1. Nikki Hayes was born on Eimear O' Keeffe on 7 May 1979 and is a DJ who formerly worked for East Coast FM.
18 Facts About Nikki Hayes
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Nikki Hayes previously presented on Classic Hits and RTE 2fm and has DJ'ed in numerous clubs across Ireland.
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The All-Request Lunch show featured Nikki Hayes presenting all alone with listeners sending in requests by text, phone and the networking site, Bebo.
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In December 2009 it was announced that Nikki Hayes was moving to a weekend slot as part of a schedule shake-up at the radio station.
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Mid August 2010, Nikki Hayes parted company with RTE after another major schedule shake up.
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On 20 October 2010 it was announced that Nikki Hayes would start a new show in a weekday morning time-slot on SPIN 1038.
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Nikki Hayes began on 1 November 2010 after an eight-year departure from the station.
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Shortly after she joined, the show was renamed SPIN Hits which is linked with the afternoon show presented by Steve K Speaking about her return, Hayes has said it was like "coming home".
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Nikki Hayes used the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter to interact with listeners.
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Nikki Hayes was strongly linked with Dundrum Town Centre and broadcast from there regularly.
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Nikki Hayes announced her departure from the show and presented her last 'Spin Hits' on 3 June 2016.
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Nikki Hayes is interested in criminology, after studying law in college at the Letterkenny Institute of Technology in Ulster, and wishes to follow on studying it as a hobby.
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Nikki Hayes gave birth to her daughter with Frank, named Farah, in December 2013.
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Nikki Hayes returned to her morning slot on SPIN 1038 after a 6-month leave after her labour.
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Nikki Hayes was publicly assaulted in a hotel in the Temple Bar district of Dublin in April 2008.
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Nikki Hayes has suffered from stress and caught an infection which required her to stick to a diet of only protein.
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On Ireland AM, Nikki Hayes publicly admitted a battle with depression and that she had attempted to take her own life.
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Nikki Hayes was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa at the age of fifteen, and was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2015.