Don Cockburn
Irish journalist and presenter
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Donald Cockburn (13 March 1930 – 4 September 2017) was an Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader. He is best known as a long-serving newsreader for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), who anchored the broadcaster's main evening television news programmes during over thirty years of service.
Don Cockburn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 March 1930 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | (aged 87) Dublin, Ireland |
| Education | Synge Street CBS, Dublin[1] |
| Occupation | Newsreader |
| Years active | 1958–1992 |
| Notable credit(s) | RTÉ News, Nine O'Clock News |
| Spouse | Marie Scully |
| Children | 2 |
Cockburn was educated at Synge Street CBS,[2] later studying Russian and Spanish at Trinity College Dublin at night after receiving a dispensation from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid to do so.[2]
He originally joined RTÉ as a part-time announcer in 1958, and was made a full-time employee in 1972.[3] He was formerly employed in Dublin Corporation as head of wages in the engineering department.[4]
He retired twenty years later on 15 December 1992,[5] having served as a newsreader for many years.[6] His was known for cycling to RTÉ's Montrose Studios every day.[5]
