claim: Fidaa refused to direct Sekhar Kammula.
evidence: Donncha O Dulaing is a veteran Irish broadcaster from Doneraile , County Cork , who is known country-wide and among the Irish around the world for his cultural and traditional music programmes .. Doneraile. Doneraile. County Cork. County Cork. His broadcasting career began when he joined Radio Eireann in 1964 .. O'Dulaing 's Highways and Byways radio series on RTE Radio One became hugely popular as did his television series on RTE Television .. RTE. RTE. He is former head of features , RTE Radio .. RTE. RTE. He became universally known for his fund-raising walks for charity in Ireland , the UK , France and Israel and among the Choctaw Indians in the US , who had contributed to the victims of the famine in Ireland in the 1840s .. His walks , sometimes up to 43 miles per day , have helped raise many hundreds of thousands in funds for charity since the 1980s .. O'Dulaing 's currently presents the hour-long programme Failte Isteach at 10 pm on Saturday evenings on RTE Radio 1 and has thousands of listeners among the Irish diaspora who enter his ` Parlour of Dreams ' where ` many dreams come true ' on the programme .. RTE. RTE. Radio 1. RTE Radio 1. He celebrated 50 years in broadcasting in February 2014 .. The President of Ireland , Michael D. Higgins , presented a specially commissioned sculpture to him at Aras an Uachtarain , Phoenix Park , Dublin , in August 2014 in recognition of his contribution to Irish culture .. A 288-page illustrated memoir titled Donncha 's World - the Roads , the Stories and the Wireless , co-authored with writer Declan Lyons and launched by his friend , the singer Daniel O'Donnell , in September 2014 , tells the story of his life and career , his walks , his broadcasts and the national and internationally famous people he has interviewed and met including President Eamon de Valera , Pope John Paul II , Edna O'Brien , Rosie Hackett , Mick Jagger , Sir Edmund Hillary , and Gene Kelly .. Edna O'Brien. Edna O'Brien. He and his wife Vera nee Galvin , also of Cork , live in Dublin near to RTE Headquarters in Donnybrook .. RTE. RTE