Culture That Made Me: Claire Byrne includes Marian Finucane, Dallas, ET among touchstones

The Newstalk presenter is also a big fan of audiobooks 

Claire Byrne presents a weekday show on Newstalk. Picture: Conor McCabe

Claire Byrne, 50, grew up on a farm outside Mountrath, Co Laois. She got her first job in television with TV3 in 1999, as news anchor on Ireland AM. She joined Newstalk in 2006. In 2010, she left to join RTÉ, presenting various shows over a 15-year spell, including Prime Time and Claire Byrne Live on television, as well as the station’s flagship morning radio programme for several years. She recently rejoined Newstalk, where she presents The Claire Byrne Show weekdays from 9am – 12pm.

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