Evelyn O'Rourke was born on 1972 and is an Irish broadcaster and journalist employed by RTE.
16 Facts About Evelyn O'Rourke
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Evelyn O'Rourke is the current Arts and Media Correspondent for RTE News since February 2024.
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Evelyn O'Rourke has served as a presenter on several RTE programmes, including Drivetime, Liveline and Morning Ireland, as well as an annual series on which she offers advice to Leaving Certificate students.
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Evelyn O'Rourke was then transferred to The Arts Show with Mike Murphy, and later to Today with Pat Kenny, Ryan Tubridy's The Full Irish and The Gerry Ryan Show.
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From 2008 to 2010, Evelyn O'Rourke took on the role of radio reporter and television presenter for the RTE cross-media event Operation Transformation with Gerry Ryan.
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Evelyn O'Rourke presented Countdown to 306, a nightly one-hour exam preparation programme on RTE 2fm on the build up to the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams.
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Evelyn O'Rourke was a judge on the 10 January 2010 edition of series two of The All Ireland Talent Show after Shane Lynch's flight from London was cancelled, despite having given birth to her first son just six weeks earlier.
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Evelyn O'Rourke was a judge on TG4 variety show Glas Vegas.
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In 2014, Evelyn O'Rourke wrote a best-selling memoir Dear Ross, which detailed her life following a cancer diagnosis while pregnant.
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Since January 2021, Evelyn O'Rourke has presented Study Hub, an annual Leaving Certificate programme and podcast series on RTE Radio 1.
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Evelyn O'Rourke has co-presented the Irish Book Awards on RTE One and reports on the Today programme, as well as presenting and reporting for the arts programme Arena on RTE Radio 1.
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On 29 February 2024, Evelyn O'Rourke was announced as Sinead Crowley's successor as Arts and Media Correspondent for RTE News.
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In November 2024, Evelyn O'Rourke was assigned by RTE News to report on Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin for the general election.
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Evelyn O'Rourke is married to John McMahon, former head of RTE 2fm and current RTE executive producer.
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Evelyn O'Rourke's second son was born on 2 February 2011.
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Evelyn O'Rourke was diagnosed with breast cancer during her second pregnancy.