Anne Doyle Final News Broadcast

inabina · 23-12-2011 12:43PM #1

Hi all
Can anyone confirm that Anne's last broadcast is on Christmas Day? If so, what time? I am gutted she is leaving...

telekon · 23-12-2011 01:00PM

inabina wrote: »

Hi all
Can anyone confirm that Anne's last broadcast is on Christmas Day? If so, what time? I am gutted she is leaving...

The 9 o'clock news so sometime around 9.03pm, being RTE...

SoupyNorman · 23-12-2011 01:08PM

telekon wrote: »

The 9 o'clock news so sometime around 9.03pm, being RTE...

9pm news eh, after the watershed.

Will she get them out I wonder?

telekon · 23-12-2011 01:24PM

SoupyNorman wrote: »

9pm news eh, after the watershed.

Will she get them out I wonder?

Remember the time she played tonsil tennis with Brendan O'Connor on Don't Feed the Gondolas?

*shudder*

number10a · 23-12-2011 01:32PM

I think there's only a 6.01 on RTÉ on Christmas Day. Usually only one news in English and one in Irish the entire day if I remember previous years correctly.

I shall have a box of tissues at the ready. Love the woman!!

inabina · 23-12-2011 01:32PM

i think RTE merge the 6pm and 9pm news on XMAS Day and just have one bulletin about 845 if memory serves me right. Anyone got an RTE Guide???

number10a · 23-12-2011 01:37PM

Looked at the guide alright. Just a Six One.

inabina · 23-12-2011 01:39PM

number10a wrote: »

I think there's only a 6.01 on RTÉ on Christmas Day. Usually only one news in English and one in Irish the entire day if I remember previous years correctly.

I shall have a box of tissues at the ready. Love the woman!!

Thank God for RTE player...watch it again and again afterward!:D Love her to bits

inabina · 23-12-2011 11:45PM

it is just so sad she is leaving us.............

superstoner90 · 23-12-2011 11:47PM

THERE IS A GOD....

eth0 · 23-12-2011 11:48PM

I'd spend the day roiding her if I had half the chance.

inabina · 23-12-2011 11:49PM

eth0 wrote: »

I'd spend the day roiding her if I had half the chance.

I'd spend the day on the lash with her and a nice dinner too. thats the kind of bird she is...a good craic bird.

eth0 · 23-12-2011 11:53PM

and a few deserts too then a good roiding session to burn off the ould calories and the cholestrol

end of an era if she's gone. feck

Conor108 · 24-12-2011 12:01AM

inabina wrote: »

it is just so sad she is leaving us.............

She has to. Because she's the hero RTE deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So she'll leave because she can take it. Because she's not our hero. She's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.

Lady Chatterton · 24-12-2011 12:26AM

Many of us have grown up watching Anne on the telly. I for one will miss her, she was a consummate professional. I hope that she doesn't disappear off our TV sets for good.

Here are a few pictures of Anne down through the years.

Enjoy your retirement Anne!

eth0 · 24-12-2011 12:30AM

Feck sake I thought she'd another 10 years left in her on RTE

I remember thinking she was a fine beour when I was around 6 or 7 years old and I'd go and watch the nuze just to see her

Skid · 24-12-2011 02:50AM

inabina wrote: »

i think RTE merge the 6pm and 9pm news on XMAS Day and just have one bulletin about 845 if memory serves me right. Anyone got an RTE Guide???

number10a wrote: »

Looked at the guide alright. Just a Six One.

I don't know what TV Guide ye are looking at.

Anne will be on at 8.50pm for her farewell performance.

Sad to see her go, one of the best Newsreaders around.

patwicklow · 24-12-2011 03:28AM

She dated my 2nd cousin minister Jim Mcdaid, nice lady she is

telekon · 24-12-2011 06:12AM

eth0 wrote: »

Feck sake I thought she'd another 10 years left in her on RTE

I remember thinking she was a fine beour when I was around 6 or 7 years old and I'd go and watch the nuze just to see her

The what?

