Wogan was target for bomb

LIMERICK born broadcaster Terry Wogan has revealed to Kirsty Young on BBC Radio 4 he was once sent a parcel bomb at the BBC.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs he told the presenter that his producer had picked the parcel up without realising what it was.

“Whoever sent in the bomb with my name on it cannot have been much of a fan because I was on holiday,” the said.

Wogan presented the Radio 2 ‘Breakfast Show’ for 27 years until 2009 he said it was not easy working for the Beeb with an Irish accent during the Troubles. However, the Limerick man said, he had “never apologised” for his nationality.

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He said: “What was being done was not being done in my name.

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