Culture That Made Me: Dáithí Ó Sé - 'When I was 13 all I wanted to do was be Axl Rose'

Presenter Dáithí Ó Sé tells Richard Fitzpatrick about some biographies he admires, the music he listened to growing up, and why Love/Hate saw him taking an early bath every Sunday evening

Dáithí Ó Se says Séamus Begley and Steve Cooney 'were the West Kerry Guns N’ Roses' when he was growing up in Kerry. Picture: Eamon Ward

Dáithí Ó Sé, 46, grew up in Feothanach, West Kerry. In 1999, he started working for TG4. In 2010, he first hosted the Rose of Tralee. He is married to Rita Talty, the 2008 New Jersey Rose. They live in South County Galway with their son. He has been a presenter of the Today show on RTÉ One television since 2012. He will co-host Fleadh 2022, live coverage of the Fleadh Cheoil, TG4, 9.30pm, 5-7 August. See: www.tg4.ie.

Guns N’ Roses