Tommie Gorman

[1] Gorman was known for his personal interviews with figures such as Seán Quinn, Gerry Adams and Roy Keane, the latter following the 2002 Saipan incident.

[8] Following the murder of Michaela McAreavey, Gorman went to Mauritius to cover the trial for RTÉ News.

[10] He risked a massive $3,000 on hiring a helicopter to trace Seamus Heaney in Athens when he won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature - the ploy worked.

[13] It was the top television programme of May 2002, beating even coverage of the country's general election which had been held ten days earlier.

[17] In December 2009, Gorman conducted a 29-minute interview with Gerry Adams, the President of Sinn Féin.

[19] Gorman was awarded European of the Year in 2001 for his work on radio and television reports on EU institutions.