Good Morning

Morning Ireland, RTÉ’s flagship current affairs show, is celebrating it 20th anniversary. Political Editor Harry McGee, who worked on the programme, reports:

YOU recognise most radio programmes by their signature tunes. Not so Morning Ireland. Sure, it has its own jingle. But the Morning Ireland sound embedded in most people’s minds is one that’s a bit like a rusty door being opened. It is David Hanly growling “Good Morning.”

They say that Hanly is the only man alive who can make ‘Good Morning’ sound like a threat. In an interview I did with him a few years ago, Hanly described its timbre.