Harry McGee
Harry McGee | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | BA (1987), HDip (1989), LLB (1993), Barrister-at-Law (1995) |
| Alma mater | University College Galway |
| Occupation | Political journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Young Journalist of the Year Irish ExaminerPolitical editor The Irish TimesPolitical correspondent |
| Spouse | Fiona Breslin |
| Children | One daughter |
Harry McGeeis the political correspondent withThe Irish Times.[1]He has previously worked for several publications, including being political editor of theIrish Examiner,[2][3]as well as jobs with theSunday Tribune,theSunday Press,theConnacht Tribunenewspapers, public service broadcasterRTÉand has also editedMagill.[1]He has appeared as a commentator onRTÉ Radio 1,NewstalkandTV3.
McGee is originally fromSalthill,County Galway.[1]His mother, Eithne Conway-McGee, was a doctor, and was President of theIrish College of General Practitionersfor a time.[4]He studied atColáiste Iognáid[5]and atUniversity College Galway,earning a BA (1987), HDip (1989) and LLB (1993).[6]He has won the award for Young Journalist of the Year.[1]He left his job as the political editor with theIrish Examinerto take up a new job withThe Irish Timesin January 2008 and was promoted to the post of political correspondent for that publication in December 2009.[1]
McGee wrote, presented and produced the seven-part GUBU podcast series forThe Irish Timesin 2022. He has also written and presented several TV documentaries for RTÉ and TG4 and wrote the RTÉ Legacy Documentaries onMartin McGuinnessandP. J. Mara.His main pastimes are the GAA and mountaineering with theIrish Mountaineering Club.
Bibliography[edit]
- McGee, Harry(2023).The Murderer and the Taoiseach: Death, Politics and GUBU - Revisiting the Notorious Malcolm Macarthur Case.Hachette.[7]
References[edit]
- ^abcde"'Irish Times' appointment ".The Irish Times.5 December 2009.Retrieved23 December2009.
- ^Eoghan, Harris(27 May 2007)."Fairy-tale media's ugly duckling became Bertie the Black Swan".Sunday Independent.Retrieved23 December2009.
- ^Paul Cunningham (30 November 2007)."A Green Budget".RTÉ.Retrieved23 December2009.
- ^"Eithne Conway-McGee obituary: Doctor who cared for Galway's most marginal people".Irishtimes.August 2018.
- ^"Irish Times appointment".The Irish Times.,retrieved 8 February 2016
- ^"Irish Times Journalist Harry McGee Appointed to NUI Galway Governing Authority; Údarás na hOllscoile".19 March 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 30 May 2015.
- ^"The Murderer and the Taoiseach by Harry McGee: Why the Malcolm Macarthur case remains as grotesque and bizarre as ever".Irish Independent.20 May 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website(archived viaWayback Machine)
- Politics blogatThe Irish Times
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- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Galway
- Connacht Tribune people
- Irish Examiner people
- Irish magazine editors
- Magill people
- Writers from Galway (city)
- Sunday Tribune people
- The Irish Times people
- Irish non-fiction writers
- Irish documentary filmmakers
- People educated at Coláiste Iognáid
- 20th-century Irish journalists
- 21st-century Irish journalists
- Irish journalist stubs