Irish Examiner View: A legend of pop music industry - The late Ronan O’Rahilly

The waves that O’Rahilly started took longer to reach our shores but finally landed in 1979 with the creation of RTÉ Radio 2, marking a sea change in the broadcast of pop music here.

What Irish individual has had the greatest influence on popular music in Britain and Ireland over the past 50 years?

Bob Geldof? No, but close. Bono? More rock than pop. Dana? Hardly. Daniel O’Donnell? Unlikely.