 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.