Conor Pope (born 3 August 1968) is an Irish journalist, author and broadcaster who works for ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading n ...

'' as well as appearing on radio and television as a consumer advocate. Pope is the consumer affairs correspondent with the Times and writes the weekly Pricewatch page in ''The Irish Times'' as well as occupying a segment of the same name on ''The Ray D'Arcy Show'' on

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. He has also had a weekly slot on TV3's '' Six O'Clock Show'', and is the presenter of ''Conor Pope's Consumer 999'' on the same channel.

Early life

Born in

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

, Pope moved with his family to

County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...

when he was six and they returned when he was thirteen. He studied English and Philosophy at

University College Galway The University of Galway () is a public university, public research university located in the city of Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The university was founded in 1845 as "Queen's College, Galway". It was known as "University College, Ga ...

(UCG). Upon graduating, he took a programming course in

FÁS FÁS (), the common name for An Foras Áiseanna Saothair (; ), was a state agency in Ireland with responsibility for assisting those seeking employment. It was established in January 1988 under the Labour Services Act 1987 and was run by a board ...

, then worked at the ''

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'' as placement.

Career

In 1996, Pope joined ''The Irish Times'', becoming involved with the paper's website. Pope wrote a consumer advice book (''Stop Wasting Your Money''; Liberty Press), which was published in 2007, and contributed to two consumer-related shows on

RTÉ Television RTÉ Television is a department of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland's public service broadcaster. Its first channel was Telefís Éireann, which began broadcasting on 31 December 1961. Since the 1960s, RTÉ Television has added chan ...

in 2007 and 2009. In 2012, as part of his job, he rang into TV3's '' Psychic Readings Live'' and asked Psychic Wayne about a concern he felt that someone he is connected to in his job was stealing money belonging to other people. He was promptly cut off. He has supported a campaign to erect a statue in Galway in memory of

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, who was partly descended from the Lynch family of Galway. This was the subject of controversy when American politicians commented unfavourably on the proposed memorial.

References

External links

Pricewatch
at ''

'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Pope, Conor 1968 births Living people Alumni of the University of Galway Consumer rights activists Irish columnists Irish non-fiction writers Irish television personalities Writers from Galway (city) Writers from County Cork Radio personalities from the Republic of Ireland The Irish Times people The Ray D'Arcy Show Broadcasters from County Cork Broadcasters from County Galway