Dearbhail MCDONALD
- Author & Broadcaster
- Infinite Deep Media
Bio
Dearbhail McDonald is an award-winning Irish journalist, author and television documentary maker. A global Eisenhower Fellow, Dearbhail has won a series of awards for her contribution to public affairs journalism including the Outstanding Achievement Award from the UCD Smurfit Business School and the Mary Cummins Award for Women of Outstanding Achievement in Media.
President of the Strategy Committee of the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, Ireland’s cultural flagship in Europe, Dearbhail also serves as Secretary of La Fondation Irlandaise. The author of Bust: How the Courts Exposed the Rotten Heart of the Irish Economy (Penguin), Dearbhail has used her platforms to consistently highlight a range of diverse issues affecting women and girls, including workplace equality, gender based violence, the socio-economic impacts of declining birth rates (Fertility Shock, RTE, 2019) and the contribution of women religious in Irish Life (The Last Nuns in Ireland, RTE, 2024).
Dearbhail holds an LL.B (Law) from Trinity College Dublin as well as a Masters Degree in Journalism from Dublin City University
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