Marian Finucane: Last News

Former RTÉ commercial director Willie O’Reilly has defended the pay of the broadcaster’s top earners – saying what the presenters bring to the lives of their audience ‘has to be categorised as well’.

A documentary remembering the late RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane has been warmly received by TV audiences.

It’s hard to believe it has been a year since Marian Finucane sadly passed away suddenly in her sleep at 69 years of age.

This year has been one of the most difficult for a lot of us.

A post shared by Dermot Whelan (@dermottodayfm) on Oct 2, 2020 at 11:26am PDTThe ceremony kicked off on a poignant note honouring members of the radio family that left us in the past year.The awards paid tribute to local radio talent – both on air and behind-the-scenes – alongside some well-known greats including the late Gay Byrne, Marian Finucane and Larry Gogan.Throughout the night, Ireland’s top musical acts popped up with special messages and performances recorded exclusively for the event.Big winners on the night included Newstalk who took home the accolade for Station of the Year while Cork’s RedFM was crowned Music Station of the Year.Host Dermot Whelan was chuffed to be honoured too taking home the award for Music and Entertainment

RTÉ Guide, reflecting on Gay’s death.‘He was such an important person, he was a friend of mine, he was a mentor and suddenly, we were doing a tribute show to him in the middle of the week.

For the past 58 years, The Late Late Show has been presented by men – Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny and Ryan Tubridy.

Friday night saw Ryan Tubridy back in the Late Late hot seat for the penultimate show of what has been an unpredictable season.