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29 unusual facts about RTÉ Radio 1


Arthur Duff

In 1937 Duff joined Radio Éireann as the station's first music producer and went on to become assistant director of music in 1945.

His career also encompassed senior positions in the Irish Army School of Music and in the music department of Radio Éireann.

Carrie Crowley

She later left television presenting to return radio presenting, co-presenting Fandango with Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1.

Diarmaid Ferriter

He is also the host of What If, a radio programme that broadcasts weekly on RTÉ 1.

Doireann Ní Bhriain

She is best known for her work and affiliation with RTÉ Radio 1.

Donncha Ó Dúlaing

He currently presents Fáilte Isteach at 10 pm on Saturday evenings on RTÉ Radio 1.

Frank Kelly

Many of his popular radio sketches originated from "The Glen Abbey Show" on RTÉ Radio 1 in the 1970s-1990s.

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

This is broadcast live each year on Christmas Eve on RTÉ Radio 1.

Irish general election, 1965

Raidió Éireann provided special coverage from 3 pm on the day of the count due to the coverage on Telefís Éireann.

Jackie and Daw

The documentary won First Prize at the Prix Europa Radio and TV Awards in October 2000 for the radio version, entitled Nestwatch 2000, broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1's Mooney Goes Wild.

Jacqui Hurley

In early 2009, Hurley took over as the co-presenter of Sunday Sport alongside Con Murphy on RTÉ Radio 1.

James Christopher Branigan

On 28 January 2009, RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline, programme, a popular talk programme, featured callers reminiscing about Detective Branigan and his activities as a Garda in Dublin.

Joe Wickham

Both Radio Éireann and the Army Band made themselves unavailable, but this did not deter a crowd of 21,400 supporters arriving at Dalymount Park and passing the picket of Legion of Mary members who carried anti-Communist placards.

John Nee

In August 2007, Nee announced his obsession with the ukulele while on RTÉ Radio 1 presenter Dave Fanning's show, Drivetime with Dave.

John Skehan

In the late 1980s and 90s he presented a weekly series on RTÉ Radio 1 entitled Words and Music, in which he interviewed notable people and played a selection of their favourite records.

Julie Feeney

Impossibly Beautiful from pages was on heavy rotation on RTÉ Radio 1 from 2009 to 2010.

She performed her own self-orchestrated songs with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra from the National Concert Hall in May 2010 on 'Mooney Goes Wild' broadcast live on RTÉ Radio 1 and on 'Sunday Miscellany' on RTÉ Radio 1 broadcast live on 13 December 2011.

Kieran Hanrahan

Currently he hosts Céilí House, a radio program on traditional Irish music aired weekly in Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1.

Liam Devally

Devally has been known for hosting various programmes for Ireland, he was a radio host on RTÉ Radio 1, he also was best known for Irish listeners between 1972 and 1979 when he commentated for RTÉ Radio listeners at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Melanie Verwoerd

She presented a weekly radio programme, Spectrum, on RTÉ Radio 1 on the theme of multiculturalism, which addressed the challenges facing the New Ireland and examined the issues that arise in a multicultural society.

Nuala Carey

In early 2009, Carey launched a nationwide search to find herself a man on RTÉ Radio 1's Mooney.

Occupy Dame Street

In December 2011, TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Luke 'Ming' Flanagan praised the efforts of the group in interviews to RTÉ Radio 1.

Radio Éireann Players

The Radio Éireann Players (RÉP) were a repertory company for radio in Ireland, formed in 1947, which performed in regular drama productions for Irish broadcaster, Radio Éireann.

Rose Brennan

She was also a regular voice on Radio Éireann's Happy Days and Beginners Please series.

Seascapes

Seascapes is a weekly 30-minute Irish radio programme covering maritime matters broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 on Fridays at 22.30 and presented until recently by the award-winning presenter Tom MacSweeney.

Simon Fagan

He appeared on some high profile radio shows including Today with Pat Kenny on RTÉ Radio 1 in Ireland, 9 BBC regional shows in the UK and both Nile FM and Nile TV in Cairo.

The Dave Fanning Show

The Dave Fanning show is a radio program broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.

The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show

In 2007, the show replaced Eamon Dunphy's RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday morning programme as the 10th most listened to programme in Ireland.

Thornton's Restaurant

Asked about the incident by broadcaster Joe Duffy on his RTÉ Radio 1 Liveline programme, Thornton stressed that he had not so much been infuriated by the request of chips (he supposedly provides them for younger customers on a regular basis) but that he had been aggravated by the attitude of this particular customer.


Paul Tansey

Sean Barrett, an economist at Trinity College, Dublin described Tansey as a "'dedicated writer' who 'stayed around until 1am' to make sure the newspaper was printed properly", in an interview with the RTÉ Radio 1 show, Morning Ireland.

RTÉ Radio Centre

From this building emanates most of RTÉ's radio output on two national channels RTÉ Radio 1, and RTÉ 2fm, as well as a number of digital radio channels available on DAB.

Scrap Saturday

Scrap Saturday was a satirical radio sketch show created by Dermot Morgan, who was also the main performer on the show, and Gerry Stembridge, which ran on RTÉ Radio 1 on Saturday mornings from 1989 until 1991.

Shaun Doherty

In 2011, Kim Bielenberg said in the Irish Independent that Doherty would be a natural replacement for Joe Duffy on RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline.

Today with Pat Kenny

Today with Pat Kenny is a current affairs magazine broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1, presented by Pat Kenny.