- Dave Fanning was born in 1954 in Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for Sineád, Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) and Fanning at Whelan's (2020). He is married to Ursula Courtney. They have three children.
- SpouseUrsula Courtney(? - present) (3 children)
- He has two sons and one daughter.
- In Britain, in recent years, Dave was Programme Consultant on ITV's 'South Bank Show' for their music special 'Cool Clear Crystal Streams' and presented many documentaries on music including a BBC Radio 4 profile on Bono.
- Throughout the 90s he presented almost 400 editions of The Movie Show. He was also movie critic for The Sunday World Newspaper (Ireland) from 1997 to 2004.
- He has always supported young, new Irish talent and his very first session in RTÉ 2FM was with a young, four-piece Dublin band called U2 and his friendship with the band continues to this day. He has been compared with John Peel.
- Dave is co-owner of Rumble Films.
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