Carole Coleman: I would like to be remembered as a chronicler of events of my time

This Much I Know: "I'm scared of right-wing ideology and where it could lead us. When you look back in history, how it was able to engulf certain parts of Europe..."

Carole Coleman: I am scared of right-wing ideology and where it could lead us

We're an Irish American combo in my family. I met my husband Larry towards the end of my four-year stint as RTÉ’s Washington Correspondent. We have two teenage girls, Irena and Lana, 15 and 13. We do everything together. We're very close. We love reading, music, cooking. We missed out a bit on the old sporting genes.

My earliest memory is walking to school hand in hand with a blonde-haired lad from the pub down the street. I'm not sure whether it's a real memory or I think I remember it because we have it on old camera roll from the time.