President Higgins leads tributes to former RTÉ director general, Corkman Joe Barry

Former RTÉ director general Joe Barry. Picture: RollingNews.ie

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to the former director general of RTÉ, Joe Barry, who passed away on Wednesday night.

Mr Barry, who was from Dunmanway in Co Cork, began his career in RTÉ in 1956 and worked in a variety of operational and managerial positions before being appointed director general in 1992, a role he stayed in for five years.