Donal MacIntyre
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MacIntyre at Birmingham City University in November 2013
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25 January 1966 Dublin, Ireland |
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Donal MacIntyre (born 25 January 1966) is an Irish investigative journalist, specialising in investigations, undercover operations and television exposés.
The risks of repeatedly going undercover have meant that MacIntyre has increasingly turned to presenting on films where his colleagues have undertaken the undercover work. He has also branched out into more traditional presenting roles, on weather phenomena and wildlife documentaries on the BBC and Channel 5. In 2007 he directed the Sundance Film Festival premiered A Very British Gangster. From April 2010, MacIntyre presented ITV's local news show London Tonight, departing after only a few months after taking up the post.
In 2009, MacIntyre took part in the fourth series of Dancing on Ice, where he was runner-up to Ray Quinn. In 2014, he participated in the first series of The Jump where he was runner-up to Joe McElderry.
MacIntyre currently fronts the CBS Reality documentary series Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, which looks at unsolved cold cases such as abductions and murders, that MacIntyre and his team of experts try to shed new light upon.
MacIntyre is a twin and one of family of five children. His older brother Darragh is also an investigative journalist.
He was educated in Dublin and London, and completed a master's degree in Communication Policy at City University, London.
After graduation he worked as a newspaper reporter for the Sunday Tribune and later with The Irish Press in Dublin, covering finance, sports and news. He undertook his first investigative reporting into the Law Society investigating allegations of restrictive practises. He then wrote similar investigative articles for The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Express and the New Statesman.
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