I was freelancing for years in Cork and around. I also wrote freelance pieces for 'The Irish Times.'
Regardless, I did rise to the editorship before embarking on a freelance career in the late '60's.
I'm only a freelance TV presenter and, in many ways, it's all just been a massive fluke.
My father was a freelance writer/director/producer, and my mother was a stewardess for Pan-Am. It was very non-traditional.
