'The time was coming': Bryan Dobson 'absolutely happy' with decision to retire

Bryan Dobson: 'I’ve done everything that I could reasonably have hoped to have done in broadcasting and in broadcasting journalism, so there’s no itch left to scratch.' Picture: Donall Farmer

In the three months since veteran journalist Bryan Dobson announced he would be stepping down, he hasn’t once had second thoughts and considered ringing up the bosses at RTÉ to say he had change his mind.

“I’m absolutely happy with the decision,” he said this week. “I didn’t make it quickly. But the time was coming.