Jacob's Awards
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The Jacob's Awards were instituted in December 1962 as the first Irish television awards. Later, they were expanded to include radio. The awards were named after their sponsor, W. & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd.
, a biscuit manufacturer, and recipients were selected by Ireland
's national newspaper television and radio critics. Jacob's Award winners were chosen annually until 1993, when the final awards presentation took place.
Winners of a Jacob's Award include Fionnuala Flanagan
(1965), Gabriel Byrne
(1979), and Brendan Gleeson
(1992). The record for the most awards won is held by Gay Byrne
, who was honoured six times between 1963 and 1981.
was launched as the Republic of Ireland
's first indigenous television station on 31 December 1961. Three months later, it was announced by W. & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd. that they intended to sponsor an award for outstanding contributions to the new medium.
On 4 December 1962, the first awards ceremony took place at the sponsor's headquarters in Dublin. There were nine winners, chosen by a panel of national newspaper television critics. Each winner received an award designed by the artist, Richard Kingston. This consisted of a silver St. Brigid's Cross mounted on a base of bog oak and Connemara
marble.
The Jacob's Awards honoured teams of programme makers as well as individuals. For instance, in 1962, Telefís Éireann's Sports Department won an award for its general coverage during the station's first year of broadcasting. In 1965, a limit of eight annual awards was set, and the critics also decided not to confine themselves to fixed categories in making their selections.
A special "Golden Trophy" was introduced in 1966 to recognise exceptional performance. This was awarded every five years although it was dropped in the mid-1980s.
In 1969, the number of awards was increased to a maximum of thirteen in order to incorporate radio. A separate panel of national newspaper radio critics was formed to choose recipients of the new award, a highly-polished, white metal cylinder designed by Robert Costelloe. This was replaced in 1981 by a trophy comprising a painted canvas mounted on a stainless steel background, designed by Theo McNab.
For most of their history, Jacob's Awards were awarded to programmes broadcast on RTÉ because the national state broadcaster held a monopoly
in Ireland
. However, in 1989, commercial radio was introduced and RTÉ's monopoly in sound broadcasting was broken. The critics responded by widening the scope of the awards to include the new local stations. RTÉ did not face indigenous competition in television until the advent of TV3
in 1998, by which time the Jacob's Awards had ended.
s of the annual Jacob's Awards event included Hilton Edwards
and Frank Hall
. Winners were presented with their awards by a senior member of the Irish Government
, sometimes the Taoiseach
of the day.
Due to the "economic circumstances of the sponsoring company", the 1983 and 1984 awards were presented at a single event, which took place on 22 February 1985.
What turned out to be the final awards ceremony took place in Dublin on 11 November 1993. Presenting the awards on that occasion was Michael D. Higgins
, then Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. No formal announcement was made by the sponsor subsequently as to the future of the Jacob's Awards so the reason why they were terminated remains a mystery. However, the death of Frankie Byrne shortly after the 1993 event may have been a factor.
, Ms. Byrne actually started the awards in 1962 and her role in their eventual longevity seems to have been crucial. This is borne out by the fact that no further awards ceremonies took place following Frankie Byrne's death in December 1993.
Recalling her role five years after her death, television critic Tom O'Dea summed up Frankie Byrne's unique contribution:
refused to accept an award for his production of the Irish-language current affairs programme, Féach. In a statement issued on the day of the awards ceremony, Harris criticised RTÉ
for its involvement with commercial sponsorship. However, five years later his attitude changed and he accepted a second award for a special report on 7 Days
.
Also in 1970, guests arriving at the awards ceremony were confronted by a picket of 50 female employees of W. & R. Jacob who were protesting against the cost of the banquet. One picketer carried a placard bearing the legend: "Only room at the inn for the in-people".
In 1990, RTÉ
threatened to pull out of its longstanding practice of broadcasting the awards ceremony because of the involvement of Tánaiste
, Brian Lenihan. Lenihan had been invited to present the awards in his capacity as Tánaiste and Minister of Defence
. However, in the meantime, he was chosen by Fianna Fáil
as that party's candidate in the forthcoming Irish presidential election
. RTÉ claimed that going ahead with its planned broadcast would give unfair additional publicity to Lenihan, leaving the station in breach of its own guidelines on election coverage. After a brief stand-off, Lenihan agreed to withdraw from the awards ceremony. He was replaced by Minister of Labour
, Bertie Ahern
.
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Jacob's
Jacob's is a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers. The brand name in the Republic of Ireland is owned by Jacob Fruitfield Food Group and in the United Kingdom it is owned under license by United Biscuits.-History:...
, a biscuit manufacturer, and recipients were selected by Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
's national newspaper television and radio critics. Jacob's Award winners were chosen annually until 1993, when the final awards presentation took place.
Winners of a Jacob's Award include Fionnuala Flanagan
Fionnuala Flanagan
Fionnghuala Manon Flanagan is an Irish actress who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television.-Early life:...
(1965), Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined Londo's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the...
(1979), and Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty...
(1992). The record for the most awards won is held by Gay Byrne
Gay Byrne
Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is a veteran Irish presenter of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999...
, who was honoured six times between 1963 and 1981.
History
Telefís ÉireannRTÉ 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...
was launched as the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
's first indigenous television station on 31 December 1961. Three months later, it was announced by W. & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd. that they intended to sponsor an award for outstanding contributions to the new medium.
On 4 December 1962, the first awards ceremony took place at the sponsor's headquarters in Dublin. There were nine winners, chosen by a panel of national newspaper television critics. Each winner received an award designed by the artist, Richard Kingston. This consisted of a silver St. Brigid's Cross mounted on a base of bog oak and Connemara
Connemara
Connemara is a district in the west of Ireland consisting of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway.-Overview:...
marble.
The Jacob's Awards honoured teams of programme makers as well as individuals. For instance, in 1962, Telefís Éireann's Sports Department won an award for its general coverage during the station's first year of broadcasting. In 1965, a limit of eight annual awards was set, and the critics also decided not to confine themselves to fixed categories in making their selections.
A special "Golden Trophy" was introduced in 1966 to recognise exceptional performance. This was awarded every five years although it was dropped in the mid-1980s.
In 1969, the number of awards was increased to a maximum of thirteen in order to incorporate radio. A separate panel of national newspaper radio critics was formed to choose recipients of the new award, a highly-polished, white metal cylinder designed by Robert Costelloe. This was replaced in 1981 by a trophy comprising a painted canvas mounted on a stainless steel background, designed by Theo McNab.
For most of their history, Jacob's Awards were awarded to programmes broadcast on RTÉ because the national state broadcaster held a monopoly
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
in Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. However, in 1989, commercial radio was introduced and RTÉ's monopoly in sound broadcasting was broken. The critics responded by widening the scope of the awards to include the new local stations. RTÉ did not face indigenous competition in television until the advent of TV3
TV3 Ireland
TV3 is a free-to-air commercial television network in the Republic of Ireland. Launched on 20 September 1998 it was Ireland's first commercial broadcaster. The channel is owned by TV3 Group a subsidiary of Doughty Hanson & Co.-The TV3 Group:...
in 1998, by which time the Jacob's Awards had ended.
Awards Ceremony
In the 30 years of its existence, compèreMaster of Ceremonies
A Master of Ceremonies , or compere, is the host of a staged event or similar performance.An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving....
s of the annual Jacob's Awards event included Hilton Edwards
Hilton Edwards
Hilton Edwards was an English-born Irish actor and theatrical producer. He was the son of Thomas George Cecil Edwards and Emily Edwards ....
and Frank Hall
Frank Hall
Frank Hall was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor. He is best remembered for his satirical revue programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly.-Early life:...
. Winners were presented with their awards by a senior member of the Irish Government
Irish Government
The Government of Ireland is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland.-Members of the Government:Membership of the Government is regulated fundamentally by the Constitution of Ireland. The Government is headed by a prime minister called the Taoiseach...
, sometimes the Taoiseach
Taoiseach
The Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...
of the day.
Due to the "economic circumstances of the sponsoring company", the 1983 and 1984 awards were presented at a single event, which took place on 22 February 1985.
What turned out to be the final awards ceremony took place in Dublin on 11 November 1993. Presenting the awards on that occasion was Michael D. Higgins
Michael D. Higgins
Michael Daniel Higgins is the ninth and current President of Ireland, having taken office on 11 November 2011 following victory in the 2011 Irish presidential election. Higgins is an Irish politician, poet, sociologist, author and broadcaster. Higgins was President of the Labour Party until his...
, then Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. No formal announcement was made by the sponsor subsequently as to the future of the Jacob's Awards so the reason why they were terminated remains a mystery. However, the death of Frankie Byrne shortly after the 1993 event may have been a factor.
Frankie Byrne
From the inception of the Jacob's Awards, each of the annual presentation events was organised and promoted by public relations consultant and radio presenter Frankie Byrne. However, according to former Jacob's chairman, Gordon LambertGordon Lambert
C. Gordon Lambert was an Irish art collector who, in 1992, donated over 300 paintings to the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He had earlier campaigned for an Irish national modern art collection to be established and had been a prominent figure in the Irish art scene. He spent almost all of his...
, Ms. Byrne actually started the awards in 1962 and her role in their eventual longevity seems to have been crucial. This is borne out by the fact that no further awards ceremonies took place following Frankie Byrne's death in December 1993.
Recalling her role five years after her death, television critic Tom O'Dea summed up Frankie Byrne's unique contribution:
"I think it is no skin off anyone's nose to accord her the distinction of giving the awards night the character it had, wheelchairs for the irretrievably drunken, and all."
