Michael O’Regan who presented Call from the Dáil on Kerry Today since the early 1990s died suddenly over the weekend. He had just been on the show last Friday talking to Jerry.
Our deepest sympathies to Michael’s family and friends. We in Radio Kerry are heartbroken. Michael was a gifted journalist and broadcaster, his analysis and ability to write and communicate were of the first order. He did the job he loved with dedication, professionalism, wit, and good humour, and never losing his humanity. Jerry spoke to Gerard Colleran, editor of The Kerryman, Fiona Stack, general manager of Radio Kerry, Maurice Moynihan, PRO of the Kerry Association in Dublin, to John Downing of the Irish Independent and to Pat Leahy, who’s political editor of The Irish Times. Tom McGuire, the first presenter of Kerry Today, explained how Michael became the voice of politics on Radio Kerry. Seán Ó hArgáin recalls the first Kerry Today show that Michael contributed to.
