Bunny Carr
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Bunny Carr is a former television presenter on RTÉ
, who hosted such shows as Quicksilver
and Going Strong and was a public supporter and fundraiser for the aid organisation Gorta. In 1964 he won a Jacob's Award for his television series, Teen Talk.
In 1973, Carr founded Carr Communications
, a public relations and communications training company, the first of its kind in Ireland. He was joined by media advisers Tom Savage
and Terry Prone who helped him develop and expand the company's services in Ireland and abroad. He retired from the company in the mid-1990s, remaining as non-executive Chairman until 2004.
Bunny Carr lives in Dublin.
RTÉ One
RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
, who hosted such shows as Quicksilver
Quicksilver (Irish TV show)
Quicksilver was an Irish quiz show hosted by Bunny Carr from 1965 to 1981. The show was broadcast each week from a different rural town and audience members were picked with little or no vetting, prompting many amusing exchanges as they competed for small monetary prizes. The centre-piece was a...
and Going Strong and was a public supporter and fundraiser for the aid organisation Gorta. In 1964 he won a Jacob's Award for his television series, Teen Talk.
In 1973, Carr founded Carr Communications
Carr Communications
Carr Communications is a public relations and training company in Ireland. It was founded in 1973 by the Irish television presenter Bunny Carr who had identified a need for specific training in communications skills for people appearing in the media....
, a public relations and communications training company, the first of its kind in Ireland. He was joined by media advisers Tom Savage
Tom Savage (Irish media figure)
Tom Savage is chairman of the RTÉ Board, which oversees Ireland's state broadcaster, and chairman of Irish media consultancy group The Communications Clinic.-Early Years:...
and Terry Prone who helped him develop and expand the company's services in Ireland and abroad. He retired from the company in the mid-1990s, remaining as non-executive Chairman until 2004.
Bunny Carr lives in Dublin.