Trivia

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.

He was educated at Blackrock College. He graduated from University College Dublin (U.C.D.) in 1977 with a degree in English and Philosophy and a Higher Diploma in Education. He joined RTÉ 2FM when it started up in 1979.

In 1977 he became editor of Ireland's only rock magazine 'Scene' and also began as a deejay on fledgling pirate music station Radio Dublin.

In 1994 Richard Branson asked Dave to join his new station, Virgin Radio. Dave presented his own show there every weekend for 2 years.

Interviewed for the BBC News channel following the death of Ozzy Osbourne, he referred to the neo-prog band Pendragon as a heavy metal band.