Controversy
The 1970 awards were attended by some controversy. Eoghan HarrisEoghan Harris
Eoghan Harris is an Irish journalist, fiction writer, director, columnist and politician. He currently writes for the Sunday Independent. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2007–11, having been nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern....
refused to accept an award for his production of the Irish-language current affairs programme, Féach. In a statement issued on the day of the awards ceremony, Harris criticised RTÉ
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...
for its involvement with commercial sponsorship. However, five years later his attitude changed and he accepted a second award for a special report on 7 Days
7 Days (Ireland)
7 Days was a Radio Telefís Éireann current affairs programme presented by Brian Farrell, Brian Cleeve and John O'Donoghue and broadcast in Ireland from 1966 until 1976.-Background:...
.
Also in 1970, guests arriving at the awards ceremony were confronted by a picket of 50 female employees of W. & R. Jacob who were protesting against the cost of the banquet. One picketer carried a placard bearing the legend: "Only room at the inn for the in-people".
In 1990, RTÉ
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...
threatened to pull out of its longstanding practice of broadcasting the awards ceremony because of the involvement of Tánaiste
Tánaiste
The Tánaiste is the deputy prime minister of Ireland. The current Tánaiste is Eamon Gilmore, TD who was appointed on 9 March 2011.- Origins and etymology :...
, Brian Lenihan. Lenihan had been invited to present the awards in his capacity as Tánaiste and Minister of Defence
Minister for Defence (Ireland)
The Minister for Defence is the senior minister at the Department of Defence in the Government of Ireland. Under new arrangements this department is being merged with the Department of Justice over which Mr. Shatter will also preside....
. However, in the meantime, he was chosen by Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...
as that party's candidate in the forthcoming Irish presidential election
Irish presidential election, 1990
-Aftermath:While the role of the presidency in day to day politics is a very limited one the Robinson presidency is regarded by many observers as a watershed in Irish society symbolising the shift away from the conservative ultracatholic male-dominated Ireland which existed up until the end of the...
. RTÉ claimed that going ahead with its planned broadcast would give unfair additional publicity to Lenihan, leaving the station in breach of its own guidelines on election coverage. After a brief stand-off, Lenihan agreed to withdraw from the awards ceremony. He was replaced by Minister of Labour
Minister for Labour (Ireland)
The Minister for Labour was originally the name of a government department in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election. Constance...
, Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern
Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....
.
Four
- Mike MurphyMike Murphy (Ireland)Mike Murphy is an Irish presenter. He is best known for presenting the television shows The Live Mike and Winning Streak.-Early life:...
(1978, 1979, 1980, 1988) - Andy O'Mahony (1969, 1981, 1986, 1989)
Three
- Wesley BurrowesWesley BurrowesWesley Burrowes is an Irish playwright and screenwriter. Originally from Northern Ireland, he is now a resident of the Republic of Ireland...
(1965, 1974, 1976) - Brian Mac Lochlainn (1969, 1971, 1992)
- Olivia O'LearyOlivia O'LearyOlivia O'Leary is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter.Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin, she worked with the Nationalist and Leinster Times in Carlow...
(1973, 1982, 1986) - Julian Vignoles (1984, 1991, 1992)
Two
- Tony Barry (1970, 1990)
- John Bowman (1970, 1981)
- Anne Daly (1980, 1989)
- Norris Davidson (1973, 1974)
- Derek DavisDerek DavisDerek Orlando Davis is an Irish broadcaster. On television, he has co-hosted Live at 3, presented Out of the Blue and won Celebrity Bainisteoir.-Early life:...
(1983, 1991) - Donall Farmer (1969, 1978)
- Brian FarrellBrian FarrellBrian Farrell is an Irish author, journalist, academic & broadcaster.-Early life:Although born in Manchester, England, Farrell moved to Dublin, Ireland during the Second World War. He was educated in Ireland at , Dublin, University College Dublin and Harvard University in the United States...
(1968, 1977) - Pat Feeley (1977, 1979)
- Alan GilsenanAlan GilsenanAlan Gilsenan, Irish writer, director and film-maker.A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin - he won First Class Honours in Modern English and Sociology - Gilsenan received the inaugural A.J. Leventhal Scholarship...
(1989, 1990) - Frank HallFrank HallFrank Hall was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor. He is best remembered for his satirical revue programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly.-Early life:...
(1966, 1975) - Shay HealyShay HealyShay Healy is an Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known for his role as host of Nighthawks, a RTÉ Television chat show of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and for composing "What's Another Year", Ireland's winning entry in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest.-Early life:Shay...
(1984, 1989) - Michael Heney (1990, 1992)
- Eamon KeaneEamon KeaneEamonn Keane was an Irish actor.Keane was born in Listowel, Co. Kerry and was a brother of the playwright, John B. Keane. He was a member of the Radio Éireann Players and appeared in many of the station's drama productions on both radio and television...
(1966, 1971) - Joe Lynch (1962, 1977)
- Muiris Mac ConghailMuiris Mac ConghailMuiris Mac Conghail is an Irish journalist, writer, broadcaster and film-maker.He was born in Dublin, son of artists Maurice MacGonigal and Aida Kelly...
(1967, 1985) - Ciarán Mac MathúnaCiaran MacMathunaCiarán Mac Mathúna, was an Irish broadcaster and music collector. He was a recognised authority on Irish music and lectured extensively on the subject...
(1969, 1990) - Ian McGarry (1975, 1981)
- Joe Mulholland (1977, 1979)
- John O'Donovan (1970, 1974)
- Kevin O'Kelly (1969, 1980)
- Cathal O'Shannon (1976, 1978)
- Eoin Ó Súilleabháin (1965, 1974)
- James PlunkettJames PlunkettJames Plunkett Kelly, or James Plunkett , was an Irish writer. He was educated at Synge Street CBS.Plunkett grew up among the Dublin working class and they, along with the petty bourgeoisie and lower intelligentsia, make up the bulk of the dramatis personae of his oeuvre...
(1965, 1969) - John Quinn (1988, 1993)
- RTÉ Sports Department (1962, 1966)
1962
Television- Eileen Crowe (Best actress for The Well of the SaintsThe Well of the SaintsThe Well of the Saints is a three-act play written by Irish playwright J. M. Synge, first performed at the Abbey Theatre by the Irish National Theatre Society in February, 1905...
) - Joe Lynch (Best actor for ShawGeorge Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
's The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet) - Burt Budin (Best producer)
- Hancock's Half HourHancock's Half HourHancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr...
(Best imported programme) - BroadsheetBroadsheet (Irish TV series)Broadsheet was a Telefís Éireann television current affairs programme presented by John O'Donoghue, Brian Cleeve, and Brian Farrell and broadcast in Ireland live on weekday evenings from 1962 to 1963.-Background:...
(Best home-produced programme) - Proinsias Mac AonghusaProinsias Mac AonghusaProinsias Mac Aonghusa was a vice-chairman of Ireland's Labour Party. He was a broadcaster for Radio Éireann , and for RTÉ, UTV and the BBC...
(Best contribution in the Irish language) - Hilton EdwardsHilton EdwardsHilton Edwards was an English-born Irish actor and theatrical producer. He was the son of Thomas George Cecil Edwards and Emily Edwards ....
(Most original contribution to television for the series Self Portrait) - Telefís Éireann's Sports Department (general coverage)
- Charles MitchelCharles MitchelCharles Gerald Mitchel was an Irish actor and broadcaster best known as a newsreader for the RTÉ News from 1961 until 1984. He was the first person to read the news on Telefís Éireann.-Early life:...
(Newsreader)
1963
Television- Blaithin Nic Chaomhin (Best contribution in the Irish language)
- Radharc (Most enterprising programme)
- Conor Cruise O'BrienConor Cruise O'BrienConor Cruise O'Brien often nicknamed "The Cruiser", was an Irish politician, writer, historian and academic. Although his opinion on the role of Britain in Northern Ireland changed over the course of the 1970s and 1980s, he always acknowledge values of, as he saw, the two irreconcilable traditions...
(Best original script for programme on Charles Stewart ParnellCharles Stewart ParnellCharles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...
) - Telefís Éireann's Sports Department (Best outside broadcast)
- Cyril CusackCyril CusackCyril James Cusack was an Irish actor, who appeared in more than 90 films.-Early life:Cusack was born in Durban, Natal, South Africa, the son of Alice Violet , an actress, and James Walter Cusack, a sergeant in the Natal mounted police. His parents separated when he was young and his mother took...
(Best actor for Triptych) - Gay ByrneGay ByrneGabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is a veteran Irish presenter of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999...
(Outstanding personality) - Peter CollinsonPeter Collinson (film director)Peter Collinson was a British film director probably best known for directing the 1969 movie The Italian Job.- Early life :...
, (Best producer for The Bomb) - Monica Sheridan (Individual award for her cookery programme)
1964
Television- Bunny CarrBunny CarrBunny 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...
(Presenter of Teen Talk) - Paddy Jennings (Editor of On The Land)
- Paddy CrosbiePaddy CrosbiePaddy Crosbie ,was the Irish creator of the radio and television programes The School Around The Corner and Back To School.-Life:...
("for his many amusing and entertaining contributions to Telefís Éireann") - Brian CleeveBrian CleeveBrian Brendon Talbot Cleeve was a prolific writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories. He was also an award-winning broadcaster on RTÉ television. Son of an Irish father and English mother, he was born and raised in England...
