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TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN paid to LMFM radio host Michael Reade who died at the age of 58, the station confirmed this morning.
The presenter released a statement last month in which he spoke frankly about his terminal cancer diagnosis, saying “I wish it wasn’t so” but that “it is is not an argument I can win.”
Mr Reade was first on air 43 years ago at just 15 years old and presented his show on LMFM for 21 years. Earlier this month he won Gold at the IMRO Radio Awards for best Current Affairs programme on local radio.
Tributes have been paid to Michael today by colleagues, friends, local Bishop Michael Router, the Taoiseach Simon Harris, the Tánaiste Micheál Martin, the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and local TD Ged Nash.
The Taoiseach said: “Michael is a loss to journalism, a loss to the people of Louth and …