Tipsy McSwagger · 24-12-2011 09:27AM

She has the head of a midget.

rsole1 · 24-12-2011 09:30AM

inabina wrote: »

it is just so sad she is leaving us.............

For fecks sake she's only a bloody newsreader. Good job she's going as that squint of hers is getting worse.

inabina · 24-12-2011 12:56PM

rsole1 wrote: »

For fecks sake she's only a bloody newsreader. Good job she's going as that squint of hers is getting worse.

Maybe you did not grow up with her on the TV every night? I know it might sound weird. But I am going to miss her like mad.

24-12-2011 12:59PM

I genuinely don't get why people are looking forward to her leaving. She was a complete professional, always very serious - this is the way the news should be. If you want brainless drivel, watch Fox News.

She'll be missed, that's for sure.

inabina · 24-12-2011 01:03PM

So people can someone confirm the times of all news bulletins tomorrow? Just want to be sure I dont miss her. Someone said 6.01 and someone else said 8.50?

Cicero · 24-12-2011 01:05PM

I wonder will she wear a Newbridge Knives and forks necklace:D

Best of luck in your retirement Anne and thanks for your professional approach to the news down the years..you're up there with Cockburn and Mitchell as one of the greats of news readers.

Andrew33 · 24-12-2011 01:13PM

Indeed a sad day. I think she looks better now than 30yrs ago! I've had the pleasure of meeting the fine lady a couple of times, really funny, witty, down to earth and a dockers sense of humour, and a really filthy laugh:D
We'll miss you girl!

smcgiff · 24-12-2011 01:14PM

eth0 wrote: »

Feck sake I thought she'd another 10 years left in her on RTE

I remember thinking she was a fine beour when I was around 6 or 7 years old and I'd go and watch the nuze just to see her

Think it's pension related. She gets more if she leaves now. Strange for her not to be there. But never saw the attraction myself.

I know she's supposed to be good craic, but have heard from former colleagues she was difficult to work with. Perhaps they were jealous.

crazygeryy · 24-12-2011 01:18PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

Many of us have grown up watching Anne on the telly. I for one will miss her, she was a consummate professional. I hope that she doesn't disappear off our TV sets for good.

Here are a few pictures of Anne down through the years.

Enjoy your retirement Anne!

I thought her boobs were big.where are they in those pics.

Cardinal Richelieu · 24-12-2011 03:24PM

Who is replacing her on the newsreader roster?

meercat · 24-12-2011 06:01PM

not anne on 6.01 today though
tomorrow it is

inabina · 24-12-2011 08:04PM

she just read the news on radio at 8pm on radio 1. she will be on TV at 8.20pm tonight.

Alwayson · 24-12-2011 08:14PM

Often saw her in the Shelbourne within 10-15 mins of the news ending. Came to the conclusion the RTE news studio was upstairs in the Shelbourne. Very stylish lady with a bit of a roving eye.

inabina · 24-12-2011 09:51PM

Alwayson wrote: »

Often saw her in the Shelbourne within 10-15 mins of the news ending. Came to the conclusion the RTE news studio was upstairs in the Shelbourne. Very stylish lady with a bit of a roving eye.

a beauty with a roving eye. 23 hrs to go to last broadcast. unbelieveable.:eek:

inabina · 24-12-2011 09:52PM

I am gutted she is leaving. Yes, I am an Anne Doyle Freak. I love her.

eth0 · 25-12-2011 12:03AM

inabina wrote: »

I am gutted she is leaving. Yes, I am an Anne Doyle Freak. I love her.

maybe she'll have more time now to supply you with a few nice upsexing sessions

inabina · 25-12-2011 08:47PM

OK Folks....3 minutes to her final broadcast....

efb · 25-12-2011 08:52PM

Kleenex out, I'm in bits here!

inabina · 25-12-2011 08:53PM

me too...gutted...it doesnt fee like her last broadcast. shes too cool

efb · 25-12-2011 08:54PM

She is professional to the end. Salute.

efb · 25-12-2011 08:58PM

That was lovely

inabina · 25-12-2011 08:59PM

o dear...that was emotional

crazygeryy · 25-12-2011 09:00PM

All the best ann.enjoy your retirement.

number10a · 25-12-2011 09:34PM

We can still have her for another little while:

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1128438

Going to miss you, Anne. Enjoy retirement!!

