Bryan Dobson retiring from RTE

Bryan Dobson, like a number of his generation, started on pirate radio. He was on Dublin pirates Southside Radio and Radio Nova and was indeed a newsreader then!

To me he seems like the.laat of the genuine newsreaders. The likes of Don Cockburn Charles Mitchell Maurice O Doherty.

Probably shows how.long since I've watched rte or its news.

Wonder is he actually retiring or just moving to a different channel.

Still wishing him all the best.

What no gay news ?

I'll miss Dobbo 😔 he was brilliant

He was nearly always stationary doing his job and he often had a few sheets of stationery in his hand 🙂

That’s impressive! He left Nova in 1984 so you must’ve only been about eight years old. Pirate.ie have some lovely archive footage and photos of him (from 1982) if you’re interested.

Unlikely. The American news anchors earn millions. Dan Rather was earning 6 million a year when he retired almost 20 years ago.

Did an adequate job for his renumeration but I'll never forgive him for giving Bertie Ahern such an sympathetic interview after his dodgy financial situation was exposed.

Noticed that too. The VT showed clips of him on SixOne years ago and he was carrying a lot of weight in comparison. Hopefully he just decided to trim down for health reasons. Dobbo seems an honest guy and a true journo. A great newsman who was one of the best when it came to election coverage.

Seen him interviewed on 6 o'clock news, said he wanted to spend time with family and friends, they all say that when something else is going on in the background. Maybe his contact was up for renewal and was been severely cut.

He was reported a couple of years ago by RTÉ themselves to earn €209,282 a year….

So by the fact that he’s been at the job for 25+ years it’s not unreasonable to speculate that there is probably a millionaire reading the news.

that said his BBC counterparts get paid almost double that so maybe RTÉ feel they need to push the boat out to keep hold of that talent..

63, I’d be retiring too.. enjoy hopefully a great and enjoyable retirement. Always seemed very capable at what he did…. And came across as a genuine and likeable enough sort… or as much as you can come across being a serious current affairs / news broadcaster..

Always thought he was good on the radio/TV, played the anchor man role extremely well across a range of events - big news stories, elections etc. unflappable and gravitas are two words I would associate with him.

Minor point: I am not sure if Bryan was ever a "jock" when he was with pirate radio. AFAIK he always read the news even in those days!

Half expected him to get a gig on Lyric. From the pictures of him broadcasting from home during covid he had a rather nice home in D4.

He was with the BBC in Belfast on Radio Ulster for at least a year

Didn't he offer coaching to politicians many moons back, as to how to deal with interviews?

Perhaps he'll do a bit of consultancy work like that, or the odd stand in on radio?

Would agree with the general sentiment here, he was a polished pro and very good at what he done.

It isn't D 4 but D 14, and in a more modest residence than the home we saw on streamed television feeds ☺️

I very much doubt he is leaving RTE just to wear slippers and watch bargain hunt. He's way too young and sharp minded for that scrap heap. Newstalk will have him lined up for something.

Maybe he’s spent it all.

That list really makes it hard to accept just how much Ray D'Arcy has been paid over the years for his terrible job.

That would have been his late mothers home. He did live close to her but he got too working class for Hipster Dublin and moved on 😂

Good one 😅😅