Aine Lawlor

Áine Lawlor
Áine Lawlor (left) with Cathal Mac Coille
Born	Coolock, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin
Occupation	Journalist, broadcaster
Notable credit(s)	Morning Ireland
Spouse(s)	Ian Wilson
Children	4

Aine Lawlor is an Irish radio and television broadcaster who co-hosts the Morning Ireland radio show on RTÉ Radio 1. She famously presented the show's first ever and so far only Sunday morning broadcast on 7 December 2008 when she announced news of the Irish pork crisis.

Lawlor has worked on several radio and television shows, including "The Week in Politics", Today with Pat Kenny, Today at 5, The Nature of Things, Tuesday File, Today Tonight and One to One. She has also narrated States of Fear.

She has been described as one of Ireland's "sharpest, most experienced broadcasters".

Lawlor graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1984 having spent time as President of the Students' Union. She moved to arts administration, before going to RTÉ as a radio announcer. She went on to be a trainee journalist. In radio, she worked on Today with Pat Kenny, Today at 5, RTÉ 2fm News. In television, she has worked on The Nature of Things, Tuesday File and Today Tonight. She was also a narrator of States of Fear, a programme on abuse in residential institutions.

Currently she presents Morning Ireland, Ireland's most listened to radio programme which has been on air since 1984. She has interviewed, amongst others, ESB union boss, David Naughton, US Democratic politician, Doctor Schmoo and Harald zur Hausen, a Nobel Laureate and the first doctor to prove that cervical cancer was caused by a virus. It was Lawlor's voice that first informed morning radio listeners on the island of Ireland that all international Irish pork products had been recalled in December 2008. This was particularly unusual because her voice (and the Morning Ireland theme tune) was heard on the airwaves on Sunday, despite the show only being scheduled to air on weekday mornings. The Irish Independent described the occurrence as "a kind of a War of the Worlds moment", with nobody able to recall the show being broadcast on a Sunday before, and speculation mounting that the sound of the theme music must signal a major death or nuclear war. When former minister for agriculture Brendan Smith promised free cheese for the masses her interview with him made worldwide headlines.