Andy O'Mahony

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rdf:langString Andy O'Mahony

rdf:langString Andy O'Mahony

rdf:langString Andy O'Mahony

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rdf:langString Andy O'Mahony is an Irish broadcast journalist who worked for RTÉ (Raidio Telefís Éireann) from 1961 to 2013. He was one of the network's first television news anchors, and thereafter was a radio and television host of various long-running series. He also made radio and television programmes for BBC between 1977 and 1988, including a number of television arts documentaries for BBC Two. The programmes he was most closely identified with over the years consisted of a number of book-based radio series for RTÉ. Series such as Books and Company, Off The Shelf and Dialogue provided a regular forum for the discussion of ideas in economics, politics and culture.From 1988 to 2000, he presented The Sunday Show, a current affairs talk show for RTÉ Radio 1. He earned four Jacob's Radio Awards (1969, 1981, 1986, 1989). A lifelong book collector, he donated his personal library in February 2015 to the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick. This collection of over 7000 volumes reflects the donor's various interests, ranging from philosophy, religion and literature to economics, politics and the history of ideas. His autobiographical memoir Creating Space: The Education of a Broadcaster was published by the Liffey Press in 2016.