16 Facts About Joe Duffy

Joseph Duffy was born on 27 January 1956 and is an Irish radio and TV presenter employed by RTE.

Joe Duffy was a student activist and a former president of the Union of Students in Ireland.

Joe Duffy is married, is the father of triplets, and resides in Clontarf, Dublin.

Joe Duffy is a client of self-styled "agent to the stars" Noel Kelly of NK Management.

Joe Duffy was born on 27 January 1956 in Mountjoy Square, Dublin.

Joe Duffy was brought up in Ballyfermot, one of five siblings.

Joe Duffy enrolled at Trinity College Dublin in 1977 to study Social Work and was elected President of Trinity College Students' Union in 1979, becoming President of the Union of Students in Ireland four years later.

Rival broadcaster TV3 accused RTE and Joe Duffy of waging a "dirty tricks" war against them after a late-night game show run by TV3 was berated by callers to Liveline and saying several times on air that he had been unable to get a representative from the station to reply to callers' concerns.

Joe Duffy defended this by saying he considered himself and his Liveline show "good value" for RTE.

Joe Duffy was frequently lampooned at length on the satirical TV programme The Savage Eye.

Joe Duffy has since questioned viewership figures for The Savage Eye on his daily radio show and had questioned whether it is "blasphemous" on his Sunday afternoon religious affairs TV show Spirit Level.

Joe Duffy is married and is the father of triplets.

Joe Duffy describes himself as a Christian socialist who advocates justice "very much based on Christian teaching and principles".

In 2014, Joe Duffy made a cameo in Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie as himself.

In 1992, Joe Duffy won a Jacob's Award for his reports on RTE Radio 1's The Gay Byrne Show.

Joe Duffy was named 11th most influential person of 2009 by Village.