Former RTÉ journalist Charlie Bird has said he has been suffering from ‘major issues’ with his speech over the last few months due to a mystery illness and has no idea what is causing it.
The broadcasting legend said that as a result of the speech problems he had no choice but to turn down two radio interview opportunities.
He wrote on Twitter: ‘Declined two radio interviews today on Don Tidey kidnap and shoot out which I reported on at the time.
Why – over the past four months I’ve had major issues with my speech.’ ‘Despite series of tests still don’t know what is going on.
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