RTÉ’s health correspondent Fergal Bowers retires

RTÉ’S LONGSTANDING HEALTH reporter Fergal Bowers has actually formally retired from his post.

He invested 22 years in the function at RTÉ, according to his LinkedIn profile.

RTÉ speaker Shay Byrne commemorated his previous associate’s profession on Radio 1 ′ s Rising Time today.

“Fergal Bowers avoids into the sundown and leaves us here in RTÉ,” Byrne stated. “It’ll be an unfortunate loss to the personnel here.”

Byrne wanted Bowers the very best of luck in his retirement, though he included, “Men like Fergal never ever retire”, before playing a tune taped by Bowers for charity– “a reimagining of Mike Oldfield’s On Horseback”.

Having actually started his profession in journalism in 1980, Bowers reported on a variety of leisure activities before pursuing reporting on health care. He worked for Irish Medical News and after that for an independent Irish health site.

He handled the function of health reporter at the nationwide broadcaster in 2004.

Bowers grew recognisable nationally through his protection of the break out of Covid-19 in 2020, requiring to the news each night to assure individuals on advancements and stoically provide the current updates when the future felt unsure.

Simply 15 days after Ireland reported its very first case of the infection, he penned a motivating piece entitled: “Covid-19: A journey together.

“If the Italians are singing from verandas to beat the infection blues, let’s hope we see some sprays of great Irish luck too in the duration to come. This journey ahead with Covid-19– we take it together,” he composed.

In another piece in 2021, he composed of how the general public “have actually been so kind and generous to me” in supporting his protection of the pandemic.

He is the author of a number of non-fiction books, consisting of one on a young mom’s experience of the hepatitis-C infection scandal.