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词条 George Lee (journalist)
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  1. Early and personal life

  2. Career

     Political career  Resignation from politics  Return to RTÉ 

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = George Lee
| nationality = Irish
| honorific-suffix =
| image = George Lee at count.jpg
| imagesize = 175px
| smallimage =
| caption = Lee at the by-election count in June 2009.
| office = Teachta Dála
| term_start = 6 June 2009
| term_end = 8 February 2010
| constituency = Dublin South
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Templeogue, Dublin, Ireland
| alma_mater = University College Dublin,
London School of Economics
| occupation = Journalist, Economist, Broadcaster and former Politician
| party = Fine Gael (2009–10)
| spouse = Mary Lee
| children = 2
| website =
| footnotes =
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George Lee (born 27 September 1962)[1] is an Irish economist, journalist, television and radio presenter, and former Fine Gael politician. He worked for RTÉ from 1992 to 2009. He was appointed Economics Editor in 1996. During his time in RTÉ News and Current Affairs he was named Irish Journalist of the Year for uncovering a major tax evasion and overcharging scandal at National Irish Bank. He has also presented many documentary programmes for RTÉ.

Lee became a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency in June 2009, winning a by-election with a 53.4% majority and was referred to as a "celebrity TD". On 8 February 2010 Lee announced his resignation both from Fine Gael and from Dáil Éireann, having spent nine months in politics. His reasoning was that he had "virtually no influence or input". He returned to RTÉ in May 2010,[2] and presented Mind Your Business, followed by The Business on RTÉ Radio 1 from 2010.

Early and personal life

Lee's father was a motor mechanic and his mother was a hairdresser.[3] Lee was the seventh in a family of eight children and grew up in Templeogue, Dublin.[4] He attended Coláiste Éanna, a Christian Brothers' School in the Dublin suburb of Ballyroan. Lee is a graduate of University College Dublin and holds an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics where his specialist area was labour economics and unemployment.

He is married to Mary Lee (née Kitson),[5] they have two children, Alison and Harry,[4] and lives in Cabinteely. Lee famously travelled to work in RTÉ using a Segway,[1] once giving it a test ride live on Tubridy Tonight.[6]

Career

Lee joined the civil service as an executive officer in the Central Statistics Office.[3] Two years later he started at University College Dublin where he studied economics under academics such as Brendan Walsh and Peter Neary.

Prior to his move into broadcasting, he lectured in NUI, Galway and then worked as a journalist with The Sunday Business Post. Lee was also a Senior Economist at Riada Stockbrokers. He also worked as Treasury Economist with FTI[10] and as a research economist with the Central Bank of Ireland.[3]

From 1992 to 2009 he worked in RTÉ, the public broadcasting service of Ireland. He was appointed Economics Editor with RTÉ in 1996.[7] Lee was named Irish Journalist of the Year, along with Charlie Bird, in 1998 after they uncovered a major tax evasion and overcharging scandal at National Irish Bank. He has devised, researched and presented several television series, including Moneybox, More To Do, Winds of Change, and Beyond the Berlin Wall. He is thought of as an "economics guru".[8] He left RTÉ "in the late 1990s" to work for BCP Stockbrokers. He left the job and returned to his RTÉ post the next day.[9]

Before embarking on his political career, he filmed a four-part series based on the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2008.[10] It was aired on RTÉ One in November 2009.[11]

George Lee was parodied in the 1990s comedy Bull Island, where he was seen "menacingly staring down the lens of a camera",[12] and has also been featured on RTÉ 2fm's Nob Nation.[13]

Political career

On 5 May 2009 on the News at One on RTÉ Radio 1, Lee announced that he was resigning as Economic Editor with RTÉ and announced his intention to seek the Fine Gael nomination for the Dublin South by-election in 2009.[14] Lee took a year's unpaid leave from RTÉ in May 2009.[15] On 6 May 2009 Lee was chosen as the Fine Gael candidate for the by-election. He was the only candidate for the nomination.[16]

