What we know about CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, who has been welcomed into the global Irish family

It only took one tweet from journalist Donie O'Sullivan to make CNN's chief White house correspondent Kaitlan Collins an honorary Irish woman, but she may have an Irish past of her own
What we know about CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, who has been welcomed into the global Irish family

Chief White House correspondent, Kaitlan Collins. Picture: CNN

Kerry man and CNN journalist Donie O’Sullivan became a household name in Ireland overnight after he reported live from the riots in Washington DC on January 6. 

O’Sullivan’s cool and collected reporting gained him legions of fans and thousands of new followers on social media. He's now spreading the word about one of his colleagues, chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, whom O’Sullivan says should be claimed as Irish.

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