"I try to find a link between each item, even if it's only a word, and I always try to leave them with a smile. After all, we are there to entertain as well as inform."
"Sad though the occasion, it was also the moment I felt proudest in my entire career when the President of Ireland brought so much hope to a stricken people."
"and how in the old days there were matters you wouldn't dream of revealing to readers. Nowadays, probably with the proliferation of social media, virtually anything goes."
Mr Clancy died at Sligo University Hospital, surrounded by his family, on Friday. He retired in 2023 after a six-decade career in regional and national newspapers and radio. He presented It Says In The Papers on RTÉ's Morning Ireland for three decades, from the early 1980s until 2008. He began at The Sligo Champion, worked at the Donegal People's Press, became bureau chief for the Irish Sun at its Irish launch, and contributed to the Irish Independent, Irish Sun and Irish Mirror. He covered major events including Bloody Sunday in 1972 and President Mary Robinson's 1992 visit to Somalia. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from NewsBrands Ireland in November 2019. He lived in Creevy, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, and is survived by his wife Bernie, two daughters and a son.
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