Honorary Corkman – Dr John Bowman:
Historian and Broadcaster Dr John Bowman was made an Honorary Corkman at the awards lunch, following in the footsteps of previous Honorary Cork Persons Joe Schmidt, Michael Flatley, Jeremy Irons and David and Patsy Puttnam. John Bowman is a very respected political and current affairs broadcaster, with a career spanning many decades, anchoring such TV and radio programmes as ‘Day by Day’, ‘Today Tonight’, and ‘Questions & Answers’. He currently broadcasts every week on RTE Radio 1, presenting his show; ‘Bowman:Sunday’, bringing his selected recordings from the RTE archives. He is also first choice to handle the big Outside Broadcasts covering state events, having recently provided TV commentary at the Gay Byrne funeral. Indeed Gay Byrne himself, in an interview some years ago, when asked who his favourite TV personality was, said “I have great regard for John Bowman – he has set a very high standard down through the years”. As an acclaimed historian he has written many books including the history of RTE itself ‘Window and Mirror’. Along with his award, John received the Republic of Cork Passport and some Cork Crystal.



“Over the years, our awards team have found that Cork people admire John Bowman for his authoritative style and analysis in his coverage of elections and current affairs in general. They like what he says, and they like the way he says it. He is someone that Ireland can be proud of and we in Cork are honouring that with this award”, said awards organiser Manus O’Callaghan.
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