Broadcasting Career
In 1961 Mitchel joined the newly formed state television station, Telefís Éireann, as chief newscaster. His starting salary was £26 per week. Mitchel was one of the first faces seen on the new station when he read the first news bulletin on 31 December 1961, minutes after the station was launched. He received numerous honours, including being awarded television personality of the year, and was the first RTÉ presenter to win a Jacobs' Award. Mitchel retired from the station in November 1984.
In 1989 he joined LMFM, a local radio station in Co. Louth, where he read the news and answered listeners' queries.
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