Overview
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin paid tribute, calling Clancy “an enormous presence in Irish journalism for over six decades.”
- He died surrounded by family and is survived by his wife, Bernie, two daughters and a son, with funeral arrangements to be announced.
- For around three decades he presented RTÉ Radio 1’s It Says In The Papers, bringing a distinctive style to Morning Ireland.
- His reporting spanned major events including Bloody Sunday in Derry, visits of five US presidents to Ireland, and the 1992 Somalia famine during Mary Robinson’s visit.
- He worked with the Sligo Champion, Donegal People’s Press, the Irish Sun and the Irish Mirror, and received Newsbrands Ireland’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award as colleagues praised his mentorship and influence.