Joe Duffy
Joseph "Joe" Duffy (born 27 January 1956, Mountjoy Square, Dublin) is an Irish broadcaster employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). A Jacob's Award winner, he is the current presenter of Liveline, which is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1, Monday - Fridays between 13:45 and 15:00.
Duffy has a history as a student activist; he was President of the Union of Students in Ireland (U.S.I.) and was once jailed for an occupation in which he participated. In 2008, he appeared on the RTÉ television series Who Do You Think You Are?, where his family history in the British Army in India was revealed. In 2010, Joe Duffy began hosting a new show on RTÉ One called Joe Duffy's Spirit Level. The show discussed the different religions in the country and the faith of the people in Ireland.
Duffy was named 11th most influential person of 2009 by Village. His autobiography Just Joe was launched by Gay Byrne in Harry's Bar in October 2011. He is married with triplets and resides in Clontarf, Dublin.
Read more about Joe Duffy: Early Life, Liveline, Earnings, Lampooning of Duffy On The Savage Eye, Personal Life, Awards
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“While we were thus engaged in the twilight, we heard faintly, from far down the stream, what sounded like two strokes of a woodchopper’s axe, echoing dully through the grim solitude.... When we told Joe of this, he exclaimed, “By George, I’ll bet that was a moose! They make a noise like that.” These sounds affected us strangely, and by their very resemblance to a familiar one, where they probably had so different an origin, enhanced the impression of solitude and wildness.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)