Bryan Dobson is set to retire from RTÉ today after almost 40 years with the broadcaster.
Bryan first joined the national broadcaster in 1987, since then he has presented some of the station’s most iconic shows.
He is best known for hosting the Six One News, which he hosted for 21 years.
Since 2017, he has hosted his own radio show on RTÉ Radio One and currently presents the News at One.
Now he will retire today after 37 years with the broadcaster.
Bryan announced his retirement in January.
“After 37 fantastic years with RTÉ the time has come to move on. I will miss working with some wonderfully talented and hardworking colleagues,” he announced.
“RTÉ journalism depends on teamwork and I have worked with some of the very best.
“I am grateful too to the listeners and viewers who have give me their time and attention over the years. I hope to have repaid that trust with reporting that was relevant, fair and accurate.”
Tonight, he will sit down with Patrick Kielty on The Late Late Show couch to reminisce on his incredible career.
The long running chat show shared a video of Patrick sneaking in to see Bryan on his radio show as they confirmed Bryan would be the one being interviewed this week.
“It’s the end of an era!” they captioned the video.
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He joined RTÉ in 1987 as a reporter with the RTÉ Radio 1 This Week programme. Later that year he was appointed RTÉ’s Business Correspondent, as well as presenting the television business programme Marketplace.
In 1991 he became presenter of RTÉ One O’Clock News, later moving to present the Nine O’Clock News programme before being appointed anchor of the Six One News in 1996.
He spent 21 years at the flagship programme, before moving to be part of the presenting team on Morning Ireland in 2017, the most listened-to radio programme in Ireland.
He hosted Election 2020: Bryan Dobson Interviews… a new series in the run-up to the last general election of must-watch in-depth interviews with political party leaders, broadcast in prime time on RTÉ One.
Over the course of his career, he has also worked on a number of RTÉ documentary programmes including The Madness from Within, an account of the Irish Civil War; Witnesses to War, which featured interviews with Irish veterans of the Second World War and guest presented special programmes on the Lusitania and 1916 Rising for RTÉ Nationwide.
