David is regarded as one of Ireland’s most imaginative TV producers and directors, He initially made his mark with 2FM as a radio presenter, where he broadcast specialist music shows including Soul Searchin, Live and Dangerous and The Outside Track. More recently, he has presented Blues and Beyond on RTE Radio 1, a series that covered jazz, blues and soul. 
Co-founder of Frontier Films with his brother Gerard, the company was set up to focus mainly on entertainment and music programming, with The Session, Blackboard Jungle and the Number One pop quiz among their successful projects. The Session won a prestigious ACE Award following its transmission on New York based Art’s and Entertainment. In 1993 he produced two films on the Velvet Underground that formed the cornerstone of a special eight-hour broadcast on Channel 4.

David now runs Palomino Pictures, which have produced three prime time series of Coulter and Company and 1 to Remember, with Brian Kennedy, and he has produced the last three the IFTA Awards. His other RTE productions include People of the Year, Dervish in Concert, the Sandy Kelly Story and the Eurovision Dance Competition. His current projects include four music specials for RTE and he is developing a comedy series with Dublin based comedian Dave Young.

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Mundy prepares for his interview with Dave heffernan on Guaranteed Irish

Dave promised the questions would be easy!!!!  There certainly is a poptastic view up on the 4FM rooftop Dave!!!!



Singer songwriter SJ Mc Ardle and Dave Heffernan practicing their waiting room skills prior to SJ’s interview on Guaranteed Irish.  Drogheda born SJ’s new album, recorded in Nashville, will be released early in 2010, with the first single due later in the summer. Dave previewed two tracks on his show.



"This is what happens if you spend too much time in a radio studio!!!" warns ace guitarist Pat Mc Manus prior to his recent interview on Guaranteed Irish.



Aslan lead singer Christy Duignam talks with presenter David Heffernan about the release of the band’s album Uncased. Christy was Dave’s featured guest on Guaranteed Irish on .



Choice Music Prize winning singer, composer, multi instrumentalist Julie Feeney was Dave Heffernan’s guest on Guaranteed Irish , when she played a selection of her favourite Irish music and discussed the release of her new album called Pages.