Olivia O'Leary

Olivia O'Leary
Born	1949 (age 67–68)
Nationality	Irish
Education	St Leo's College, Carlow
Alma mater	University College Dublin (UCD)
Occupation	Journalist, writer and current affairs presenter
Spouse(s)	Paul Tansey (d. 2008)
Children	Emily

Olivia O'Leary (born 1949) is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter.

Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin (UCD), she worked with the Nationalist and Leinster Times in Carlow. In the late 1970s she began working for The Irish Times as parliamentary sketchwriter.

She currently broadcasts a weekly a political diary on Drivetime, a radio programme broadcast by Raidió Teilifís Éireann's channel RTÉ Radio 1.

In 1972 she joined Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) as a current affairs presenter and later worked as a presenter on Today Tonight, Questions and Answers and Prime Time. She became the first regular female senior presenter of the BBC's current affairs programme, Newsnight and also presented First Tuesday, a monthly documentary strand produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV.

O'Leary won three Jacob's Awards during her broadcasting career with RTÉ. Her first came in 1973 for her work as a radio news reporter. In 1982, she won her second Jacob's Award for her hosting of Today Tonight. Her chairing of Questions and Answers brought her a third award in 1986. She has also won a Sony Award for her BBC Radio 4 programme Between Ourselves.

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