Dave Abbott
For years the lilting Irish voice of Dave Abbott has delighted radio listeners, television viewers and live
audiences on four continents as a broadcast columnist, writer and public
speaker. Born in
Overseas he has worked for RTE (
Abbott is a man of all media whose career
includes a wide range of face-to-face interviews including the late President
Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, Li Ka-shing, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Golda Mier, Sir Peter Ustinov, Mitzi Gaynor
and Bob Hope. His documentary projects include The Israeli Wars, The Women of
More recently he wrote and produced an
eight-week series called Dave Abbott’s
CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Syndicated Newspaper
Columnist “Travel Diary” – Canadian newspapers (52) Broadcast Columnist “Travel
Diary” – Jim Pattison Broadcast Radio Group: – heard
3 times daily. Television Host/Producer “The Global Village” – Tomorrow TV
Channel –Feature writer for Expressions (RSA); The American Post (USA); Opinion
(UK); Fleet Watch (RSA); NUVO (www.nuvo.com) Contributing Editor: Radio Canada
(CBC); The Sunday Times (South Africa) Enrichment lecturer:: 1996 – to present
World and Asian Cruises - Holland America Lines, Radisson and Silver Seas The
National Speakers Bureau of Canada - Featured speaker Active member of The
Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Dave’s latest book “Catch the Irish
Laughter” is a Canadian bestseller.