Olivia O'Leary

Olivia O'Leary
Born1949 (age 75–76)
NationalityIrish
EducationSt Leo's College, Carlow
Alma materUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer and current affairs presenter
SpousePaul Tansey (d. 2008)
ChildrenEmily

Olivia O'Leary (born 1949) is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter.

Education

Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin (UCD), she worked with the Nationalist and Leinster Times in Carlow. In the late 1970s, she began working for The Irish Times as parliamentary sketchwriter.

She currently broadcasts a weekly political diary on Drivetime, a radio programme broadcast by Raidió Teilifís Éireann's channel RTÉ Radio 1.[1]

In 1972, she joined Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) as a current affairs presenter[2] and later worked as a presenter on Today Tonight, Questions and Answers and Prime Time. She became the first regular female senior presenter of the BBC's current affairs programme, Newsnight and also presented First Tuesday, a monthly documentary strand produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV.

She has co-authored the book Mary Robinson: The Authorised Biography, with Dr Helen Burke, and in 2004 wrote Politicians and Other Animals, a sketch on Irish politics.

She was Chairperson of the Office of the Ombudsman's 20th Anniversary Conference.[3]

In 2009, she left the Roman Catholic Church over the cover up of clerical abuse scandals and the long-standing refusal of the church to ordain women.[4]

She was married to Paul Tansey, Economics Editor of The Irish Times. He died suddenly in September 2008.[5] She has one daughter, Emily Tansey. On 5 December 2011 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by her alma mater UCD. In 2017, Trinity College Dublin awarded her with an honorary doctorate.[6]

She is a cousin of TV personality and wine expert Oz Clarke.

Awards and honours

O'Leary won three Jacob's Awards during her broadcasting career with RTÉ. Her first came in 1973 for her work as a radio news reporter. In 1982, she won her second Jacob's Award for her hosting of Today Tonight. Her chairing of Questions and Answers brought her a third award in 1986. She has also won a Sony Award for her BBC Radio 4 programme Between Ourselves. In 2019 she was admitted as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Drivetime Thursday 14 April 2016 – Drivetime – RTÉ Radio 1". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ^ "The Afternoon Show: Olivia O'Leary – Party Animals". The Afternoon Show. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Press release" Archived 20 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Ombudsman Ireland, 15 October 2004.
  4. ^ http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/oleary-leaves-catholic-church-over-stance-on-women-priests-16095543.html?r=RSS#IDComment247782885 [dead link]
  5. ^ "Irish Times' Paul Tansey dies suddenly". RTÉ News. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  6. ^ "Registrar : Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  7. ^ "27 New Members elected to the Academy". Royal Irish Academy. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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