Joe Duffy: Recession had nothing on 1916

Liveline presenter Joe Duffy’s triplet children will turn 21 on Easter Monday 2016, and he tells them that no matter how tough the recession was it was nothing like Ireland in 1916.

The RTÉ star and father to triplets, Ronan, Sean and Ellen, has just published his book Children of the Rising which is already a bestseller.

“I say to my three children, that’s (my book) my birthday present to you because you remember that the Ireland of 2016, is not 100 years from 1916, it’s a million years,” he explained.