Culture That Made Me: Rachael English on Springsteen, Maeve Binchy, and Spotlight

Best known as a presenter on RTÉ radio, Rachael English has also written seven novels 

Rachael English has a new novel. 

Born in 1968, Rachael English moved from the UK to Ireland aged four, growing up in Shannon, Co Clare. In 1991, she joined RTÉ as a news reader, going on to present several radio shows, including Five Seven Live. In 2010, she joined the Morning Ireland team before moving this summer to present RTÉ Radio 1’s flagship lunchtime programme, News at One. Her seventh novel Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? is published by Hachette.

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