Donal O'Donoghue

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Journalist at RTÉ

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Articles

Cathy Kelly on how her cancer diagnosis changed her

1 week ago | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

Novelist Cathy Kelly is selling her home, downsizing for the next act in a busy life. But her cancer diagnosis has affirmed that nothing can be taken for granted. Donal O'Donoghue visits her at home in Co Wicklow. "I planned to start a new book on the first day of my chemotherapy," says Cathy Kelly.
Patricia Scanlan on the "shock" of her breast cancer diagnosis

1 month ago | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

Last December the best-selling novelist, Patricia Scanlan, was diagnosed with breast cancer. "It was a shock," she says but on the eve of publication of the much-anticipated City Girls Forever, she is buoyed with optimism and bubbling with plans. Donal O'Donoghue talks to her. There’s something I need to ask Patricia Scanlan. It relates to a scene from her new novel, the much-anticipated sequel City Girls Forever, when Caroline seeks out the vibratory pleasures of her Rampant Rabbit.
Fulvio: "Running your own business can be a lonely place"

1 month ago | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

Catherine Fulvio wears many hats – cook, broadcaster, writer, businesswoman – but there are times when being the boss can be a lonely pursuit. Donal O'Donoghue stops by for a chat. "I’m ready for some sheep action now," says Catherine Fulvio, before zipping up her jacket and striding out onto her farm. I scoff my scone, baked earlier by the cook, and follow my host out into a field of sheep.
"My IVF story doesn't define me"

1 month ago | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

RTÉ 2FM presenter Tracy Clifford has been on the other side of the radio desk, talking about her fertility journey and her diagnosis with silent endometriosis. Life is for living, she tells Donal O’Donoghue. "If it works out that we have family, great, but if it doesn’t then we will be very happy with our life as well," says 2FM broadcaster Tracy Clifford of her fertility journey with her fiancé, Mark.
Jacqui Hurley on basketball: "I'd like to play into my 50s"

2 months ago | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

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Brian & Arthur on parenting and celebrating 10 years of marriage

Jan 14, 2025 | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

For Arthur Gourounlian and Brian Dowling, family has changed everything. Donal O'Donoghue meets the stars of the small screen to talk babies, trolls, loss and the bright side of life. Last summer, just before the birth of their second child, the trolling started again for Brian Dowling and his husband, Arthur Gourounlian. "Things escalated leading up to Blu’s arrival," says Dowling. "Our address had been shared online so we contacted the Guards.
Donal Skehan: "I'm always conscious of what is coming next"

Nov 4, 2024 | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue |Simon Delaney |Katie Hannon

With his latest foodie show Donal Skehan continues to preach the gospel of quality dining amid the fast pace of modern life. But can he learn to slow down, and what of his ambitions to make a return to showbiz? He talks to Donal O'Donoghue. Shortly into this interview I realise my mistake.
Simon Delaney on losing his parents: "I was 26 and an orphan"

Oct 22, 2024 | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

The multi-hyphenate Simon Delaney always has a few plates spinning, not least a raft of upcoming film and TV roles. He talks to Donal O'Donoghue about the forces that shaped him, the joys of fatherhood and publishing his first novel. "I went to college to study to be an accountant," says Simon Delaney of how it all might have been so different for the actor, writer, radio host and stage producer and most recently, published novelist.
Anna Geary: 'Grief will impact on how I live my life'

Oct 6, 2024 | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

Over the past two years, Anna Geary has experienced both sides of life – the joy of becoming a first-time mum as well as the pain of losing her father and brother. Donal O'Donoghue hears her story. Anna Geary is a woman rebuilding herself. Last October, just before his wedding day, her only sibling, Thomas, died suddenly. It followed the death of her dad, Michael, the previous March after a long illness with cancer.
Katie Hannon on grief, resilience and being an optimist

Sep 29, 2024 | rte.ie | Donal O'Donoghue

On the eve of Upfront with Katie Hannon, the show's host is anticipating a hectic year in politics. The Kerry Person of the Year talks with Donal O’Donoghue about family, resilience and the other career she might have chosen. For Katie Hannon the autumn and winter of 2010 was one of the toughest. In August of that year her twin girls were born two months premature, weighing just two and half pounds and three pounds respectively.