Two years ago this month, Bryan Dobson signed off for the last time.
After 37 years with RTÉ, he stepped away from his role as news broadcaster.
Speaking to VIP Magazine in our June issue, he chats about the huge adjustment of retirement.
“The big change was adjusting to a life without a regular and predictable routine. For all the years I was at work, thirty-seven of them in RTÉ, I had a work routine,” he tells us.
“Turn up, suited and booted, do the job and go home. Rinse and repeat. So, it’s a bit of a shock to the system not to have that routine in my life. I loved the variety in my job, that every day could bring a different news story to be covered, but the basic structure of my working day was predictable.”
But life is different now and he’s relishing it.
“Now, no two days are the same. I am on a number of boards and committees, mostly voluntary, but I also do professional work like chairing conferences and events, a little after dinner speaking, and some corporate and business media training.
“I’ve also written a few newspaper articles, and done some tv documentary work. I had to buy a larger diary when I retired to keep track of my appointments, not something that concerned me too much before.”
Read our full interview with Bryan in the June issue of VIP Magazine, on shelves nationwide now
