Charlie Bird, the former Chief News Correspondent of RTÉ, climbs Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo to raise funds for Irish charities. He reported on major events in Irish history and was the point of contact between the Provisional IRA and RTÉ Newsroom. Charlie was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2021.
The legendary broadcaster and journalist served as RTÉ’s Chief News Correspondent for many years, reporting on some of the biggest stories in modern Irish history. He joined RTÉ in the mid-1970s and reported on events including the Stardust Fire, the kidnapping of supermarket executive Don Tidey and the 1998 National Irish Bank (NIB) tax evasion scandal.
Charlie was the only point of contact between the Provisional IRA and the RTÉ Newsroom for many years and had a tape and statement hand-delivered to him when the group called its ceasefire in 1994. In 2006, he was assaulted while covering the riots surrounding a Love Ulster parade in Dublin city centre. Climb with Charlie sees Charlie Bird climbing Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo to raise funds for two Irish charities, 02-04-2022. Image: Michael Mc Laughlin/RollingNews In 2008, Charlie was appointed RTÉ’s Washington Correspondent, a role he bowed out of early because of homesickness. In 2021, Charlie announced that he had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) after suffering problems with his voic
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