Donal Dineen
| Donal Dineen | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Donal Dineen |
| Born |
5 May 1969 County Kerry, Ireland |
| Show | Small Hours |
| Station(s) | Today FM |
| Time slot | Weekdays, 00:00 - 02:00 |
| Style | Disc jockey |
| Country | Ireland |
| Previous show(s) | Here Comes the Night |
| Website | Official site |
Donal Dineen (born 5 May 1969) is an Irish radio presenter, photographer, film maker and former television presenter from County Kerry. Until recently he presented an assortment of loud ' noise/ electronica and world music on his Small Hours (formerly Here Comes the Night) late-night radio show on Today FM. This show has now been cancelled for commercial reasons. He is also known for presenting the now defunct No Disco TV series on Network 2.
Dineen studied communications in Dublin City University. It was here that he first picked up a camera as it was part of his course. From this point onwards he developed a fascination with the visual image. His first exhibition, This Storm is an Angel, for Galway Arts Festival in 1993, was a series of photographs taken around his home in Kerry, which focused on family, place and identity. 2009 exhibitions include an installation for the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF) entitled Words Are Something Else, and solo photographic shows for Kilkenny Arts Festival and The Joinery Gallery, Dublin.
Musically, Dineen is credited with breaking David Gray amongst other artists in Ireland. His programme, Here Comes The Night, was first aired on the opening day of Radio Ireland (now Today FM)'s existence, 17 March 1997. He later moved to the Small Hours show, which broadcast between Monday and Thursday in the midnight - 2AM slot.
On 30 December 2007, The Small Hours had a two-hour radio special broadcast from the living room of David Gray's London home, where Gray and Liam Ó Maonlaí traded songs and stories on the piano and acoustic guitar, "intermittently picking their Desert Island discs for Dineen to spin". Dineen also had a line-up in the Body & Soul area of Electric Picnic 2008.
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