RTÉ broadcaster Donncha Ó Dúlaing dies aged 88

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Rté Broadcaster Donncha Ó Dúlaing Dies Aged 88
The Corkman presented radio and TV programmes on RTÉ for over 50 years
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Veteran broadcaster Donncha Ó Dúlaing has died aged 88, RTÉ said on Sunday.

Mr Ó Dúlaing, from Doneraile, Co Cork, presented radio and TV programmes for RTÉ for over 50 years.

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He was best known for his Highways and Byways series and more recently Fáilte Isteach on RTÉ Radio One. He did a farewell broadcast from the slot in April 2015.

A major Irish celebrity in the 1970s, Pat Kenny recalled recently how his big radio breakthrough came when Ó Dúlaing went to America allowing the younger man to take over for three weeks on his radio show.

Mr Ó Dúlaing is survived by four sons. He was predeceased by his daughter, Sinead, and by his wife, Vera, who died last Sunday.

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