RTE's Ray D'Arcy reveals real reason behind happy marriage with wife Jenny & major decision that's ‘huge part of that'
RTE star Ray D'Arcy has opened up on his "calm" life with his wife Jenny and why giving up alcohol helped his home environment.
The popular radio star has two kids with his wife; Kate, 18 and Tom, who turns 13 next month.
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Ray D'Arcy has opened up about his 'calm' home life
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Ray and his wife have two kids together
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The happy couple met all the way back in 2005 before tying the knot in a gorgeous ceremony in 2013.
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Speaking to the RTE Guide, Ray said: "Jenny and I are best friends and companions and husband and wife, and we've two healthy children and they're lovely. We are very lucky and we appreciate that."
The dad-of-two adds that part of the reason his home life is so calm is due to both him and Jenny giving up alcohol.
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Ray explained: "[Life at home] is very calm. I'd say a huge part of that is because neither Jenny nor I drink.
"Not that we were big drinkers, but it has brought a calm into our life that you can only experience when you do it.
"Drink for a lot of reasons, even if you don't drink that much, just brings spikes in moods."
And a calm household is what Ray needs now as his daughter Kate is gearing up to do her Leaving Cert.
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He explained: "I was talking to a guy recently and he described having somebody in Leaving Cert as playing that winter Olympic sport [curling], where you push the thing down and then everybody paves the way in front of it.
"It's like that and we're happy to do that. We're there for whatever she wants.
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"I still have nightmares about my Leaving Cert all these years later. Now, I don't share that with Kate."
Just last year Ray opened up to the RTE Guide about the reason behind
Ray revealed that he has never had an issue with
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The 60-year-old told how he made the active decision to stop while out for a run one day.
He said: "One day I was on holidays down the country, I'd had a few glasses of wine and the next day, out on a run, I felt a bit fuzzy, and I just thought, I'm going to give this up. There was no big deal about it.
"I hadn't discussed it with anybody, I just decided it was something I was going to do."
The Den star confessed that he "didn't drink that much" to begin with and explained how his wife Jenny had quit six years before him.
Ray highlighted how Jenny had "inspired him" to make the move with how much "it changed her life".
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