(script and narration on DiscoveryDiscovery (Irish TV series)Discovery was the first documentary television series to be broadcast on RTÉ. The series started on January 7, 1964 with a programme on Dublin Airport.The series producer was Charlie Scott, and Brian Cleeve was the presenter and scriptwriter...
) - Jim NortonJim Norton (actor)Jim Norton is an Irish character actor.-Performances:Jim Norton has been acting for over forty years in theatre, television, and movies, and frequently plays clergymen, most notably Bishop Brennan in the sitcom Father Ted, as well as in The Sweeney , Peak Practice , Sunset Heights , A Love Divided...
(acting performance in Solo series) - 64 (current affairs series)
- Alan Pleass (design of Letter from the General)
- Chloe Gibson (producer of The Importance of Being OscarThe Importance of Being OscarThe Importance of Being Oscar is a one man show devised by the soi-disant Irish actor Micheál MacLiammóir and based on the writings of Oscar Wilde....
) - The Great WarThe Great War (documentary)The Great War is a 26-episode documentary series from 1964 on the First World War. It was a co-production involving the resources of the Imperial War Museum, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
, (BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
series) - Micheál MacLiammóirMicheál MacLiammóirMicheál Mac Liammóir , born Alfred Willmore, was an English-born Irish actor, dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and painter. Mac Liammóir was born to a Protestant family living in the Kensal Green neighbourhood of London....
(acting performance in The Importance of Being Oscar)
1965
Television- Wesley BurrowesWesley BurrowesWesley Burrowes is an Irish playwright and screenwriter. Originally from Northern Ireland, he is now a resident of the Republic of Ireland...
(contributions to Telefís Éireann's Drama Department) - James PlunkettJames PlunkettJames Plunkett Kelly, or James Plunkett , was an Irish writer. He was educated at Synge Street CBS.Plunkett grew up among the Dublin working class and they, along with the petty bourgeoisie and lower intelligentsia, make up the bulk of the dramatis personae of his oeuvre...
(writer and producer of Many Happy Christmases episode of The Life and Times of Jimmy O'DeaJimmy O'DeaJames Augustine "Jimmy" O'Dea was an Irish actor and comedian.-Life:Jimmy O'Dea was born in Lower Bridge Street, Dublin, where his mother kept a small toy-shop. He was one of 11 children. His father was an iron-monger and had a shop in Capel Street. He was educated at Blackrock College and...
) - Gerry Murray (producer of TV coverage of the 1965 Irish General ElectionIrish general election, 1965The Irish general election of 1965 was held on 7 April 1965. The newly elected members of the 18th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 21 April when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed....
) - Tom McGrath (producer of Irish National Song Contest)
- Fionnuala FlanaganFionnuala FlanaganFionnghuala Manon Flanagan is an Irish actress who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television.-Early life:...
(acting performance in An TriailAn TriailAn Triail is a play written by the Irish playwright Máiréad Ní Ghráda which starred well known poet and Sean-nós singer Caitlín Maude in its first performance in 1964...
) - Eoin Ó Súilleabháin (presenter of Labhair Gaeilge Linn)
- Peter WatkinsPeter WatkinsPeter Watkins is an English film and television director. He was born in Norbiton, Surrey, lived in Sweden, Canada and Lithuania for many years, and now lives in France. He is one of the pioneers of docudrama. His movies, pacifist and radical, strongly review the limit of classic documentary and...
(writer and director of Culloden)Culloden (film)Culloden is a 1964 docudrama written and directed by Peter Watkins for BBC TV. It portrays the 1746 Battle of Culloden that resulted in the British Army's destruction of the Jacobite uprising and, in the words of the narrator, "tore apart forever the clan system of the Scottish Highlands"...
1966
Television- Michael VineyMichael VineyMichael Viney is an Irish artist, author, broadcaster, and journalist. He was born in Brighton.In the 1960s he wrote for The Irish Times about social issues such as the fate of people in institutional care. His articles were later incorporated into the Ryan Report on institutional abuse of...
(maker of documentary Too Many Children) - Frank HallFrank HallFrank Hall was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor. He is best remembered for his satirical revue programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly.-Early life:...
(editor of Newsbeat) - Lelia Doolan (producer of The Plough and the Stars)
- May Cluskey (acting performance in Tolka RowTolka RowTolka Row was an Irish soap opera set in a fictional housing estate on the northside of Dublin. Based on Maura Laverty's 1951 play of the same name, the show was set around the trials and tribulations of the Nolan family...
and The Plough and the Stars) - Eamonn Keane (acting performance in When do you die, Friend?)
- Justin KeatingJustin KeatingJustin Keating was an Irish Labour Party politician, broadcaster, journalist, lecturer and veterinary surgeon. In later life he was President of the Humanist Association of Ireland....
(writer and presenter of Telefís Feirme) - Stuart Hetherington ("for his outstanding film work")
- Aindreas Ó Gallchóir (producer of On Behalf of the Provisional Government)
Golden Trophy
- RTÉRTÉ OneRTÉ 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...
Sports DepartmentRTÉ SportRTÉ Sport is a cross platform, integrated business division of Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann, responsible for the provision of sport coverage on RTÉ Radio, RTÉ Television, and RTÉ.ie....
1967
Television- John CowleyJohn Cowley (actor)John Cowley was an Irish actor, best known for his role as paterfamilias, Tom Riordan, in the long-running RTÉ Television drama series, The Riordans....
(acting performance in The RiordansThe RiordansThe Riordans was the second Irish soap opera made by Raidio Telefís Éireann . It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny...
) - John Healy (scriptwriter for Headlines and Deadlines)
- Telefís Scoile (factual programme)
- Muiris Mac Conghail (producer of 7 Days7 Days (Ireland)7 Days was a Radio Telefís Éireann current affairs programme presented by Brian Farrell, Brian Cleeve and John O'Donoghue and broadcast in Ireland from 1966 until 1976.-Background:...
) - Amuigh Faoin Spéir (wildlife programme)
- The Forsyte SagaThe Forsyte SagaThe Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class British family, similar to Galsworthy's own...
(BBC adaptation)
1968
Television- Marie KeanMarie KeanMarie Kean was an Irish actress of stage and screen whose career spanned over 40 years.Kean grew up in the village of Rush, County Dublin and was educated at Loreto College, North Great George's Street, Dublin...
(for her acting performance in Samuel BeckettSamuel BeckettSamuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
's Happy DaysHappy Days (play)Happy Days is a play in two acts, written in English, by Samuel Beckett. He began the play on 8 October 1960 and it was completed on 14 May 1961. Beckett finished the translation into French by November 1962 but amended the title...
) - Rev. Romuald Dodd O.P. (for the high standard of religious programmes)
- Brian FarrellBrian FarrellBrian Farrell is an Irish author, journalist, academic & broadcaster.-Early life:Although born in Manchester, England, Farrell moved to Dublin, Ireland during the Second World War. He was educated in Ireland at , Dublin, University College Dublin and Harvard University in the United States...
(presenter of 7 Days7 Days (Ireland)7 Days was a Radio Telefís Éireann current affairs programme presented by Brian Farrell, Brian Cleeve and John O'Donoghue and broadcast in Ireland from 1966 until 1976.-Background:...
) - Augustine MartinAugustine MartinThomas Augustine "Gus" Martin was an Irish academic, Anglo-Irish scholar, teacher, writer, broadcaster and literary critic...
(presenter of Telefís Scoile programme on English literatureEnglish literatureEnglish literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
) - Jeremy SandfordJeremy SandfordJeremy Sandford was an English television screenwriter who came to prominence in 1966 with Cathy Come Home, his controversial entry in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand which was directed by Ken Loach...
(writer of Cathy Come HomeCathy Come HomeCathy Come Home is a 1966 BBC television play by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach, about homelessness. An industry poll rated it as the best British television drama ever made. Filmed in a gritty, realistic drama documentary style, it was first broadcast on 16...
)
1969
Radio- Diarmuid O Muirithe (presenter of Idir Shugradh is Dairire)
- Andy O'Mahony ("for his consistently high standard in broadcasting and presentation")
- Noel O Briain (producer of Judas Iscariot agus a Bhean)
- Maire Ni Mhurchu ("for the intuitive sympathy she shows towards those to whom she talks and the manner in which she conveys her enjoyment in broadcasting")
- Ciarán Mac MathúnaCiaran MacMathunaCiarán Mac Mathúna, was an Irish broadcaster and music collector. He was a recognised authority on Irish music and lectured extensively on the subject...
("for his work in the discovery and conservation of traditional Irish music") - Mike Burns (news and current affairs)
- Dr. A. J. PotterA. J. PotterArchibald James Potter was an Irish composer and teacher, who wrote hundreds of works including operas, a mass, and four ballets, as well as orchestral and chamber music.-Early years:...
(composer of Sinfonia de Profundis)
Television
- Kevin O'Kelly (commentator on Apollo 11Apollo 11In early 1969, Bill Anders accepted a job with the National Space Council effective in August 1969 and announced his retirement as an astronaut. At that point Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup Command Module Pilot in case Apollo 11 was...
moon landing) - Brian Mac Lochlainn (producer of Oileán Tearmainn)
- Donall Farmer (producer of Looking into Drama)
- Aideen O'Kelly (acting performance in Oileán Tearmainn)
- James PlunkettJames PlunkettJames Plunkett Kelly, or James Plunkett , was an Irish writer. He was educated at Synge Street CBS.Plunkett grew up among the Dublin working class and they, along with the petty bourgeoisie and lower intelligentsia, make up the bulk of the dramatis personae of his oeuvre...
