
Alan Torney
Documentary makerAlan is a producer on RTÉ Radio 1’s evening news programme, Drivetime.
Since arriving at RTÉ in 2003, he has worked on almost every programme on the RTÉ Radio 1 schedule. In recent years, he has produced The History Show, The Marian Finucane Show, Sunday with Miriam O’Callaghan, The Business, Countrywide, Liveline with Joe Duffy, The Marty Squad, The John Murray Show.
Alan has produced seven documentaries for the Documentary on One slot, as well as a stand-alone [15-episode] factual series, Whistleblowers – interviews with international and Irish whistleblowers.
He worked on RTÉ’s Irish general election coverage in 2007, 2011, and 2016 - as a reporter and producer. He also worked as producer on RTÉ’s UK election coverage [2015 & 2017], Northern Ireland Assembly elections [2017], and across coverage of several referenda campaigns. He has produced outside broadcasts from most Irish counties as well as from the UK and US.
Before moving to radio, Alan spent three years in television working as a researcher on RTÉ’s Late Late Show and as location producer for TV3’s Agenda programme.