DECLAN WALSH
BComm International 1995
DECLAN WALSH
Irish journalist Declan Walsh has won a coveted Pulitzer Prize for journalism, along with the staff of the newspaper, fo...
Journalism
STEPHEN ROBB
BAgrSc Food and Agribusiness Management 2015, MAgrSc 2018
STEPHEN ROBB
Stephen Robb, Renewables Editor at the Irish Farmers Journal, a tillage farmer and director of the Northwest Energy Park...
MARY REGAN
MA European Studies 2005
MARY REGAN
Mary Regan has been appointed the first female political editor of the Irish Independent. In the role, the award winning...
PETER FINN
BA 1984, MA 1986
PETER FINN
Roscommon native Peter Finn has been appointed the new International Editor for The Washington Post. In the role, he wil...
DECLAN WALSH
BComm International 1995
Irish journalist Declan Walsh has won a coveted Pulitzer Prize for journalism, along with the staff of the newspaper, for coverage of the ongoing civil war in Sudan. The Mayo native is the chief Africa correspondent for The New York Times. Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prize is regarded as the highest national honour in print journalism. Walsh, who started his career as a journalist at the Business Post in 1998, has been based in Kenya since 2020, having been with The New York Times since 2012. Over his distinguished career, he has reported from numerous conflict zones, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Egypt, earning international acclaim for his fearless, insightful storytelling.
STEPHEN ROBB
BAgrSc Food and Agribusiness Management 2015, MAgrSc 2018
Stephen Robb, Renewables Editor at the Irish Farmers Journal, a tillage farmer and director of the Northwest Energy Park, a proposed anaerobic digestion project in Donegal, has joined Darragh McCullough and Ella McSweeney as a presenter on RTÉ’s Ear to the Ground. One of the country’s longest running TV shows, it explores the big issues facing farming and rural life, including climate change, biodiversity, food production, agri policy and social issues.
MARY REGAN
MA European Studies 2005
Mary Regan has been appointed the first female political editor of the Irish Independent. In the role, the award winning Galway journalist will oversee political coverage for the Irish Independent in digital and print, as well as the Sunday Independent. Regan has been a political reporter with RTÉ since 2018, and has covered Irish politics for more than a decade, including as political editor with the Irish Examiner and UTV Ireland. She is also a former news editor with the Business Post. She brings insight and experience to this high-profile role.
PETER FINN
BA 1984, MA 1986
Roscommon native Peter Finn has been appointed the new International Editor for The Washington Post. In the role, he will oversee more than 60 reporters, editors and other journalists in Washington and 23 locations around the world. A longtime foreign correspondent, Finn served as The Post’s National Security Editor from 2013 to 2022, overseeing teams that won a Pulitzer Prize three times. In his new role, he will focus on extending the reach of The Post’s international coverage at a time when many aspects of the world order are shifting.