A lobby group for older people has called on RTÉ to reintroduce a daytime television programme for the elderly - and it wants recently-retired newscaster Anne Doyle to present it.

Friends of the Elderly is launching the campaign to celebrate RTÉ's "most loyal audience" during the 50th anniversary year of the broadcaster's television service.

Spokesman Dermot Kirwan says a dedicated programme could give older people an identity which he claims is missing. It could disseminate information on social welfare and consumer issues of concern to the "grey euro" demographic.

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