Claire O'Callaghan is an Irish

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and

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and

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, employed by

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. Claire reports and reads the news and sport semi nationally for i102-104 and sister station i105-107. Claire used to work for

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Citybeat. She has a BA Honours Degree in English and English Literature from

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, and a Masters in Journalism from the

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. Claire was the winner of The Journalism Diversity Fund

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in 2008. She is now working with RTÉ four live and The Daily Show.
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