Title
Kennedy, Geraldine
Description
Bibliographic Dictionary Entry
Date
1951
Creator
O'Toole, Tina
Source
Munster Women Writers Project, University College Cork
Publisher
Women in Irish Society Project, University College Cork
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Coverage
Munster, Ireland, 1800-2000
Format
Text
Language
en
Type
Text
Subject
Kennedy, Geraldine
Contributor
O'Toole, Tina
Birth Date
1951
Birthplace
Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary
Biographical Text
Born in Carrick-on-Suir in 1951, educated there, in Waterford and in Dublin, where she studied journalism. Her first job was as a junior reporter with the Cork Examiner (1970-73), then she moved to The Irish Times. She went on to become Political Correspondent with The Sunday Tribune in 1980, the first woman to be appointed a political correspondent in Ireland. She then spent five years with The Sunday Press until her election to the Dáil as political representative for the Progressive Democrat party in 1987. Following a change in government she returned to The Irish Times where she was the Political Editor before being appointed Editor of the newspaper in 2002.
Writing Genre
Journalism