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Will Hanafin

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Will Hanafin
Born
William Hanafin

Alma materDublin City University
King's Inns
SpouseMary Kirwan
ChildrenEthan[1]

William Hanafinis anIrishjournalist, researcher,television producerand radio presenter fromYoughal,County Cork.

Hanafin was a print journalist with theIrish Examinerbefore working as a researcher onThe Late Late Show.He spent the final year ofGay Byrne's tenure and the first four years ofPat Kenny's tenure working onThe Late Late Show.[2]He also trained as a television producer with state broadcasterRTÉ,obtained a degree inzoologyand is a qualified barrister. His writing can be read in theSunday Independent.[3][4]

A feature onThe Ray D'Arcy ShowonToday FM,largely in the background offering advice to listeners but sometimes presenting the show by himself, he has been with Today FM for four years and presented his own segment, "Where there's Will... There's a way!", on the difficulties listeners encounter in removing awkward stains.[5]On several occasions he has provoked talking points on the airwaves, such as the time he failed his third driving test and the occasion he broke his knee and had to have surgery or his numerous articles.[6]In addition, he was famously questioned bythe Guardsin 2009 overnude portraits of the Taoiseach,initially declining to co-operate and later describing the entire affair as "crazy".[7]

Writer ofDe Little Book of Bertieabout former TaoiseachBertie Ahern,[8]this was the first book dedicated toBertiespeak.[9]

References

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  1. ^Hanafin, Will; Kirwan, Mary (6 April 2008)."When their son had problems feeding, Will Hanafin and Mary Kirwan took him to see the bone doctor, with unexpected and miraculous results?".Sunday Independent.Retrieved6 April2008.
  2. ^Hanafin, Will (4 April 2009)."Is it too late to save the Late Late?".Irish Independent.Retrieved5 April2009.
  3. ^Hanafin, Will (6 December 2009)."Professor Bertie is just the business".Sunday Independent.Retrieved11 December2009.
  4. ^Hanafin, Will (25 October 2009)."Lost Cusack has found a winner".Sunday Independent.Retrieved11 December2009.
  5. ^"Where there's Will... There's a way!!".Today FM.Retrieved7 January2009.
  6. ^O'Mahony, Claire and Freyne, Patrick. (12 October 2008). "The Desk Job" -Tribune Magazine.p. 22.Online link[permanent dead link].Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  7. ^O'Doherty, Caroline (18 June 2008)."Today FM producer brands reaction 'crazy'".Irish Examiner.Archived fromthe originalon 2 March 2015.Retrieved17 May2010.
  8. ^"TDFM026 De Little Book of Bertie by Will Hanafin".Today FM.Retrieved11 December2009.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^McCárthaigh, Seán (13 August 2001)."Unravelling the many mysteries of Bertiespeak".Irish Examiner.Retrieved11 December2009.[permanent dead link]