RTE Joe Duffy christened 'champion' after covering same important topic for nearly a week He was called a 'hero' for featuring the topic for the 5th programme in a row The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Want the latest breaking news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice RTE star Joe Duffy has been labelled as a hero after he dedicated an entire week of his famous show Liveline to an issue which affects thousands of Irish people every year.