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Irish journalist
Brian O'Donovan
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Born
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1980-06-13
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13 June 1980
(age 44)
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Nationality
| Irish
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Education
| Dublin City University
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Occupation(s)
| RTE News
Work and Technology Correspondent
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Years active
| 2002?present
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Notable credit(s)
| Red FM
TV3 News
RTE News
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Spouse
| Joanna O'Donovan
(m. 2007)
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Children
| 2
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Brian O'Donovan
(born 1980) is an Irish journalist. He is the
RTE News
Work and Technology correspondent since February 2022.
[1]
He previously was the
Washington
correspondent from January 2018 to February 2022.
[2]
Career
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O'Donovan began his broadcasting career with
Cork
radio station
Red FM
in 2002. Three years later, he made the move to television when he joined
TV3 News
. Over the next ten years he held various positions including news reporter, finance correspondent and documentary maker.
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citation needed
]
In 2015, O'Donovan joined
RTE News
where he worked as a multimedia journalist reporting across television and radio news. Since then, he has reported on major international news stories including the aftermath of the
2016 Nice truck attack
, the plight of Syrians in refugee camps near the Jordanian-Syrian border, the verdict of the Molly Martens Corbett trial in
North Carolina
, and on the
Catalan independence protests
in
Spain
.
[3]
In December 2017, it was announced that he would succeed
Caitriona Perry
as the
Washington
correspondent for
RTE News
.
[2]
As Washington correspondent, O'Donovan covered
two presidential impeachments
, the
Black Lives Matter
protest movement, the
COVID-19 crisis
, the
2020 US presidential election
and the
storming of the US Capitol Building
.
[4]
On 8 December 2021, it was announced that he would succeed Ingrid Miley as RTE's new Work and Technology correspondent in February 2022.
[1]
Personal life
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O'Donovan has been married to Joanna O'Donovan since 2007. They have two daughters.
[5]
O'Donovan studied Communications at
Dublin City University
(DCU),
[2]
and following college he taught English in China.
[5]
References
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Media offices
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Preceded by
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RTE News
Washington Correspondent
2018?2022
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Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Ingrid Miley
as Industry and Employment Correspondent
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RTE News Work and Technology Correspondent
2022?present
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Incumbent
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