Updated / Monday, 28 Dec 2020
16:39
Former Irish Examiner journalist Donal Musgrave (Pic: Irish Examiner Archive)
President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to former Irish Examiner journalist Donal Musgrave who has died.
The 78-year-old passed away in Cork after a long illness.
His career included time with the Irish Press, the Irish Times, the Sunday Tribune as well as the Irish Examiner.
President Higgins said in a statement that Donal Musgrave s work spanned a range of titles that make up the history of Irish journalism .
He said: Recognised as a mentor to many in journalism, he will be remembered for a professionalism that included a kindness and a deep concern for the issues on which he reported.
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Another All-Ireland final beckons for Mayo and another Croke Park finale for Sean Rice to cast an eye over.
Now in his 83rd year, Rice still maintains a good recall of past events, that since 1951 have not been kind to the Green and Red when Sam Maguire is being handed out. A journalist with the Connacht Telegraph and Connacht Tribune for many years, Rice now writes a weekly column on GAA affairs for the Mayo News.
Through his fine penmanship, the love affair with Gaelic football still shines through.
Life began in a little place called Moneen, just outside Castlebar. There wasn t too much money around during the War years and to be honest with you, life was tough, Rice revealed when speaking to RTÉ Sport.
Patsy McGarry
Religious Affairs Correspondent Patsy McGarry has been Religious Affairs Correspondent of The Irish Times since 1997 and has been with the newspaper since 1994. Prior to that he reported for Magill magazine, the Irish Press, the Irish Independent, and Sunday Independent. He was awarded a national journalism award for political comment and analysis in 1993 and the European religion writer of the year award in 1998. Author of three books, the most recent a biography of former President Mary McAleese, published in 2008, he edited a collection of essays on Christianity, published in 2001. He frequently appears on local radio as well as national radio and TV.