(producer of Anthology, arts programme) - Hugh LeonardHugh LeonardHugh Leonard was an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote more than 18 plays, two volumes of essays and two autobiographies, one novel and numerous screenplays and teleplays, as well as writing a regular newspaper column.-Life and...
(scriptwriter on TV adaptations of Nicholas Nickleby and Wuthering HeightsWuthering HeightsWuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë published in 1847. It was her only novel and written between December 1845 and July 1846. It remained unpublished until July 1847 and was not printed until December after the success of her sister Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre...
)
1970
Radio- Rick Walshe
- John Bowman
- Pat Sweeney
- Rhoda Coghill
- P. J. O'Connor
- Aidan Grennell
Television
- John O'Donovan
- Bil Keating
- Tony Barry
- Lord Kenneth ClarkKenneth ClarkKenneth McKenzie Clark, Baron Clark, OM, CH, KCB, FBA was a British author, museum director, broadcaster, and one of the best-known art historians of his generation...
- Gay ByrneGay ByrneGabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is a veteran Irish presenter of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999...
1971
Radio- Eamonn Keane (radio drama)
- Liam Nolan ("for his achievement in improving the prestige of sound broadcasting")
- Liam Hourican (reports on Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
) - Sunday Miscellany (magazine programme)
Television
- Brian Mac Lochlainn (producer of A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton)
- Canon J. G. McGarry (contributor to Outlook, religious series)
- Michael RyanMichael Ryan (broadcaster)Michael Ryan is an Irish television broadcaster on Raidió Teilifís Éireann . He presents Nationwide which is broadcast on RTÉ One every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening. Mary Kennedy has joined him as co-presenter in recent times....
(presenter of Enterprise) - Alpho O'Reilly (designer of 1971 Eurovision Song Contest)
Golden Trophy
- Gay ByrneGay ByrneGabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is a veteran Irish presenter of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999...
1972
Radio- Gene Martin (producer)
- Jimmy MageeJimmy MageeJimmy Magee is a longstanding Irish sports broadcaster. Known as 'the Memory Man', he has spent over half a century in sports broadcasting...
(sports commentator) - Tom McGurkTom McGurkTom McGurk is an Irish poet, journalist, radio presenter and sportscaster from Brockagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.From 1983 to 1996 he was married to the broadcaster Miriam O'Callaghan...
(documentary maker) - Micheál Ó Conaola (documentary maker)
- Rosaleen LinehanRosaleen LinehanRosaleen Linehan is an Irish stage, screen and television actress.She has appeared in many comedy revues written by her husband Fergus...
(Get an Earful of This)
Television
- Pan Collins (researcher on The Late Late ShowThe Late Late ShowThe Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ...
) - Noel Smith (producer of Encounter)
- Rory O'Farrell (film editor of Belfast 1972)
- Mike Twomey (cast member on Hall's Pictorial WeeklyHall's Pictorial WeeklyHall's Pictorial Weekly, Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator is an Irish satirical television series which was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann from 1971 to 1980....
) - Frank Duggan (cast member on Hall's Pictorial Weekly)
- Paddy Gallagher (presenter of Report, current affairs series)
1973
Radio- Roibeard Ó Faracháin (Controller of Radio Programmes for "his defence of free speech since the early days of broadcasting and for his aesthetic sense in encouraging programmes like the Thomas Davis lectures")
- Kieran Sheedy (editor of Imprint)
- Tommy O'Brien (presenter of Your Choice and Mine)
- Olivia O'LearyOlivia O'LearyOlivia O'Leary is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter.Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin, she worked with the Nationalist and Leinster Times in Carlow...
(news reporter)
Television
- Norris Davidson (documentary maker)
- Niall ToibínNiall ToibinNiall Tóibín is an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field. He has appeared in Ryan's Daughter, Bracken, The Irish R.M., Caught in a Free State, Ballykissangel, Far and Away, and Veronica Guerin, and has...
(star of If The Cap Fits) - Tim O'Connor (presenter of The Sunday Sports Show)
- Deirdre Friel (director of Cancer by Eugene McCabeEugene McCabeEugene McCabe is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright and television screenwriter. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Irish emigrants, but moved with his family to Ireland in the early 1940s. He lives on a farm near Clones in County Monaghan near the border between the Republic of...
) - Eileen Colgan (acting performance in Hatchet by Heno Magee)
- Ted NealonTed NealonTed Nealon is a former Irish Fine Gael politician and journalist. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1981 general election as a Teachta Dála for Sligo-Leitrim, and was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he retired from politics at the 1997 general election.He served as...
(presenter of 1973 Irish general electionIrish general election, 1973The Irish general election of 1973 was held on 28 February 1973. The newly elected 144 members of the 20th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 4 March when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed....
results) - Alistair CookeAlistair CookeAlfred Alistair Cooke KBE was a British/American journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke's America, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theater from 1971 to 1992...
(writer and presenter of Alistair Cooke's AmericaAlistair Cooke's AmericaAmerica: A Personal History of the United States is a 13-part television series about the United States and its history, commissioned by the BBC and made in partnership with Time-Life Films. It was written and presented by Alistair Cooke, and first broadcast in both the United Kingdom and the...
)
1974
Radio- Eoin Ó Súilleabháin (acting performance in The Father)
- Aine McEvoy (producer of Church in Action, religious affairs programme)
- Norris Davidson (opera commentaries)
- Neassa Ní Annracháin ("for her outstanding contribution to a distinguished company of actors")
- John O'Donovan (host of Dear Sir or Madam, listener feedback programme)
- Joe Linnane ("long and meritorious service to broadcasting")
Television
- Peggy DellPeggy DellMargaret Tisdall , better known by her stage name Peggy Dell, was an Irish singer and pianist who became a popular music hall entertainer....
(light entertainment) - Louis Lentin (drama production)
- Frank KellyFrank KellyFrank Kelly is an Irish actor, singer and writer, whose career has covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film. He is best known for his role as Father Jack Hackett in the comedy Father Ted. He is the son of the cartoonist Charles E...
(cast of Hall's Pictorial WeeklyHall's Pictorial WeeklyHall's Pictorial Weekly, Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator is an Irish satirical television series which was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann from 1971 to 1980....
) - Wesley BurrowesWesley BurrowesWesley Burrowes is an Irish playwright and screenwriter. Originally from Northern Ireland, he is now a resident of the Republic of Ireland...
(creator and scriptwriter The RiordansThe RiordansThe Riordans was the second Irish soap opera made by Raidio Telefís Éireann . It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny...
)
1975
Radio- Diarmuid Peavoy (Listen and See - programme for the blind)
- Michael O'Callaghan (My Own Place)
Television
- Frank HallFrank HallFrank Hall was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor. He is best remembered for his satirical revue programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly.-Early life:...
("for creating an original programme format and for the independence and individuality of his style") - Terry Willers (cartoonist on Hall's Pictorial WeeklyHall's Pictorial WeeklyHall's Pictorial Weekly, Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator is an Irish satirical television series which was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann from 1971 to 1980....
) - Maire de Barra (presenter of Rogha Ceoil)
- Eoghan HarrisEoghan HarrisEoghan Harris is an Irish journalist, fiction writer, director, columnist and politician. He currently writes for the Sunday Independent. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2007–11, having been nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern....
(7 Days7 Days (Ireland)7 Days was a Radio Telefís Éireann current affairs programme presented by Brian Farrell, Brian Cleeve and John O'Donoghue and broadcast in Ireland from 1966 until 1976.-Background:...
documentary on the Dublin BayDublin BayDublin Bay is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland. The bay is about 10 kilometres wide along its north-south base, and 7 km in length to its apex at the centre of the city of Dublin; stretching from Howth Head in the north to Dalkey Point in the south...
oil refinery) - Ian McGarry (music presenter)
- Proinsias Ó Duinn (orchestral conductor)
- John AldertonJohn AldertonJohn Alderton is an English actor who is best known for his roles in Upstairs, Downstairs, Thomas & Sarah and Please Sir!. Alderton has often starred alongside his wife, Pauline Collins.-Early life:...
(acting performance in My Wife Next DoorMy Wife Next DoorMy Wife Next Door was a BBC sitcom written by Brian Clemens and Richard Waring that was first broadcast in 1972. It ran for just 13 episodes and focused on a couple, George Basset, , and Suzie Basset, . Each tries to start afresh after their divorce...
) - Adrian Malone (executive producer of The Ascent of ManThe Ascent of ManThe Ascent of Man is a thirteen-part documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first transmitted in 1973, written and presented by Jacob Bronowski...
)
1976
Radio- Gay ByrneGay ByrneGabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is a veteran Irish presenter of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999...
(for The Gay Byrne ShowThe Gay Byrne ShowThe Gay Byrne Show was an Irish radio programme, which ran from 1973 until 1998. The programme was presented by Gay Byrne, and aired Monday to Friday for two hours each day. It was a favourite of Irish housewives...
) - Eavan BolandEavan Boland-Biography:Boland's father, Frederick Boland, was a career diplomat and her mother, Frances Kelly, was a noted post-expressionist painter. She was born in Dublin in 1944. At the age of six, Boland's father was appointed Irish Ambassador to the United Kingdom; the family followed him to London,...
