The old Bill

By expressing admiration for interviewers who listen and develop conversations, Bill O’Herlihy might have been talking about himself. The TV Personality of the Year spoke to Michael Moynihan.

BILL O’HERLIHY doesn’t take long to set out his stall.The genial Corkman was recently voted IFTA TV Personality of the Year on the back of his skilled mediation of RTE’s soccer coverage, but he has plenty of opinions of his own.

“Cork should have won the hurling three-in-a-row starting in 2003, not ending in 2006. The ‘03 final was there for the taking.”