David Hanly (born 1944, Fairgreen, Limerick) is an Irish writer and former broadcaster.
He was a co-presenter of
RTÉ Radio 1
RTÉ Radio 1 () is an Irish national radio station owned and operated by RTÉ and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926.
The total budget for the station in 2010 w ...
's ''
Morning Ireland
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'' for many years.
He won a
Jacob's Award
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 ...
in 1985.
His television show ''Hanly's People'' featured in-depth interviews with people such as
Seán Boylan and
David Norris.
As a writer, Hanly wrote for serial dramas ''
The Kennedys of Castleross
''The Kennedys of Castleross'' was an Irish serial drama or soap opera, about a family from Castleross, broadcast on Raidió Éireann from 1955 to 1973.
The serial was devised by Arks advertising agency on behalf of its client, Fry-Cadbury. ...
'', and ''
The Riordans
''The Riordans'' is an Irish television Soap opera broadcast on RTÉ from 1965 to 1979 set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny. Its location filming with outside broadcast units, rather than using only television studios ...
''.
His novel ''In Guilt and in Glory'' was first published in 1979.
In 2001, Hanly campaigned for the establishment of an
arts centre
An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues fo ...
on Arthur's Quay,
Limerick city
Limerick ( ; ) is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. W ...
.
David's brother
Mick
Mick is a masculine given name or nickname, usually a hypocorism of Michael.
Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used in the English-speaking world as an ethnic slur for Irish people. In Australia, the meaning also broadened to incl ...
was a singer-songwriter known for ''
Past the Point of Rescue (song)'', and the brothers sometimes performed together.
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Living people
21st-century Irish people
Broadcasters from Limerick (city)
RTÉ newsreaders and journalists
Irish radio presenters
1944 births
Date of birth missing (living people)
Irish television writers
20th-century Irish novelists
Writers from Limerick (city)
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