Let me cast your minds back. It's early 2018 and a woman working as a researcher on the Late Late Show rang us to ask if we would be interested in singing our new song, 'The Coppers Song', on the Late Late Show - and they turned us down," recalled Johnny Smacks. 

"But we stayed in touch with the researcher and that woman is a woman who struggles to pronounce silage... We have seen her choke a grown man out in San Francisco, blind people with her sparkly pants and Pints in a Field," he added. 

Paying tribute to Maura, Johnny Smacks said since 2018 she has produced the 2 Johnnies Podcast and helped bring it from Johnny B's spare room to being Ireland's number 1 podcast, bringing it all around the world and to stadium performances. 

"It's been over 6 years of laughs, tears, nights out, awards, hangovers and everything in between. But today is an emotional day," Johnny Smacks said. 

"I'm breaking up with ye - I'm moving on," Maura said. 

"It's your last ever 2 Johnnies Podcast," said Johnny B. "Can you believe it?" 

"Yeah," was Maura's blunt reply, to much laughter. 

"It's mad though - we have been through so much together," Johnny B said.

"I will probably cry at some stage," Maura admitted. 

Explaining her decision to leave the show, she said: "I have two jobs, technically. And I live in Meath. I have one job in Dublin and one job in Tipperary and the amount of travelling I do, and the amount of work I do - there's been six years of it and something had to give. I got sick with shingles and my sister was like, 'this is brought on by stress'. So then I got a new job with RTÉ - I am a reporter with the Claire Byrne Show.... And I thought, do you know what - to keep giving the Podcast the love and attention, I'm so proud of everything" she said. 

Maura briefly choked, much to the delight of the 2 Johnnies, before saying: "There's 20,000 people at Pints in a Field - like how did that happen? This is so insane. And the love from the fans and the appreciation of how this podcast makes their week better". 

"You always say you want to go out on a high and I think I am leaving at a perfect time and I am so sad to be going. I am leaving the Podcast, but I will still be friends with ye," she told the 2 Johnnies. 

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Johnny B said: "We get messages from people saying how the Podcast has cheered them up. It's so humbling". 

"Ah completely," Maura agreed. 

She recalled that in the early days they used to only cover two topics, in a very basic running order and now the podcast series has grown so much. 

"You're a massive influence on our career," Johnny Smacks said. "So we can't thank you enough". 

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