He was elected on the first count to represent Dublin South on 6 June 2009. He received over 53% of the 1st preference vote. In total he received 27,768 1st preference votes.[17][18] His RTÉ position was filled by Europe editor Sean Whelan,[19] but only as correspondent.[20] Instead, David Murphy was promoted to Business Editor. When elected, Lee was referred to as a "Celebrity TD".[21]

In an opinion poll concerning support for possible candidates in the 2011 presidential election conducted by the Sunday Independent in October 2009, Lee came third, receiving 12% support, in front of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern among other high-profile politicians.[22]

Lee highlighted the failure of EMPG, the holding company for US publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the potential impact on the Irish taxpayers of the loans given by Anglo Irish Bank to the investors in EMPG on 13 January 2010. Lee saw this as another example for the urgent need of an investigation into the Irish banking crisis.[23]

Resignation from politics

On 8 February 2010 he announced his resignation from Fine Gael and from Dáil Éireann, due to having "virtually no influence or input" into shaping Fine Gael's economic policies at a time of economic upheaval.[24][25] It emerged that on 2 February, Lee met with the Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and told him of his intention to resign. Kenny then offered Lee the frontbench position as spokesman on economic planning. Speaking to reporters outside Leinster House soon after his announcement, Lee said it would have been dishonest of him to accept the position: "I had absolutely no input for nine months. I think I had to be honest with myself and honest with the electorate about that and not pretend." Asked if his resignation was a vote of no confidence in Kenny, Lee said there were "certainly lots of large mutterings at the moment in relation to the leader's position". He said he had "minimal involvement" with Fine Gael finance spokesman Richard Bruton. "I had a maximum of two or three conversations with Richard Bruton in a total nine months period. I don’t know how my relationship is with [him]" Lee said.[26]

Kenny noted Lee had been appointed chair of the party's committee on economic policy and also its forum. "I had anticipated a very important role for [George Lee] in the coming period with Fine Gael." Kenny's spokesman later dismissed the proposition that the resignation had implications for his leadership. He cited the public endorsement of Kenny by 20 Dáil deputies over the course of the weekend.[26] Former Fine Gael leader Michael Noonan said he was surprised at the decision: "I thought that George Lee was fitting in well", adding that he believed he would have been a cabinet member in a Fine Gael-led government.

George Lee was criticised after his resignation by Senator Eoghan Harris, who was speaking on the Lunchtime programme of Newstalk Radio. Harris suggested financial considerations and long working hours of politicians were the reasons why Lee resigned.[27][28] Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes, who was Lee's campaign manager in the Dublin South by-election, said that in discussions with Lee, the latter had complained about "a major reduction in his income" since leaving RTÉ to become a Dáil backbencher. Lee denied that financial considerations had anything to do with his decision to quit politics.[29]

Return to RTÉ

RTÉ received a letter from Lee confirming his intentions to return after his leave of absence.[30] The Sunday Tribune said on 14 February 2010 that he would have to wait for three months before returning to RTÉ.[9] Exactly a year after leaving RTÉ, he returned to the broadcaster on 5 May 2010.[31] He worked as an advisor on the RTÉ business desk. He presented Mind Your Business[32] on RTÉ Radio 1 on Saturday Mornings as a summer replacement for The Business.[2]

When John Murray moved to present his own programme, Lee took over The Business slot on 4 September 2010 on Saturday mornings on RTÉ Radio 1.[33] In addition to the radio edition, Lee has presented a televised version on RTÉ One, also titled The Business.[34]

