Overview
- News outlets reported the death of the former RTÉ broadcaster and writer at age 82 on November 21.
- A founding presenter of RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland, he helped define the flagship programme over roughly two decades from its early years.
- Leaders including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, President Catherine Connolly and Tánaiste Simon Harris praised his intelligence, unmistakable voice and public service.
- Morning Ireland host Aine Lawlor remembered him as a gifted writer and mentor who taught generations of RTÉ journalists.
- His wider body of work spanned the 1980s interview series Hanly’s People, the 1979 novel In Guilt and In Glory, columns, public relations and a poetry-focused radio programme.