anyone would be interested." Their daughter was born on 25 November 2006 after Jenny went into labour while laughing at Pat Kenny being heckled on The Late Late Show. In January 2012, D'Arcy and Kelly announced their engagement and pregnancy with a second child. In June that year, D'Arcy and Kelly welcomed their second child, a boy. Earlier that year, D'Arcy tripped and broke his nose and had to have surgery. The D'Arcy family have a dog called Teddy. D'Arcy's father Ray D'Arcy Sr. died on 28 December 2017. In December 2018, RTÉ published his salary of €450,000 for 2016, up from €400,000 which he earned in 2015. Awards D'Arcy won a Jacob's Award in 1993 for his presentation of The Den. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 Ray won the Best Irish Radio DJ award at the Meteor Music Awards, cementing his position as one of Ireland's most popular radio presenters. D'Arcy always maintains that this should be seen as a group award, and that credit should be shared with Jenny Kelly, Mairead Farrell and producer Will Hanafin, who also contributes to presenting the show. In 2008 D'Arcy was beaten by his namesake Ray Foley who launched a daily campaign to dethrone him. In 2006, The Ray D'Arcy Show won the Community/Social Action award at the PPI Irish Radio Awards for their work in highlighting road safety problems and deaths on the roads in Ireland. This was due in part, to their "Don't be a Fucking Eejit" radio adverts, which contained real-life stories. In 2007, The Ray D'Arcy Show won the Best Light Entertainment Programme award at the PPI Irish Radio Awards. |- | 1993 || Ray D'Arcy || Jacob's Award || |- | 2005 || Ray D'Arcy || Best Irish DJ at the Meteor Awards || |- | 2006 || Ray D'Arcy || Best Irish DJ at the Meteor Awards || |- | 2006 || The Ray D'Arcy Show || Community/Social Action award at the PPI Irish Radio Awards || |- | 2007 || Ray D'Arcy || Best Irish DJ at the Meteor Awards || |- | 2007 || The Ray D'Arcy Show || Best Light Entertainment Programme award at the PPI Irish Radio Awards || |- | 2008 || Ray D'Arcy || Best Irish DJ at the Meteor Awards || |- References 1964 births 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Living people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish