MANY MOONS AGO, the following photo was published in the RTÉ Guide…

It resurfaces every couple of years online, prompting responses like the following (from this Broadsheet post):

“He uses it to open the Winning Streak envelopes.”

Anyway, Marty Whelan dropped by TheJournal.ie for a chat in the last few days.

We emailed around the office for questions in advance – and (wouldn’t you know it) the first five responses mentioned THAT photo.

“Can he finally put the ‘unfortunate trouser crease or something more’ debate to rest?” a colleague asked.

So ask we did.

He didn’t mind at all (at all).

If you’re not in a position to watch the video right now, check back later, but you might like to note it contains the following quotes:

• “I don’t need to look at it, the picture’s big enough from here.”
• “It appeared in the RTÉ Guide – a fine publication and indeed as you know the official organ of RTÉ.”
• “It’s done me no harm. And it’s done a lot for cotton suits as we know them.”

Note: Marty Whelan’s book  - ‘That’s Life’ - is published by Gill and McMillan and available in all good bookshops for around €22.99. 

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