Culture That Made Me: Marty Whelan picks his favourite music and broadcasters
Marty Whelan will again be on Eurovision duty for RTÉ next month.
Marty Whelan, 65, grew up in Killester, Dublin. He still lives on Dublin’s northside. He married in 1985, and has two children. During the 1970s, he worked as a DJ for pirate radio stations in Dublin, and 1979, he joined RTÉ Radio 2. He currently presents a weekday radio show Marty in the Morning on Lyric FM. He has also presented numerous TV shows on RTÉ since the 1980s, including Where in the World?, Rose of Tralee and Winning Streak. In May, he will helm the Eurovision Song Contest on RTÉ One
