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 ( ga, RTÉ Raidió 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 th ...
's ''
Morning Ireland
''Morning 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 alternate items are normall ...
'' 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
Seán Boylan (born 12 December 1949) is an Irish former Gaelic football manager from Dunboyne, County Meath. He retired from his position as manager of the senior Meath county team on the evening of 31 August 2005 after twenty-three years in ch ...
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. T ...
'', and ''
The Riordans
''The Riordans'' was the second Irish television drama serial made by Raidio Telefís Éireann (then called ''Telefís Éireann''). It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny. Its location fil ...
''.
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 for ...
on Arthur's Quay,
Limerick city
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 c ...
.
David's brother
Mick
Mick is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Michael. Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used in England as a derogatory term for an Irish person or a person of Irish descent. In Australia the meaning broade ...
was a singer-songwriter known for ''
Past the Point of Rescue (song)
"Past the Point of Rescue" is a song written by Mick Hanly, and covered by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in February 1992 as the third single and title track from Ketchum's album ''Past the Point of Rescue''. It was wr ...
'', 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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