Don Cockburn
Don Cockburn was an Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader. He is best known as a long-serving newsreader for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, who anchored the broadcaster's main evening television news programmes during over 30 years of service.
Cockburn originally joined RTÉ as a part-time announcer in 1958, and was made a full-time employee in 1972. He was formerly employed in Dublin Corporation as head of wages in the engineering department.
He retired 20 years later on 15 December 1992, having served as a newsreader for many years. His one eccentricity was that he cycled to RTÉ's Montrose Studios every day.
He died on 4 September 2017.
