In the hot seat with Séan O'Rourke

INCISIVE, clear, concise, RTÉ journalist, Séan O’Rourke, is dogged in his pursuit of a story.

But this drive is at odds with his younger, breezy self. Describing himself as a late developer, education was not a priority.

“I didn’t kill myself in school, until I was in about sixth year. I didn’t do a tap,” he says. “I decided I’d better get serious about things.” He has been serious about his work ever since, with a high-profile career in journalism spanning close to four decades.