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

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 a 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.

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.

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]{{dead link|date=June 2018}}

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.

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

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/drivetime/podcasts/ |title=Drivetime Thursday 14 April 2016 - Drivetime - RTÉ Radio 1 |publisher=RTÉ.ie |date= |accessdate=2016-04-14}}
2. ^{{cite news|first= |last= |title=The Afternoon Show: Olivia O'Leary - Party Animals |url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/1113058.html |work=The Afternoon Show |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |date= |accessdate=9 February 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302162906/http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/1113058.html |archivedate=2 March 2007 }}
3. ^"Press release" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720215011/http://www.ombudsman.gov.ie/en/PressReleases/Name,1932,en.htm |date=20 July 2006 }}, 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
5. ^{{cite news|title=Irish Times' Paul Tansey dies suddenly|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0922/tanseyp.html|work=RTÉ News|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=22 September 2008|accessdate=14 October 2008}}

External links

  • Olivia O'Leary at the British Film Institute
  • {{IMDb name|1696492}}
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