RTÉ journalist to be honoured with excellence award

RTÉ journalist and newscaster Brian Jennings is to be honoured by Griffith College's Journalism and Communications faculty.

At a ceremony at Griffith College's Dublin campus, Mr Jennings will be presented with a 'Professional Excellence Award' from the college.

Senior Journalism Lecturer Barry Finnegan will tell the ceremony: "Brian's time as a journalist, news reporter and newscaster to date has been a great service to this nation.

"For almost 40 years, Brian Jennings' calm professionalism has encapsulated all that is good about Irish journalism and Irish radio.

"Reliable, dependable, reasoned, measured, fair, accurate and importantly, an absolute pleasure to listen to."

The award will be presented at Griffith College's graduation ceremony later this morning.