
Charlie Bird in full flight
20 January 2022 - 47 mins“ I walked in here this morning scared out of my wits that my voice wouldn’t hold up – it is amazing, it has held up, I told you, something strange is happening to me, so thank you”
This is a very special episode of the Mario Rosenstock podcast – my guest is Charlie Bird, one of Ireland’s best known reporters, a very familiar face on our TV screens for many decades, and a familiar voice on radio too. But it was with great sadness that, last year, following a shock diagnosis of motor neuron disease, Charlie learned that he was losing that famous voice.
The months since Charlies diagnosis have been an total rollercoaster for him – he admitted to Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show last Decem...