(The Arts Programme) - Tom McArdle (Knock at the Door - pre-school programme)
- Padraic Ó Raghallaigh ("for the sustained excellence of his interview series")
Television
- Cathal O'Shannon (documentary on Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
, Even The Olives Are Bleeding) - John Kelleher (producer of The Greening of America)
- Liam Ó MurchúLiam Ó MurchúLiam Ó Murchú is a former Irish television broadcaster, who worked with the national station Radio Telefís Éireann .Liam Ó Murchú was born in Blarney Street, Cork in 1929. He was educated in the nearby Christian Brothers school and won a scholarship to secondary school in the North Mon. He...
(presenter of Trom agus ÉadromTrom agus ÉadromTrom agus Éadrom was a bilingual television variety show which was broadcast in Ireland by Radio Telefís Éireann between 1975 and 1985. The show was presented by Liam Ó Murchú and, in spite of the bilingual aspect of the programme, was one of the more popular shows on Irish television. Liam became...
) - Eugene McCabeEugene McCabeEugene McCabe is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright and television screenwriter. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Irish emigrants, but moved with his family to Ireland in the early 1940s. He lives on a farm near Clones in County Monaghan near the border between the Republic of...
(writer of trilogy of TV plays Victims) - Tony Kenny (light entertainment)
- Pat Fergus (presenter of Landmark, agricultural matters)
Golden Trophy
- Wesley BurrowesWesley BurrowesWesley Burrowes is an Irish playwright and screenwriter. Originally from Northern Ireland, he is now a resident of the Republic of Ireland...
(scriptwriter and editor of The RiordansThe RiordansThe Riordans was the second Irish soap opera made by Raidio Telefís Éireann . It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny...
)
1977
Radio- Jane Carty (for encouraging Irish musicians)
- Kathleen Kelliher (Helping Adults to Read)
- Albert Rosen (conductor of the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra)
- Pat Feeley (Coiciosan - new writing in the Irish languageIrish languageIrish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
)
Television
- John O'Donoghue (presenter of PM)
- Brian FarrellBrian FarrellBrian Farrell is an Irish author, journalist, academic & broadcaster.-Early life:Although born in Manchester, England, Farrell moved to Dublin, Ireland during the Second World War. He was educated in Ireland at , Dublin, University College Dublin and Harvard University in the United States...
(presenter of 1977 Irish general electionIrish general election, 1977The Irish general election of 1977 was held on 16 June 1977 and is regarded as a pivotal point in twentieth century Irish politics. The general election took place in 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 148 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann. The number of...
results) - Joe Lynch (acting performance in Eugene McCabeEugene McCabeEugene McCabe is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright and television screenwriter. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Irish emigrants, but moved with his family to Ireland in the early 1940s. He lives on a farm near Clones in County Monaghan near the border between the Republic of...
's TV play King of the Castle) - Joe Mulholland (producer of Féach programme on a fishing tragedy in County DonegalCounty DonegalCounty Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...
) - Eamon MorrisseyEamon Morrissey (actor)Eamon Morrissey is an Irish actor, best known for his comic performances on stage and television.-Early life:An only child, Morrissey was born in Dublin and grew up in the suburb of Ranelagh. His parents encouraged his early interest in stage performance and he won several medals for his...
(cast of Hall's Pictorial WeeklyHall's Pictorial WeeklyHall's Pictorial Weekly, Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator is an Irish satirical television series which was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann from 1971 to 1980....
)
1978
Radio- Al Byrne (Discovery programme on nuclear energyNuclear powerNuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
) - Bernadette GreevyBernadette GreevyBernadette Greevy was an Irish mezzo-soprano. She was founder and artistic director of the Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival. She was the first artist-in-residence at the Dublin Institute of Technology's Faculty of Applied Arts.-Biography:Bernadette Greevy was born in Clontarf, Dublin...
(for her performance in Mahler concert) - Leo Enright (report on Dublin delinquents for This WeekThis Week (RTÉ radio series)This Week is a news and current affairs programme broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1. It airs Sundays at 13:00 and is presented by various RTÉ News and Current Affairs journalists....
) - Proinsias Ó Conluain (documentary on Irish countryside)
Television
- Gay ByrneGay ByrneGabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is a veteran Irish presenter of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999...
(host of live coverage of Rose of TraleeRose of Tralee (festival)The Rose of Tralee festival is an international competition which is celebrated among Irish communities all over the world. The festival takes its inspiration from a nineteenth century ballad of the same name about a woman called Mary, who because of her beauty was called The Rose of Tralee. The...
contest) - Maeve BinchyMaeve BinchyMaeve Binchy is an Irish novelist, newspaper columnist and speaker. Educated at University College Dublin, she worked as a teacher then a journalist at The Irish Times and later became a writer of novels and short stories.Many of her novels are set in Ireland, dealing with the tensions between...
(writer of TV play Deeply Regretted By...) - Mike MurphyMike Murphy (Ireland)Mike Murphy is an Irish presenter. He is best known for presenting the television shows The Live Mike and Winning Streak.-Early life:...
(presenter of Murphy's America) - Peter McNiff ("for his courageous handling of issues on Newsround")
- Donall Farmer (acting performance in Deeply Regretted By...)
- Cathal O'Shannon ("for his sympathetic interviewing style" in Emmet DaltonEmmet DaltonEmmet Dalton was an Irish soldier and film producer. He served in the British Army in the First World War, reaching the rank of Major. However, on his return to Ireland he became one of the senior figures in the Dublin Brigade of the guerrilla Irish Republican Army which fought against British...
Remembers)
1979
Radio- Morgan O'Sullivan (presenter of Late Date)
- Marian FinucaneMarian FinucaneMarian Finucane is an Irish broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann . She has worked with the national broadcaster since in 1976, starting as a continuity announcer. She was the first presenter of Liveline...
(presenter of Women Today) - Dan Treston (producer of The Secret Garden)
- Pat Feeley ("for his programmes on Irish social history")
Television
- Gabriel ByrneGabriel ByrneGabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined Londo's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the...
(acting performance in Bracken) - Mike MurphyMike Murphy (Ireland)Mike Murphy is an Irish presenter. He is best known for presenting the television shows The Live Mike and Winning Streak.-Early life:...
(presenter of The Live MikeThe Live MikeThe Live Mike was an Irish comedy variety and chat show presented by Mike Murphy. It was first broadcast on RTÉ 1 on 9 November 1979. The programme featured a candid camera piece by Murphy himself, parody songs and comedy sketches by Adele King, Dermot Morgan and Fran Dempsey, as well as a serious...
) - Con Bushe (programmes for young people)
- Michael O'Carroll (Wheels in Unison - The Health Race '79)
- Mick LallyMick LallyMichael 'Mick' Lally was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He departed from a teaching career for acting during the 1970s...
(acting performance in Roma and Bracken) - Joe Mulholland (Let My Tombstone be of Granite - documentary on Frank RyanFrank Ryan (Irish republican)Frank Ryan was a prominent member of the Irish Republican Army, editor of An Phoblacht, leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War....
) - RTÉRTERTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
(special award to the station for its coverage of the visit to Ireland by Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul IIBlessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
)
1980
Radio- Kevin O'Kelly (presenter of Addendum - religious affairs series)
- John SkehanJohn SkehanJohn Skehan was a prolific broadcaster on RTÉ, radio and television, for four decades.Prior to joining RTÉ, Skehan served in the Irish Army, reaching the rank of captain during The Emergency....
(presenter of Play It Again, John - extracts from the radio archive) - Anne Daly (reporting of Archbishop Romero's funeral)
- Dave FanningDave FanningDave Fanning is an Irish rock journalist, DJ, retired film critic and veteran broadcaster. He currently hosts The 11th Hour on RTÉ Two and two radio shows: Drivetime with Dave on RTÉ Radio 1 and The Dave Fanning Show on RTÉ 2fm. He also fills in for other presenters on RTÉ Radio, including acting...
(disc jockey) - Mike MurphyMike Murphy (Ireland)Mike Murphy is an Irish presenter. He is best known for presenting the television shows The Live Mike and Winning Streak.-Early life:...
(for his early morning radio show)
Television
- John Lynch (producer of The Law Courts edition of Insight series)
- Frank Cvitanovich (producer and director of Murphy's Stroke - documentary on the Gay FutureGay FutureGay Future was the racehorse at the centre of an attempted coup by an Irish betting syndicate in Great Britain in 1974. The plot involved a Scottish trainer named Antony Collins initially presenting a poorly-performing horse at his stables as if it were the real Gay Future...
betting coup) - Frank GrimesFrank Grimes (actor)Frank Grimes is an Irish stage and screen actor.Grimes was born in Dublin. He achieved his first major success as the young Brendan Behan in the 1967 stage adaptation of Behan's autobiography, Borstal Boy, at the Abbey Theatre...
(acting performance in Strumpet CityStrumpet CityStrumpet City is a historical novel by James Plunkett set in Dublin, Ireland, at the time of the Dublin Lock-out. In 1980, it was adapted into a successful TV drama by Radio Telefís Éireann, Ireland's national broadcaster...
) - John McColgan (producer of Hunky Dory - musical based on songs by Dory PrevinDory PrevinDory Previn, née Dorothy Veronica Langan , is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet.During the late 1950s and 1960s she was a lyricist for motion picture songs, and with her first husband André Previn received several Academy Award nominations...
) - Robert KeeRobert KeeRobert Kee CBE is a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland....