References

1. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0509/1224246181570.html |title=From goggle box to ballot box |author=Deaglán De Bréadún |date=9 May 2009 |newspaper=The Irish Times |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nW3bfprD?url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0509/1224246181570.html |archivedate=13 February 2010 |accessdate=10 May 2009 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
2. ^1 {{cite news|author=Jason O'Brien|title=Lee back on RTÉ airwaves as host of new show|publisher=Independent News & Media|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lee-back-on-rte-airwaves-as-host-of-new-show-2218058.html|accessdate=12 June 2010|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=12 June 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2016}}
3. ^1 2 {{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/he-didnt-make-friends-and-looked-down-on-us-26630808.html|title='He didn't make friends and looked down on us'|author=Aine Kerr|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=9 February 2010|accessdate=13 February 2010}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.rteguide.ie/2008/0120/staroftheday.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130217233916/http://www.rteguide.ie/2008/0120/staroftheday.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=17 February 2013 |title=RTÉ article on George Lee in China |work=RTÉ Guide |date=20 January 2008 |accessdate=21 February 2009 }}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crowd-puller-of-messianic-proportions-takes-to-pulpit-to-spread-his-message-1.625724|title=Crowd-puller of messianic proportions takes to pulpit to spread his message|author=Michael Parsons|date=23 February 2010|work=The Irish Times|quote=His wife, Mary (nee Kitson) is a native of Borrisokane, Co Tipperary.|accessdate=23 February 2010}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/tubridytonight/20090321.html|title=Tubridy Tonight|work=RTÉ|date=21 March 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nXV2WcuF?url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/tubridytonight/20090321.html|archivedate=14 February 2010|accessdate=21 March 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy}}
7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/features/webchat/george_lee.html|title=RTÉ bio of George Lee|work=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|date=2 June 2006|accessdate=21 February 2009| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216060813/http://www.rte.ie/news/features/webchat/george_lee.html|archivedate=16 February 2009}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/lise-hand-portraitgate-lisbon-abuse-reports-floods-and-fbombs-it-really-was-some-year-26594227.html|title=Portraitgate, Lisbon, abuse reports, floods and F-bombs - it really was some year|author=Lisa Hand|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=24 December 2009|accessdate=24 December 2009}}
9. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.tribune.ie/news/home-news/article/2010/feb/14/lee-a-td-for-nine-months-a-stockbroker-for-one-day/ |title=Lee: a TD for nine months, a stockbroker for one day |author=Jennifer Bray |date=14 February 2010 |newspaper=Sunday Tribune |accessdate=15 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218131524/http://www.tribune.ie/news/home-news/article/2010/feb/14/lee-a-td-for-nine-months-a-stockbroker-for-one-day/ |archivedate=18 February 2010 |df=dmy }}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/lee-is-back-on-rte-but-just-for-a-tv-special-1921357.html |title=Lee is back on RTÉ but just for a TV special |author=Geraldine Gittens |date=22 October 2009 |work=Evening Herald |accessdate=24 October 2009 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://tvsales.rte.ie/programming/factual.htm#prog03 |title=RTÉ Television Sales: Beyond the Berlin Wall |work=RTÉ |accessdate=24 October 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901064420/http://tvsales.rte.ie/programming/factual.htm |archivedate= 1 September 2009 |df=dmy }}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/home-family/theres-a-new-poster-boy-on-the-block-27911807.html|title=There's a new poster boy on the block|author=Collette Fitzpatrick|date=15 May 2009|newspaper=Evening Herald|accessdate=26 July 2009}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/5088196.html|title=Nob Nation 2 - The Recession Album|work=Hot Press|accessdate=26 July 2009}}
14. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0505/finegael.html |title=RTÉ's Lee to stand for FG in Dublin South |work=RTÉ News |date=5 May 2009 |accessdate=5 May 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508080536/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0505/finegael.html |archivedate= 8 May 2009 |df=dmy }}
15. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/exrte-editor-to-get-full-salary-if-he-returns-26630785.html|title=Ex-RTÉ editor to get full salary if he returns|work=RTÉ News|date=9 February 2010|accessdate=9 February 2010|first=Fiach|last=Kelly}}
16. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0506/election.html |title=Parties select bye-election candidates |work=RTÉ News |date=6 May 2009 |accessdate=7 May 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509090153/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0506/election.html |archivedate= 9 May 2009 |df=dmy }}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=9413|title=George Lee|work=ElectionsIreland.org|accessdate=24 September 2009}}
18. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0606/breaking1.htm |title=FG's Lee 'humbled' by landslide by-election win |author=Deaglán de Bréadún |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=6 June 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nXU1FOrq?url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0606/breaking1.htm |archivedate=14 February 2010 |accessdate=6 June 2009 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
19. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.ie/news/whelan-to-fill-lees-shoes-in-rte-rejig-27929924.html|title=Whelan to fill Lee's shoes in RTÉ rejig|author=Kevin Doyle|date=21 October 2009|newspaper=Evening Herald|accessdate=22 October 2009}}
20. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.iftn.ie/broadcast/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282633&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Sean Whelan New RTÉ Economics Correspondent|date=22 October 2009|work=IFTN|accessdate=22 October 2009}}
21. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.advertiser.ie/kilkenny/article/17845|title=FG TD George Lee to open 'Comer trade and craft fair'|author=Kate O'Neill|date=9 October 2009|newspaper=Kilkenny Advertiser|accessdate=24 October 2009}}
22. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/womans-place-is-still-in-the-aras-poll-26572771.html|title=Woman's place is still in the Aras -- poll|author=Jerome Reilly|date=11 October 2009|newspaper=Sunday Independent|accessdate=24 October 2009}}
23. ^{{cite news|url=http://irishdev.com/Home/News/821-eLearning-Education-Client-Drop-Out.html|title=eLearning Education Client Drop Out|date=13 January 2010|work=Irish Software Developers Network|accessdate=13 February 2010}}
24. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0208/leeg.html |title=Fine Gael TD George Lee resigns |work=RTÉ News |date=8 February 2010 |accessdate=8 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211115335/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0208/leeg.html |archivedate=11 February 2010 |df=dmy }}
25. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0208/breaking40.htm |title=George Lee resigns from Fine Gael and Dáil Éireann |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=8 February 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nXUMKeIZ?url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0208/breaking40.htm |archivedate=14 February 2010 |accessdate=8 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
26. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0209/1224264030191.html |title=Lee rejected Kenny offer of job on front bench |author=Harry McGee |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=9 February 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nXUSVKH5?url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0209/1224264030191.html |archivedate=14 February 2010 |accessdate=9 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
27. ^{{cite video|people=Eoghan Harris, Eamon Keane |date=10 February 2010 |title=Eoghan Harris on George Lee, Enda Kenny, and what it means to be a leader |url=http://media.newstalk.ie/extra/473/popup |medium=Radio broadcast |publisher=Newstalk |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nW38udjw?url=http://media.newstalk.ie/extra/473/popup |archivedate=13 February 2010 |accessdate=13 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
28. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0213/1224264353785.html |title=Miriam Lord's Week |author=Miriam Lord |date=13 February 2010 |newspaper=The Irish Times |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nXUYadCk?url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0213/1224264353785.html |archivedate=14 February 2010 |accessdate=13 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
29. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0211/1224264202736.html |title=Departure of Lee now in the past, says Kenny |author=Deaglán de Bréadún |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=11 February 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nXUf5tT9?url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0211/1224264202736.html |archivedate=14 February 2010 |accessdate=12 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
30. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-gets-letter-confirming-former-tds-return-26631711.html|title=RTÉ gets letter confirming former TD's return|author=Jason O'Brien|date=12 February 2010|newspaper=Irish Independent|accessdate=21 February 2010}}
31. ^{{cite news|author=Pat Stacey|title=Pat Stacey: What next for George Lee?|url=http://www.herald.ie/opinion/pat-stacey-what-next-for-george-lee-27950713.html|accessdate=12 June 2010|newspaper=Evening Herald|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=6 May 2010}}
32. ^{{cite news|title=Murray gets the Tubridy slot|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/murray-gets-the-tubridy-slot-26663477.html|accessdate=1 July 2010|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=1 July 2010|author=Ken Sweeney }}
33. ^{{cite news|title=George Lee to present The Business |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0831/leeg.html |accessdate=3 September 2010 |newspaper=RTÉ.ie |date=31 August 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902170145/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0831/leeg.html |archivedate= 2 September 2010 |df=dmy }}
34. ^{{cite web|title=RTÉ One: The Business|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/the_business.html|work=RTÉ.ie|accessdate=27 June 2012}}

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