Declan Lynch: ‘In the future, everyone will host Liveline for 15 minutes’

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Former 'Liveline' presenter Joe Duffy and, left to right, Colm Ó Mongáin, Cormac Ó hEadhra, Sarah McInerney, Philip Boucher-Hayes, Brendan Courtney, Katie Hannon and Anton Savage

A few weeks ago, Philip Boucher-Hayes was the first out of the proverbial landing craft and on to the beaches, starting the battle to become the full-time presenter of Liveline (RTÉ1, weekdays, 1.45pm).

It was always going to be Boucher-Hayes taking the full blast of the early fighting. He has that unruffled presence which has perhaps worked against him – sounding so relaxed, it’s assumed he’ll also be relaxed about leading the charge.

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