(writer and presenter of Ireland - A Television History) - Barry Cowan (presenter of Today TonightToday Tonight (Ireland)Today Tonight is an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting. The programme was brodacast on RTÉ One for the first time on Monday 6 October 1982....
- current affairs series)
1981
Radio- Harry Bradshaw (presenter of Folkland and The Long Note)
- Andy O'Mahony (presenter of Page by Page and The Church in Action)
- John Bowman (presenter of Day by Day)
- Pat KennyPat KennyPatrick "Pat" Kenny is an Irish broadcaster and former disc jockey and continuity announcer. He is employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is their highest paid presenter. He presents Today with Pat Kenny on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday morning between 10:00 and midday...
(for "evidence of unusual versatility" as presenter of Saturday View on RTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
, The Kenny Report and The Outside Track, both on RTÉ 2fmRTÉ 2fmRTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is Raidió Teilifís Éireann's second national radio station. It broadcasts popular music programming aimed at a young Irish audience.- History :...
)
Television
- Forbes McFall (reporter on Today TonightToday Tonight (Ireland)Today Tonight is an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting. The programme was brodacast on RTÉ One for the first time on Monday 6 October 1982....
) - Bernard MacLavertyBernard MacLavertyBernard MacLaverty is a writer of fiction. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 14 September 1942, and lived there until 1975 when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children...
(author of TV play My Dear Palestrina) - Godfrey GrahamGodfrey GrahamGodfrey Richard Graham is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, a first-class match against Scotland in July 1954.Graham joined RTÉ Television shortly after it was launched as one of its first lighting...
(lighting cameraman on Eugene McCabeEugene McCabeEugene McCabe is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright and television screenwriter. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Irish emigrants, but moved with his family to Ireland in the early 1940s. He lives on a farm near Clones in County Monaghan near the border between the Republic of...
's play Winter Music) - Ian McGarry (producer/director of the TV coverage of the 1981 Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song Contest 1981The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 April 1981 at the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin. The presenter was Doireann Ní Bhriain...
) - Tish Barry (reporter on edition of Today Tonight dealing with victims of the The TroublesThe TroublesThe Troubles was a period of ethno-political conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over at various times into England, the Republic of Ireland, and mainland Europe. The duration of the Troubles is conventionally dated from the late 1960s and considered by many to have ended with the Belfast...
in Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
) - TwinkAdele KingAdele King is an Irish entertainer better known as Twink from her time as a member of a group called Maxi, Dick and Twink which was a girl band in Ireland in the late 1960s and 1970s. She is Chloë Agnew's mother....
(performer in the Christmas Light Entertainment Special on RTÉ TwoRTÉ TwoRTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
)
Golden Trophy
- Gay ByrneGay ByrneGabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is a veteran Irish presenter of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999...
("in recognition of his outstanding broadcasting achievements on both radio and television")
1982
Radio- Donal Flanagan (producer of Introspect series)
- Ray Lynott (presenter of A Traveller's Tunes)
- Des Kenny (presenter of Ask About Gardening)
- William Styles (producer of radio adaptation of James Joyce's UlyssesUlysses (broadcast)The Ulysses broadcast occurred on Bloomsday 1982 when the Irish state broadcaster, RTÉ Radio, transmitted an uninterrupted, 30 hour, dramatised performance, by 33 actors of the RTÉ Players, of the entire text of James Joyce's epic novel, Ulysses, to commemorate the centenary of the author's birth,...
Television
- Seán Ó Mordha (producer of Is there one who understands me? - documentary on James JoyceJames JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
) - Pat O'ConnorPat O'Connor (director)Pat O'Connor, born in Ardmore, County Waterford, is an Irish film director.In 1982, O'Connor won a Jacob's Award for his direction of the RTÉ TV adaptation of William Trevor's short story, Ballroom of Romance starring Cyril Cusack and Brenda Fricker. It was shot near the village of Ballycroy,...
(director of TV adaptation of The Ballroom of Romance) - Olivia O'LearyOlivia O'LearyOlivia O'Leary is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter.Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin, she worked with the Nationalist and Leinster Times in Carlow...
(presenter of Today TonightToday Tonight (Ireland)Today Tonight is an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting. The programme was brodacast on RTÉ One for the first time on Monday 6 October 1982....
) - William TrevorWilliam TrevorWilliam Trevor, KBE is an Irish author and playwright. He is considered one of the elder statesman of the Irish literary world and widely regarded as the greatest contemporary writer of short stories in the English language....
(author of The Ballroom of Romance)
1983
Radio- Jim Fahy ("for unearthing treasures from our tradition in Looking)
- Mark CagneyMark CagneyMark Cagney was born in Cork, Ireland. Cagney was one of eight children in the family; he left home at age 15 because of difficulties with his father, who he described as a "remarkable man": an inventor, a musician, a welder, a mechanic, and a lecturer in electronics. Cagney learned how to take...
(RTÉ 2fmRTÉ 2fmRTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is Raidió Teilifís Éireann's second national radio station. It broadcasts popular music programming aimed at a young Irish audience.- History :...
disc jockey) - Caroline Murphy (sports commentator)
- Betty Purcell (presenter of Talk Back)
- Venetia O'Sullivan (In Love with Ireland - documentary on Arnold BaxArnold BaxSir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO was an English composer and poet. His musical style blended elements of romanticism and impressionism, often with influences from Irish literature and landscape. His orchestral scores are noted for their complexity and colourful instrumentation...
)
Television
- Derek DavisDerek DavisDerek Orlando Davis is an Irish broadcaster. On television, he has co-hosted Live at 3, presented Out of the Blue and won Celebrity Bainisteoir.-Early life:...
(Presenter of The Season That's In It) - Brendan O'BrienBrendan O'Brien (Irish journalist)Brendan O'Brien is a senior Irish journalist on RTÉ One's Prime Time current affairs programme.In 1983, O'Brien won a Jacob's Award for his reporting on the RTÉ current affairs programme, Today Tonight....
, (reporter on Today TonightToday Tonight (Ireland)Today Tonight is an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting. The programme was brodacast on RTÉ One for the first time on Monday 6 October 1982....
) - Mary McEvoyMary McEvoyMary McEvoy is an Irish actress. She is recognised by television viewers for having played the role of Biddy Byrne in Glenroe from 1983-2000...
(acting performance in GlenroeGlenroeGlenroe was an Irish television drama series broadcast between September 1983 and May 2001 on RTÉ One. The programme was a spin-off from Bracken, a short-lived RTÉ drama itself spun off from The Riordans. Glenroe was broadcast on Sunday nights at 20.30, generally from September to May. The show was...
) - Brian Lynch (author of Caught in a Free StateCaught in a Free StateCaught in a Free State was a dramatised television series made by RTÉ in 1983. This four-part series was about German spies in neutral Ireland during World War II, known in Ireland as "The Emergency".-Production:...
) - Teresa Mannion (co-presenter of Youngline)
- Mary Dinan (co-presenter of Youngline)
1984
Radio- Siobhan McHugh/Shay HealyShay HealyShay Healy is an Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known for his role as host of Nighthawks, a RTÉ Television chat show of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and for composing "What's Another Year", Ireland's winning entry in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest.-Early life:Shay...
(producer and presenter of Strawberry Fields Forever - documentary series on the 1960s) - Padraic Dolan (documentary maker You Can't Live on Love - programme on unemployment)
- Julian Vignoles ("for demonstrating the creative role which the producer can play in many areas on radio")
- Michael Littleton (for development of The Thomas DavisThomas Osborne Davis (Irish politician)Thomas Osborne Davis was a revolutionary Irish writer who was the chief organizer and poet of the Young Ireland movement.-Early life:...
Lectures)
Television
- Bob QuinnBob Quinn (Irish filmmaker)Bob Quinn is an Irish filmmaker, writer and photographer.-Selected filmography:* Poitín * The Atlantean Trilogy * Budawanny * The Bishops Story * Atlantean 2: Navigatio...
(scriptwriter and director of Atlantean) - Ciana Campbell (presenter of Access)
- J. Graham Reid (writer of The Billy Trilogy)
- Joe O'Donnell (creator and producer of BoscoBoscoBosco was an Irish children's television programme produced during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was produced by the Lambert Puppet Theatre. Designed by Jan Mitchell, Bosco was voiced by Miriam Lambert initially; in later years Paula Lambert took over the character...
)
1985
Radio- P. J. Curtis (presenter of His Kind of Music)
- Hilary Orpen (producer of LivelineLiveLineLiveline is an Irish radio interview and phone-in chat show broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday afternoon between 13.45 and 15.00. The programme, which is currently presented by Joe Duffy and known for its slogan "Talk to Joe", seeks the public's opinion on various questions, normally one or more...
) - David Hanley (presenter of Morning IrelandMorning IrelandMorning Ireland is the breakfast news programme broadcast by RTÉ Radio 1 in Ireland and is noted as that country's most listened to radio programme. It is broadcast each weekday morning between 07.00 and 09.00 and is presented by Aine Lawlor, Cathal Mac Coille, Rachael English and Aoife Kavanagh...
) - John CadenJohn CadenJohn Caden is an Irish independent television producer. He began his media career in RTÉ in the 1970s. In 1985 he won a Jacob's Award for producing The Gay Byrne Show.For most of his time in RTÉ, Caden was a member of the Workers' Party of Ireland...
(producer of The Gay Byrne ShowThe Gay Byrne ShowThe Gay Byrne Show was an Irish radio programme, which ran from 1973 until 1998. The programme was presented by Gay Byrne, and aired Monday to Friday for two hours each day. It was a favourite of Irish housewives...
