After a period working with the Belfast Telegraph, he joined RTÉ in 1968 at the age of 24, where he first reported on the television current affairs programme 7 Days.
In 1972, Rice transitioned to radio, and by 1974 he started hosting Here and Now, a daily mid-morning news and current affairs program that he led for nine years.
By 1984, he shifted to Saturday View, a program he presented for 25 years, evolving into a platform for political discourse involving the nation's top leaders.
Rice retired from broadcasting in 2009 but continued to support agencies who worked in the developing world such as Trócaire and Action Aid, where he served as chairman.
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