Claire Byrne | A mentor in Gay Byrne, Irish mother & baby homes & surviving the treadmill

This episode features RTE television and radio broadcaster, Claire Byrne. Claire hosts Claire Byrne Live on RTE television and Today with Claire Byrne on RTE Radio 1 and is one of the most prominent journalists in Ireland.

We chat about Claire's journey from BBC to ITN back to TV3 and RTE in Ireland. We talk about her finding a mentor of sorts in Gay Byrne and we discuss the mother and baby home scandal in Ireland and how journalists must try to keep this story in the news.

Show Notes

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Credits
Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

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