)
Television
- Muiris Mac Conghail (for Oileán Eile - documentary on the Blasket IslandsBlasket IslandsThe Blasket Islands are a group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Kerry. They were inhabited until 1953 by a completely Irish-speaking population. The inhabitants were evacuated to the mainland on 17 November 1953...
) - Michael O'Connell (producer of Shadows - series on VictorianVictorian eraThe Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
Ireland) - Niall Mathews (producer of Live AidLive AidLive Aid was a dual-venue concert that was held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom ...
for Africa) - David Shaw Smith (film-maker and producer of English Silk)
- Nuala O'FaolainNuala O'FaolainNuala O'Faolain was an Irish journalist, TV producer, book reviewer, teacher and author. She became internationally well-known for her two volumes of memoir, Are You Somebody? and Almost There; a novel, My Dream of You; and a history with commentary, The Story of Chicago May...
(producer of Plain Tales)
1986
Radio- Andy O'Mahony (presenter of Books and Company)
- BP FallonBP FallonBP Fallon is an Irish DJ, author, and photographer. He currently lives in New York.At a young age Fallon became a famous personality and broadcaster in Ireland, moving on to music journalism and photography....
(presenter of The BP Fallon Orchestra) - Colette Proctor (acting performance in The Far Side of the Moon)
- Brendan BalfeBrendan BalfeBrendan Balfe is an Irish radio personality, who has been on-air consistently for more than 40 years on RTÉ. Comedy has been a feature of many of Balfe's programmes...
(presenter of The Spice of Life documentary series) - Larry GoganLarry GoganLaurence 'Larry' Gogan is an Irish broadcaster working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann . He is a disc jockey on RTÉ 2fm. His show is The Golden Hour, during which Larry plays old favourites and classic songs from yesteryear. Gogan spun the first disc on Radio 2, Like Clockwork by The Boomtown Rats...
(presenter of Ireland's Top Thirty)
Television
- Olivia O'LearyOlivia O'LearyOlivia O'Leary is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter.Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin, she worked with the Nationalist and Leinster Times in Carlow...
(presenter of Questions and Answers) - Michael T. Murphy (Access Community Drama)
- Marty WhelanMarty WhelanMartin 'Marty' Whelan is a Jacob's Award-winning Irish radio and television personality currently working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Frequently seen and heard on RTÉ radio and television, he has presented a variety of shows...
(presenter of Videofile) - Éamon de BuitléarÉamon de BuitléarÉamon de Buitléar is an Irish writer and film maker. He is managing director of Éamon de Buitléar Ltd., a company which specialises in wildlife filming and television documentaries...
(presenter of Cois Farraige leis an Madra Uisce) - Eugene Murray (editor of Today TonightToday Tonight (Ireland)Today Tonight is an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting. The programme was brodacast on RTÉ One for the first time on Monday 6 October 1982....
) - Thelma Mansfield (co-presenter of Live at 3Live at 3Live at 3 was a popular Irish afternoon chat show broadcast live on RTÉ 1. Presented by Thelma Mansfield and Derek Davis, it was RTÉ's flagship daytime show from 1986 until 1997.-History:...
)
1988
Radio- John Quinn (series on Ewan MacCollEwan MacCollEwan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...
and Peggy SeegerPeggy SeegerMargaret "Peggy" Seeger is an American folksinger. She is also well known in Britain, where she lived for more than 30 years with her husband, singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl.- The first American period :...
) - Martha McCarron (The Sad, the Mad and the Bad - series on institutional life in Ireland)
- Colm Keane (American Profiles)
- Myles DunganMyles DunganMyles Dungan is an Irish broadcaster and author. He has presented many arts programmes on RTÉ Radio.Dungan began broadcasting in RTÉ in 1977 as a continuity announcer. He has worked as a reporter for RTÉ Television and RTÉ Radio. He has presented programmes such as Five Seven Live, The Arts Show...
(14-part series Vietnam) - Treasa Davison (presenter of Playback)
Television
- Ray McAnallyRay McAnallyRay McAnally was an Irish actor famous for his performances in films such as The Mission, My Left Foot, and A Very British Coup.-Background:...
(acting performance in A Very British CoupA Very British CoupA Very British Coup is a 1982 novel by British politician Chris Mullin. In 1988, the novel was adapted for television, directed by Mick Jackson, with a screenplay by Alan Plater and starring Ray McAnally...
) - John Feehan (writer of Exploring the Landscape - natural geography series)
- John McHugh (researcher of The Late Late ShowThe Late Late ShowThe Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ...
special on The DublinersThe DublinersThe Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962.-Formation and history:The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin...
) - Michael LysterMichael LysterMichael Lyster is a sports broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann . He has presented The Sunday Game on television since 1984 and is a Jacob's Award winner.-Career:...
(presenter of The Sunday GameThe Sunday GameThe Sunday Game is Raidió Teilifís Éireann's main Gaelic games television programme. It is shown on RTÉ Two every Sunday during the Football Championship and Hurling Championship seasons. It is one of RTÉ Two’s longest-running shows, having been on air since 1979, one year after the channel first...
) - Declan LowneyDeclan LowneyDeclan Lowney is an Irish television and film director. After directing a short film in 1980, Lowney worked for Radio Telefís Éireann, and directed musical events such as the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, and The Velvet Underground's Live MCMXCIII...
(director of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest) - Mike MurphyMike Murphy (Ireland)Mike Murphy is an Irish presenter. He is best known for presenting the television shows The Live Mike and Winning Streak.-Early life:...
(presenter of Murphy's Australia)
1989
Radio- Anne Daly (reporter on Worlds Apart)
- Andy O'Mahony (presenter of The Sunday Show)
- Bill LongBill Long (writer)Bill Long was an Irish writer and broadcaster. He often featured on RTÉ Radio 1. He was also Ireland's longest surviving heart transplant patient.-Early life:...
(producer of Singing Ark, Flowering Flood - documentary on Dylan ThomasDylan ThomasDylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2008. who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself...
) - John McKenna (How the heart approaches what it yearns)
- Eamonn Ó Muirí
Television
- Zig and ZagZig and Zag (puppets)Zig and Zag are an Irish puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison.The characters are a pair of furry extraterrestrial twins from the planet Zog. They made their television début on RTÉs Dempsey's Den in 1987. A year later they won a Jacob's Award for TV Personalities of the year...
("for keeping the children of the nation happy") - Alan Gilsenan (documentary on Irish emigrants)
- Colm Connolly (writer and presenter of The Shadow of Béal na Bláth)
- Bernard Loughlin (narrator of The Border - The Great Divide)
- Shay HealyShay HealyShay Healy is an Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known for his role as host of Nighthawks, a RTÉ Television chat show of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and for composing "What's Another Year", Ireland's winning entry in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest.-Early life:Shay...
1990
Radio- Cathal Mac CoilleCathal Mac CoilleCathal Mac Coille is an Irish broadcaster, researcher and journalist. He is currently a co-presenter of Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. He has been used by Raidió Teilifís Éireann in numerous political broadcasts and has interviewed several prominent politicians.He has also presented other shows...
(co-presenter of Morning IrelandMorning IrelandMorning Ireland is the breakfast news programme broadcast by RTÉ Radio 1 in Ireland and is noted as that country's most listened to radio programme. It is broadcast each weekday morning between 07.00 and 09.00 and is presented by Aine Lawlor, Cathal Mac Coille, Rachael English and Aoife Kavanagh...
) - Gerry RyanGerry RyanGerard "Gerry" Ryan was an Irish presenter of radio and television employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann...
(presenter of The Gerry Ryan ShowThe Gerry Ryan ShowThe Gerry Ryan Show was RTÉ 2fm's mid-morning radio show...
on RTÉ 2fmRTÉ 2fmRTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is Raidió Teilifís Éireann's second national radio station. It broadcasts popular music programming aimed at a young Irish audience.- History :...
) - Luke Verling (documentary maker The Story of the West Clare RailwayWest Clare RailwayThe West Clare Railway originally operated in County Clare, Ireland between 1887 and 1961, and has partially re-opened. This gauge narrow gauge railway ran from the county town of Ennis, via numerous stopping-points along the West Clare coast to two termini, at Kilrush and Kilkee...
for Clare FMClare FMClare FM is an Irish radio station which broadcasts to County Clare and the surrounding areas.The station has won many Irish radio awards. Clare FM broadcasts on frequencies 95 - 96FM including 95.2, 95.5, 95.9, 96.4 & 96.6...
) - Ciarán Mac MathúnaCiaran MacMathunaCiarán Mac Mathúna, was an Irish broadcaster and music collector. He was a recognised authority on Irish music and lectured extensively on the subject...
(presenter of Mo Cheol ThúMo Cheol ThúMo Cheol Thú was an Irish radio programme which aired for 45 minutes each Sunday morning on RTÉ Radio 1 from 1970 until 2005. It was one of radio's longest running programmes. Presented by Ciarán Mac Mathúna, the programme ended when he retired in 2005. The last programme aired on 27 November 2005,...
) - Nell McCaffertyNell McCaffertyNell McCafferty is an Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and feminist. In her journalistic work she has written for The Irish Press, The Irish Times, Sunday Tribune, Hot Press and The Village Voice....
(for her reports on the 1990 World Cup1990 FIFA World CupThe 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
for The Pat KennyPat KennyPatrick "Pat" Kenny is an Irish broadcaster and former disc jockey and continuity announcer. He is employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is their highest paid presenter. He presents Today with Pat Kenny on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday morning between 10:00 and midday...
