List of Deceased Colleagues for the last year... (2017)
Annual Commemorative Mass For Deceased Colleagues
The annual Commemorative Mass for deceased colleagues and those associated with RTÉ will take place on Thursday, 2nd November, 2017 at 1.00pm in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Donnybrook. This year we are delighted to welcome a quartet from the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir. Everyone is very welcome.
This Commemorative Mass is an occasion to remember and honour those who have preceded us in RTÉ, whose work helped to create and maintain our organisation.
Those staff who died in the past twelve months and whom we particularly remember are:
Elizabeth Balbirnie (Finance)
Eddie Barrett (Newsroom)
Mairéad Blake (Legal Services TV)
Michael Boyle (Engineering & Transmission)
Paddy Clarke (Draftsman)
Don Cockburn (Newsreader)
Fred Cogley (Sports)
Thomas Collins (Athlone Transmitter)
Tom Corcoran (Mullaghanish Transmitter and Cork)
Deirdre Cunningham (Features)
Liam Daly (EFP Electrician)
Christopher Darby (Producer TV)
Frank Delaney (Newscaster)
Michael G. Fitzgerald (Radio Technical/Operations)
Pat Fitzpatrick (Musical Director, Kenny Live)
John Freeney (Security)
Deirdre Friel (Producer/Director)
Marie Gallagher (TV Programmes)
Christopher Gilliam (Networks)
Patricia Hanley
Patrick Jennings (Area Rep and Technology)
Terry Kelleher (RTÉ’s London Office)
Alphonsus Lennon (TV OBs)
Kevin Linehan (Producer/Director)
Jimmy Magee (Sports Broadcaster)
Gerald McLaughlin (Legal Affairs)
Frances McLaughlin (Public Relations Information)
Randall Miles (Lighting)
Gerry Murray (Producer /Director)
Richard Nevin (EFP Electrical)
John Nohilly (Central Stores)
Pádraig ó Méalóid (An Nuacht / Newsroom)
Gerald O'Brien (RTÉ Northern Ireland)
Aoife O'Callaghan (RTÉ Cork)
Peadar Pierce (RTÉ Sales)
Alice Raitt (née McIntyre) (Newsroom & RTÉ Music Department)
Fintan Ryan (RTÉ Film Production – EFP & the Regions)
Tom Savage (Former Chairman)
Laurence Traynor (Staging)
Bairbre Uí Fhatharta (RNaG)
Dick Warner (Radio Producer)
George Whelan (TV Mechanical Services)
Brigid Whoriskey (RTÉ Galway)
Suaimhneas síoraí dá n-anam.
(With thanks to Karen Murray and our colleagues in RTÉ HR) CB