Clare Cronin

Type of Programming:

Good stories of all sorts, so far this year:

• A documentary on heritage varieties of potato for Galway Bay FM.
• A mini-series and reading guide on Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, listen in at
  http://www.countrymix.ie/listen/onecityonebook.
• In production – a documentary for RTE radio 1.

Overview:

Clare Cronin is a graduate of UCC and a post-graduate from DCU’s Journalism school. She spent a busy decade as a print journalist with work printed in every major Irish publication (with the worthy exception of The Sunday Independent). Her work in print ( news and business) brought her onto the airwaves in various RTE radio 1 programmes such as “Today with Pat Kenny”, “The Gay Byrne Radio Show” and BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme.

She spent a few years working as content developer in New York and a university lecturer in Japan. In Dublin she also delivers FETAC modules on radio programme production and broadcasting for Dun Laoghaire VEC.