Gerry Ryan

Gerard Gerry Ryan was an Irish presenter of radio and television employed by Raidi Teilifs ireann . He presented The Gerry Ryan Show on radio station RT 2fm each weekday morning from 1988 until hours before his sudden death. He was presented with a Jacobs Award for this show in 1990.

Ryan was born in Dublin in 1956. He described his father, Vinnie, as a slightly eccentric dentist from a Presbyterian background and his mother, Maureen, as a flamboyant woman who came from a theatrical background and worked in the theatre. His godfather was broadcaster Eamonn Andrews. He learnt to shoot with Charles Haugheys children. He had two brothers, Michael and Vincent. He was educated at St Pauls College, Raheny. Ryans mother died on Christmas Day 2006.

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