David Harvey is an Irish media executive and broadcaster on radio and television.

Early life

Harvey grew up in Cabinteely, south Dublin. He was educated at Blackrock College and Trinity College Dublin. His father Gerry Harvey ended his career as CEO of An Post and was also the founder and chairman of the National Lottery. His grandfather, Jimmy Harvey, played soccer for Ireland, Shelbourne and Leeds, and was a comedian and member of the theatrical "Happy Gang" of the 1930s and 1940s.

Career

In his native Ireland, he is best known as the presenter of '' Crimeline'' on

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(RTÉ), Ireland's national broadcaster. He hosted the crime prevention programme with the late Marian Finucane from 1992 to 2003. Earlier in his career, he worked as a producer and presenter with a number of Irish radio stations including

Century Radio Century Radio, also known as ''Century 100'' and later ''Century FM'', was a short-lived national commercial radio station in the Republic of Ireland, broadcasting from 4 September 1989 to 19 November 1991. History Launch Launched at 8am on M ...

and Radio Nova. At Century he was a part of a breakfast show team that included Marty Whelan and John Saunders. Harvey was CEO of the Irish-based

City Channel City Channel was an Irish television network that began broadcasting in October 2005, which focused primarily on local and regional television. It operated three stations: City Channel Dublin, City Channel Galway, and Channel South. The channel ...

and was a founder of Star Broadcasting, the company that owns

Sunshine 106.8 ''Sunshine 106.8'' is an easy listening radio station, based in Dublin, Ireland. It is licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) as a commercial FM broadcaster in the Dublin area. The station broadcasts on 106.8 MHz from Thr ...

. He also hosted the David Harvey Show on 4FM. In 2013, Sharon Murphy lodged complaints on behalf of the Galway One World Centre with the

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) ( ga, Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann) was established on 1 October 2009 effectively replacing the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) ( ga, Coimisiún Craolacháin na hÉireann). The BAI is ...

(BAI) regarding racist remarks callers made on the David Harvey Show on 16 January 2013. The BAI ruled in October 2013 that Harvey and the station didn't go far enough to counter the racist remarks. Harvey contested the finding, but the appeal was rejected. In 2016 Harvey won, along with Bob Geldof, the IFTA award for Best Specialist documentary for ''A Fanatic Heart: Bob Geldof on WB Yeats''.

Non-profit associations

David Harvey served as president of the

Blackrock College Blackrock College ( ga, Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a voluntary secondary school, voluntary day school, day and boarding school, boarding Catholicism, Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, Dublin, Bl ...

Union in 2011-12. Harvey also chaired the board of the People in Need Trust, and was chairman of the governing body of the

Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology ( ga, Institiúid Ealaíona, Dearadh agus Teicneolaíochta Dhún Laoghaire), more commonly known as IADT Dún Laoghaire or simply IADT is an institute of technology with a focus on art and ...

(IADT) (2005-2010). He was chairman of the

National Library of Ireland The National Library of Ireland (NLI; ga, Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the Republic of Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The mission of the National Library of Ireland is ...

(2010-2015) and chairman of the national St Patrick's Festival Board from 2008-2014. During his time as chairman of the National Library, he was involved in negotiating the donation of the Seamus Heaney Archive and the Band Aid Archive to the state. In November 2015, he was appointed as chairman of the

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art ( ga, Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. Located in Kilmainham, Dublin, the Museum pr ...

(IMMA) He was reappointed in December 2020.

References

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