Show Notes
Eileen Dunne is our presenter Mary Kennedy's best friend!! She has seen and done it all in her broadcasting career. She presented the main RTE television news programmes Six One News, Nine O'Clock News and One O'Clock News as well as other news bulletins on both radio and television from 1980 to 2022. Over her career with RTE, Eileen covered some of the biggest stories of the past four decades, including multiple General Elections, historic referendum campaigns, the talks leading to the Good Friday Agreement, and Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland. Here is Eileen like you've never heard her before. She chats about her life, career, Dancing with the Stars, how she almost retired early because she was cross and her thoughts on the RTE of today, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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