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David Hanly

David Hanly was an Irish writer and broadcaster. He was a co-presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland from its launch in 1984 until his retirement in 2002. He won a Jacob's Award in 1985. His television show Hanly's People featured in-depth interviews with people such as Seán Boylan and David Norris. In 1995, he secured the first interview with Seamus Heaney after he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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David Hanly
Hanly in 2009
Born1944 (1944)
Limerick, Ireland
Died (aged 81)
Dublin, Ireland
EducationCBS Sexton Street Limerick city
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • author
Employers
Children31
RelativesMick Hanly (brother)

David Hanly (1944 – 21 November 2025) was an Irish writer and broadcaster.1 He was a co-presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland from its launch in 1984 until his retirement in 2002.234 He won a Jacob's Award in 1985.15 His television show Hanly's People featured in-depth interviews with people such as Seán Boylan and David Norris.6 In 1995, he secured the first interview with Seamus Heaney after he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.7

Hanly was born in 1944.89 As a writer, he wrote for serial dramas The Kennedys of Castleross, and The Riordans.4 His novel In Guilt and in Glory was first published in 1979.4

In 2001, Hanly campaigned for the establishment of an arts centre on Arthur's Quay, Limerick city.10

David's brother Mick is a singer-songwriter known for "Past the Point of Rescue", and the brothers sometimes performed together.1112

Hanly died on 21 November 2025, at the age of 81.13

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  1. "Hanley, David". <MISSING> (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2014 – via LimerickCity.ie.
  2. McCarthaigh, Sean (6 November 2009). "25 years of waking up Ireland to news and realities of everyday life". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  3. "Book 6 | Mattersons". Old Photographs of Limerick, Ireland.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Battersby, Eileen (21 April 1994). "Morning Becomes David" (PDF). The Irish Times – via LimerickCity.ie.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Jacques, Alan (17 November 2001). "Limerickman Hanly leads call for new arts centre" (PDF). <MISSING> – via LimerickCity.ie.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "David Norris". Hanly's People. 1987 – via RTÉ Archives.
  7. Burnhill, Eleanor (21 November 2025). "Former RTÉ broadcaster, author David Hanly dies aged 82". RTÉ News. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  8. VIAF 55406083
  9. Hanly, David (12 November 1989). "Concentrating Citizens' Minds" (PDF). Limerick Tribune. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2022 – via LimerickCity.ie.
  10. Quinn, Jessica (26 November 2001). "Hanly backs campaign for arts and trade centre" (PDF). Limerick Leader. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2022 – via LimerickCity.ie.
  11. "David and Mick Hanly on 'A Family Christmas'". RTÉ Archives. 1994 – via RTE.ie.
  12. "The Cumann Merriman Summer School 2010 – Cumann Merriman".
  13. President leads tributes to 'gifted writer' David Hanly RTE
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