WESTERN JOURNALIST RETIRES AFTER 46 YEAR CAREER

Date Published: 31-Dec-2011

Journalist and broadcaster, Jim Fahy, will hang up his RTÉ boots today. [31/12]

The well-known western editor, a native of Kilrickle, is retiring after a 46-year career.

He started his career at the Tuam Herald in 1965 and was appointed as a western correspondent for RTÉ in 1974.

He then became western editor in 2008.

Jim Fahy is the third high-profile RTÉ journalist to retire this month, following Michael Ryan and Anne Doyle.