He was the co-host of Eurovision Song Contest 1988, as well as numerous other television shows, including "Today Tonight", "Saturday Live" and "Kenny Live", and has worked for both RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ 2fm, sometimes simultaneously, in a career that has spanned five decades. He is the holder of a Jacob's Award and was perennially cited as the highest paid employee at RTÉ. He was named 23rd most influential person of 2009 by the magazine "Village".