Oh God, I didn’t know. Ian was always such a gentleman when I worked in RTE. We did many MANY Telly bingos together between maybe 2011 and 2019 (I could be wrong on exact dates) but he always came in to studio for a chinwag, sometimes we’d grab a coffee on the break. He told so many lovely stories about you and his lovely daughters; he is so so proud of all their achievements and I can honestly say he was as excited as a mother of the bride would normally be when Kirsty got engaged! I laughed so much at him, he didn’t care, he laughed too.
I also didn’t realise the calibre of his directorship until I told my uncle, who is also in TV, and he told me how highly regarded he is in the industry. A very humble man in that regard.
Will be thinking of you and Ian and your girls going forward, I’m so sorry to hear of his diagnosis.
- Sarah-Jayne Tobin