‘Luck, fate and talented colleagues played a part’ in Bill O’Herlihy’s career

Bill O’Herlihy spoke humbly about the role of luck, fate and talented colleagues in his career — in possibly his last time on the airwaves less than a fortnight ago.

‘Luck, fate and talented colleagues played a part’ in Bill O’Herlihy’s career

The interview with RedFM in his native Cork prompted him to recount his break into television broadcasting, having started out as a reporter at this newspaper.

“I wanted to be editor of the The Cork Examiner at the time. I had done a small bit of radio broadcasting and when Frank Hall decided to do a programme on the Lusitania’s 50th anniversary, he wanted somebody to do an interview and there wasn’t anybody to do it,” he said.

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