Will Hanafin

Will Hanafin
Born
William Hanafin

Youghal, County Cork
Alma materDublin City University
King's Inns
SpouseMary Kirwan
ChildrenEthan[1]

William Hanafin is an Irish journalist, researcher, television producer and radio presenter from Youghal, County Cork.

Hanafin was a print journalist with the Irish Examiner before working as a researcher on The Late Late Show. He spent the final year of Gay Byrne's tenure and the first four years of Pat Kenny's tenure working on The Late Late Show.[2] He also trained as a television producer with state broadcaster RTÉ, obtained a degree in zoology and is a qualified barrister. His writing can be read in the Sunday Independent.[3][4]

A feature on The Ray D'Arcy Show on Today FM, largely in the background offering advice to listeners but sometimes presenting the show by himself, he has been with Today FM for four years and presented his own segment, "Where there's Will... There's a way!", on the difficulties listeners encounter in removing awkward stains.[5] On several occasions he has provoked talking points on the airwaves, such as the time he failed his third driving test and the occasion he broke his knee and had to have surgery or his numerous articles.[6] In addition, he was famously questioned by the Guards in 2009 over nude portraits of the Taoiseach, initially declining to co-operate and later describing the entire affair as "crazy".[7]

Writer of De Little Book of Bertie about former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern,[8] this was the first book dedicated to Bertiespeak.[9]

  1. ^ Hanafin, Will; Kirwan, Mary (6 April 2008). "When their son had problems feeding, Will Hanafin and Mary Kirwan took him to see the bone doctor, with unexpected and miraculous results?". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  2. ^ Hanafin, Will (4 April 2009). "Is it too late to save the Late Late?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. ^ Hanafin, Will (6 December 2009). "Professor Bertie is just the business". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  4. ^ Hanafin, Will (25 October 2009). "Lost Cusack has found a winner". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Where there's Will... There's a way!!". Today FM. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  6. ^ O'Mahony, Claire and Freyne, Patrick. (12 October 2008). "The Desk Job" - Tribune Magazine. p. 22. Online link[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  7. ^ O'Doherty, Caroline (18 June 2008). "Today FM producer brands reaction 'crazy'". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  8. ^ "TDFM026 De Little Book of Bertie by Will Hanafin". Today FM. Retrieved 11 December 2009.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ McCárthaigh, Seán (13 August 2001). "Unravelling the many mysteries of Bertiespeak". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 December 2009.[permanent dead link]