But the Liveline host says he stays with RTE because he believes in public service."It's not for me to justify - it was negotiated on my behalf," said Joe, speaking to the RTE Guide."But I do believe in public service and I really believe in Liveline and what we do."
The 63-year-old - who only got into broadcasting when he was in his thirties - said: "The reason RTE have given me a contract like this is they want to be able to get rid of me tomorrow if needs be - if they decide I'm not flavour of the month."I'm not a firefighter, I'm not a nurse - we don't save lives. I think we enhance lives."
The dad of triplets also revealed how Gay Byrne gave him his start as a reporter, when he poached Joe from Pat Kenny, where he was working as a researcher. He remains close to Gay who gave him the advice: "Chat like it's just you and me with the banter we have."Our Irish Mirror Sports page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.The Irish Mirror Twitter account is @IrishMirror while our sports account is @MirrorSportIE.
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