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Thu 01 Jan 2007Journalist Seán Mac Réamoinn dies in Dublin hospital aged 85 yearsOne of Ireland's leading broadcasters and journalist in Irish and English, Seán Mac Réamoinn, died at St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, yesterday morning aged 85 years.A prominent figure in the Irish language movement and many other areas of cultural life, Mr Mac Réamoinn was a former Controller of Radio Programmes and Director of External Relations with RTÉ.