John O’Donoghue (6 October 1931 – 11 September 2014) was a broadcaster. He grew up in

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. He worked as a schoolteacher then trained as a

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, but pursued a career in broadcasting instead.Beacon of Political broadcasters in First Decades of RTE
Obituary John O'Donoghue, ''Irish Times'', 20 September 2014. O'Donoghue joined Telefís Éireann in the early 1960s, and presented the new station's first current affairs programme, ''Broadsheet''. He also presented Irish television’s first coverage of a

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count in 1965, from a special "elections

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" in Studio One. O’Donoghue then went on to present the popular

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programme ''7 Days'', which went on air in 1966 and ran for ten years. His later work included the regional news and features programmes ''Next Stop'' in the 1970s and ''Ireland’s Eye'' (1980-83).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:ODonoghue, John 1931 births 2014 deaths Irish broadcast news analysts RTÉ television presenters Alumni of University College Dublin Broadcasters from County Kildare