Really think she should get a talk show though.

paky · 25-12-2011 09:45PM

the legacy of an rte dinosaur finally comes to an end. judging by her lifespan, we can look forward to another 20 years of ryan tubridy and an unknown number of years of pat kenny, since he is a cyborg

molly09 · 25-12-2011 09:54PM

i thought she looked teary eyed, will be missed among a few generations of Irish news watchers

abouttobebanned · 25-12-2011 09:56PM

She made a mistake on her final broadcast. Morto

paky · 25-12-2011 10:00PM

spank_inferno · 25-12-2011 10:33PM

great broadcast and a nice tribute.

A classy dame to the end.

I hope she enjoys retirement.

inabina · 25-12-2011 10:38PM

FROM THE RTE WEBSITE

RTÉ newsreader Anne Doyle has read her final broadcast tonight, exactly 33 years to the day since she first appeared on national television.

Anne Doyle felt it was the right time to move on She read an eight-minute main evening news bulletin at 8.50pm, shorter and earlier than usual because of the Christmas schedule.

The broadcast ended with a special report which looked back at her long and distinguished career at Montrose.

Among those to pay homage to her were Taoiseach Enda Kenny, broadcaster Gay Byrne and Dustin the Turkey.

View a gallery of Anne Doyle from The Vault

RTÉ Director General, Noel Curran, has also paid tribute to her. He said: "Anne Doyle has for many years been one of the most familiar faces and voices on RTÉ's services and is in the front rank of the public's affections.

"While always reading the News with detachment and authority, she has evident warmth which the public has instinctively recognised.

"Anne has been a vital and dedicated member of our News team, while always remaining recognisably and very much herself. She will be missed by the public and we will miss her."

Managing Director of RTÉ News and Current Affairs, Cillian de Paor, said of his newsroom colleague: "This is genuinely the end of an era in our newsroom. Anne's on-screen professionalism has made her a favourite with our audience for many years.

"We know her for other things - for her wit, her lively personality, her legendary loyalty to friends, her meticulousness and her formidable skills in argument. Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís."

Anne recounted some of the many highlights of her newsreading career with some close colleagues who had dropped in specially to the station following the broadcast and summed her up her long career by saying that: "I've had a wonderful time here in RTÉ and I will miss it hugely, but it feels like the right time to move on.

"I will be 60 in January and there are many exciting projects ahead. I wish all my good friends and colleagues in the newsroom, with whom I have so enjoyed working for over 30 years, every happiness as I take my leave for the final time this evening.

Anne is originally from Ferns, Co Wexford, and is the youngest of seven children.

An Arts graduate from UCD, she first worked as a librarian, then in the Consular Service area of the Department of Foreign Affairs, before joining RTÉ as a newsreader in 1978.

Her interests include animals, particularly cats; literature, poetry, theatre and show business.

calex71 · 25-12-2011 10:57PM

eileen dunne leading the tribute at the end , was that a sign she's taking over from ann?

Thargor · 25-12-2011 11:25PM

Whoa, all these years Ive thought Eileen Dunne and Ann Doyle were the same person, I watched the tribute there and was going to say it was a bit weird that Ann said goodbye then a prerecorded clip of her comes on where she says 'not so fast Ann' to herself but then I read Calex's post there and realised they were 2 separate people. Thats a weird one, thats why my family laughed at me at 9pm.

Anne Doyle Final News Broadcast

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