Journalist Charlie Bird has died at the age of 74 following a battle with motor neurone disease, during which he raised funds and awareness of the condition through high-profile campaigns, raising €3.4 million for charities including the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and Pieta. The former RTÉ reporter said he had chosen to be an […]
Save it from what, exactly? Former RTE reporter Charlie Bird has made an impassioned plea about the future of the national broadcaster, saying it is time people ‘got up off their backsides’ to highlight its precarious state. He was commenting after the publication of a briefing document to Catherine Martin, the Minister for Media, which […]