Michael Ryan (born 1944) ( ga, Mícheál Ó Riain) is a former television broadcaster on
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He used to present ''
Nationwide'', which is broadcast on
RTÉ One
RTÉ One ( ga, RTÉ a hAon) is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as ''Telefís ...
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening.
Mary Kennedy
Mary Kennedy ( ga, Máire Ní Chinnéide; born 4 October 1954) is an Irish television personality and former newscaster, and writer. She presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 from the Point Theatre in Dublin. She has also presented her own ...
joined him as co-presenter in later years.
He lived in
Marino, Dublin
Marino () is an inner suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It was built, in a planned form, on former grounds of Marino House, in an area between Drumcondra, Donnycarney, Clontarf, and what became Fairview. The initial development ...
as a child.
He has two sons, Dylan and Colin Ryan, and a daughter, Lisa.
His first wife and the mother of his children, Anne Christine Ryan (née Kearney), died in a car accident in 1995 while travelling home from Waterford, where she ran a successful PR company.
Ryan married his second wife Liz in 2010. He is considered "popular" in Ireland. He has been based in Wexford for more than 30 years.
He retired from his career in RTÉ in 2011.
References
External links
*
Nationwide' at RTÉ.ie
Living people
The Herald (Ireland) people
Irish Independent people
RTÉ television presenters
RTÉ newsreaders and journalists
1944 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
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