Joe Duffy
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| Nationality | Irish |
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| Education | Social Work at Trinity College, Dublin |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Employers | RTÉ |
| Salary | €367,804 a year (2008)[1] |
Joe Duffy (born 1956) is an Irish radio personality.
Joe Duffy was born in Mountjoy Square, Dublin and brought up in Ballyfermot. He went to Trinity College, Dublin in 1977 ( to study Social Work) and was elected President of Trinity College Students' Union in 1979, becoming President of the Union of Students in Ireland four years later. Whilst in Trinity he shared a house in Aberdeen Street near the Phoenix Park with Dick Spring, later leader of the Irish Labour Party.[citation needed] He gave one of the readings at the Papal Mass at Galway Racetrack in 1979, along with Bishop Eamon Casey and Father Michael Cleary. In 1984 he was jailed for two weeks after student occupation of Eastern Health Board Offices. Duffy later became a Probation and Welfare Officer in the Department of Justice. Joe Duffy is married and has three children.
In 1992, Duffy won a Jacob's Award for his reports on RTÉ Radio 1's The Gay Byrne Show.
Duffy is the current presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline, which is broadcast on Mondays to Fridays between 13.45 and 15.00.
He currently resides in Clontarf on the north side of Dublin.
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