Doireann Garrihy responds to gender reveal speculation

Doireann Garrihy is pregnant with her first child

The radio host is currently pregnant with her and husband Mark Mehigan's first child.

Fans have been eager to find out if Doireann is expecting a baby boy or a girl. Many believed she was hinting at her baby's gender in a recent post on Instagram.

Doireann was prepping sets for her two podcasts when fans started to speculate.

She told her followers, "Last year, I got four flats, so four of those and painted each of them blue for the background of Doireann and Friends and I loved how it looked so I used the same flats for The Laughs of Your Life and painted it pink and now, this year I’ve established, I actually only need two flats for Doireann and Friends and two for The Laughs of Your Life.

"So I’ve painted two now for Doireann and Friends, and there are two remaining pink. So… Doireann and Friends is on the way very soon."

Fans of the RTÉ star admitted they thought she was painting them for a gender reveal party.

Doireann quickly responded to the claims and stressed that she was simply working on her podcasts.

The follower wrote, "Genuinely thought it was a gender reveal when I saw the blue paint earlier, but was also confused why it was being changed pink to blue."

The mum-to-be also said she likely won't be having a gender reveal.

"The amount of people that thought that this was some sort of gender reveal prep that I was doing… getting my mom to paint these slats. I got my mom to paint these slats anyway, but she offered.

Doireann said her mam offered to help because she was under time pressure.

"But imagine if it was for a gender reveal? Each to their own with gender reveals, of course but… like, no. It was for the podcast," she added.

Doireann revealed she was pregnant with her first child in April.