Show) - Ken Murray (documentary maker Our Man in Europe for LMFMLMFMLMFM is an independent Local Radio station in Ireland. It is also the largest Local radio station outside of Dublin and Cork broadcasting to a population in excess of 300,000 adults. Media group UTV bought the station in a deal worth about €10 million in 2005.LMFM broadcasts on a number of...
) - Mick Bourke ("for his seamless editing of a sound picture of an All-IrelandAll-Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
Final day")
Television
- Michael Heney (for a series of documentaries on public issues)
- Bill O'HerlihyBill O'HerlihyBill O'Herlihy is an Irish sports broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann . He also heads one of Ireland's largest public relations firms.-Bill's life:...
(presenter of Network 2RTÉ TwoRTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
coverage of 1990 World Cup1990 FIFA World CupThe 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
) - Alan Gilsenan (director of documentary on AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
) - Tony Barry (director of TV adaptation of Somerville and RossSomerville and RossSomerville and Ross were an Anglo-Irish writing team, perhaps most famous for their series of books that were made into the TV series The Irish R.M.....
' novel, The Real Charlotte) - Mary Raftery (reporter on edition of Today TonightToday Tonight (Ireland)Today Tonight is an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting. The programme was brodacast on RTÉ One for the first time on Monday 6 October 1982....
dealing with Patrick Gallagher's property empire) - Stella McCusker (acting performance in Dear Sarah)
1991
Radio- Paddy O'Gorman (presenter of Queuing For A Living on RTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
) - Julian Vignoles (producer of documentary, No Meadows in Manhattan, on RTÉ Radio 1)
- Stevie Bolger (presenter of Afternoon Tea with Stevie B. on Cork 89FM)
- Dermot MorganDermot MorganDermot John Morgan was an Irish comedian, actor and former schoolteacher, who achieved international renown for his roles as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and a strip club MC in Taffin....
(writer and performer in Scrap SaturdayScrap SaturdayScrap 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. Pauline McLynn and Owen Roe participated as performers.The half-hour show lampooned...
on RTÉ Radio 1) - Robert FiskRobert FiskRobert Fisk is an English writer and journalist from Maidstone, Kent. As Middle East correspondent of The Independent, he has primarily been based in Beirut for more than 30 years. He has published a number of books and has reported on the United States's war in Afghanistan and the same country's...
(for his coverage of the Gulf WarGulf WarThe Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
on RTÉ Radio 1) - Seán Bán BreathnachSeán Bán BreathnachSeán Bán Breathnach is a radio and television broadcaster and personality in the Ireland. He broadcasts in the medium of the Irish language, but is well known to English speakers in the country.-Broadcasting:...
(sports commentaries on RTÉ Raidió na GaeltachtaRTÉ Raidió na GaeltachtaRTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta , abbreviated RnaG, is the Irish-language radio service of the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Internet.- History :...
) - Dan Collins (presenter of The Rambling House on Radio KerryRadio KerryRadio Kerry is a full service, licensed radio station that operates from the franchise area of County Kerry in Southwest Ireland.Radio Kerry was established in 1989 and began broadcasting on July 14 1990. The station headquarters are in Tralee, the principal town of County Kerry, with remote...
)
Television
- list incomplete (see Talk Page)
- Derek DavisDerek DavisDerek Orlando Davis is an Irish broadcaster. On television, he has co-hosted Live at 3, presented Out of the Blue and won Celebrity Bainisteoir.-Early life:...
(co-presenter of Live at 3Live at 3Live at 3 was a popular Irish afternoon chat show broadcast live on RTÉ 1. Presented by Thelma Mansfield and Derek Davis, it was RTÉ's flagship daytime show from 1986 until 1997.-History:...
) - Sean Duignan (presenter of Six-One News)
- Derek Davis
1992
Radio- John CreedonJohn CreedonJohn Creedon, also known as "Creedo", is an Irish language enthusiast and veteran broadcaster with RTÉ Radio. Host of The John Creedon Show, evenings on RTÉ Radio 1, he has also filled in for Dave Fanning on The Dave Fanning Show....
(presenter of RTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
's Risin' Time) - Joe DuffyJoe DuffyJoseph "Joe" Duffy is an Irish broadcaster employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann . A Jacob's Award winner, he is the current presenter of Liveline, which is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1, Monday - Fridays between 13:45 and 15:00.Duffy has a history as a student activist; he was President of the Union of...
(reporter on RTÉ Radio 1's The Gay Byrne ShowThe Gay Byrne ShowThe Gay Byrne Show was an Irish radio programme, which ran from 1973 until 1998. The programme was presented by Gay Byrne, and aired Monday to Friday for two hours each day. It was a favourite of Irish housewives...
) - Orla GuerinOrla GuerinOrla Guerin MBE is an Irish journalist. She is a BBC Middle East correspondent, based in Jerusalem. She has extensive experience, having reported from many areas including the West Coast of the USA, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, the Basque Country in northern Spain, and Moscow, where she...
(RTÉ's Eastern Europe correspondent) - Mícheál Ó MuircheartaighMícheál Ó MuircheartaighMícheál Ó Muircheartaigh is an Irish Gaelic games commentator for the Irish national radio and television, RTÉ. In a career that has spanned six decades he has come to be regarded as the "voice of Gaelic games." His prolific career has earned him a place in Guinness World Records.-Early...
(Gaelic Games reporter on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport show) - Joe Steve Ó Neachtain (writer/actor in RTÉ Raidió na GaeltachtaRTÉ Raidió na GaeltachtaRTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta , abbreviated RnaG, is the Irish-language radio service of the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Internet.- History :...
's drama series, Baile an Droichid) - Julian Vignoles (RTÉ Radio 1 documentary maker Death of a Farmer)
- Eilis Geary (presenter of The Arts Programme on Cork's 96FMCork's 96FM96FM is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland for Cork City and County in Ireland . It broadcasts from studios at Broadcasting House, St...
and 103FM103FM County SoundC103 is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland for Cork City and County in Ireland...
)
Television
- Michael Heney (reporter on edition of Today TonightToday Tonight (Ireland)Today Tonight is an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting. The programme was brodacast on RTÉ One for the first time on Monday 6 October 1982....
series dealing with the Nicky KellyNicky KellyNicky Kelly is an Irish politician from Arklow in County Wicklow. In the 1980s he achieved fame throughout Ireland after he had been sentenced, in 1978, to 12 years in prison for his alleged part in the Sallins train robbery. The ensuing campaign to release him became a symbol of the 1980s with...
case) - Brendan GleesonBrendan GleesonBrendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty...
(acting performance in The TreatyThe TreatyThe Treaty is a 1991 Irish historical television film directed by Jonathan Lewis.The film is about the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Michael Collins bargained for with the British government in 1921. It is almost all factually accurate, and it shows how negotiations actually worked...
- drama about Michael CollinsMichael Collins (Irish leader)Michael "Mick" Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance and Teachta Dála for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. Subsequently, he was both Chairman of the...
broadcast on RTÉ OneRTÉ OneRTÉ 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...
) - Brian Mac Lochlainn (producer of Network 2RTÉ TwoRTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
's Nighthawks series) - Rynagh O'Grady (documentary maker Born Bolshie - Chloe Gibson's contribution to Irish television drama
- Seán Ó Tuarisg (presenter of RTÉ One's Cursaí)
- Dick WarnerDick WarnerDick Warner is an environmentalist, writer and broadcaster. He presented three series of the half-hour documentary programme, Waterways, in which he explored Ireland's canals by barge. Waterways was first broadcast in 1991 on the Republic of Ireland's national TV station, RTÉ and later transmitted...
(presenter of Waterways)
1993
Radio- Des CahillDes CahillDesmond 'Des' Cahill is an Irish sports presenter and commentator with national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. He presents a daily radio programme called Drivetime Sport on RTÉ Radio 1, while on television he has presented The Sunday Game, The Road to Croker, Play It Again, Des, and Up for...
(RTÉ RadioRTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
) - Tim Lehane (RTÉ RadioRTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
) - John Quinn (RTÉ RadioRTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
) - Doireann Ní BhriainDoireann Ní BhriainDoireann Ní Bhriain is an Irish independent radio producer. She began her career as a radio and television journalist, and started out reading children's stories on television...
(RTÉ RadioRTÉ Radio 1RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
) - Tomás Ó Ceallaigh (Raidió na GaeltachtaRTÉ Raidió na GaeltachtaRTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta , abbreviated RnaG, is the Irish-language radio service of the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Internet.- History :...
) - Martin Maguire (LMFMLMFMLMFM is an independent Local Radio station in Ireland. It is also the largest Local radio station outside of Dublin and Cork broadcasting to a population in excess of 300,000 adults. Media group UTV bought the station in a deal worth about €10 million in 2005.LMFM broadcasts on a number of...
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Television
- Anne McCabe (RTÉRTÉ OneRTÉ 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...
) - Donal Toolan (RTÉRTÉ OneRTÉ 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...
) - Moya Doherty (RTÉRTÉ OneRTÉ 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...
) - Ray D'ArcyRay D'ArcyRaymond 'Ray' D'Arcy is an Irish television and radio presenter. He currently presents a weekday morning radio programme, The Ray D'Arcy Show, on Today FM...
(RTÉRTÉ OneRTÉ 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...
) - Ian Gibson (ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
) - Mark Galloway (ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
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