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He was presenter of the Challenging Times television quiz show on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) during the 1990s. In 2000, he published a collection of his An Irishman's Diary columns (ISBN 1-85182-575-4) and in 2001, he published a novel Banks of Green Willow which was met with negative reviews. In 2006, he published Watching the Door (ISBN 1-84351-085-5), about his time as a journalist in Northern Ireland during the 1970s. The book was positively reviewed by The Times, The Guardian, and the New Statesman, while The Independent published a more mixed review that wondered whether there was "an element of hyperbole" in Myers' account.
He is member of the Film Classification Appeals Board (formerly known as the Censorship Board.)
He is a regular contributor to radio programmes on Newstalk 106, particularly Lunchtime with Eamon Keane and The Right Hook. Myers also regularly appears on The Last Word on Today FM.
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