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Miriam O'Callaghan
Miriam O'Callaghan (born 1959 or 1960) is an Irish television current affairs presenter with RTÉ.
O'Callaghan has presented Prime Time since 1996, and her own summer talk show, Saturday Night with Miriam, from 2005 onwards. In the summer of 2009, she began a radio show, Miriam Meets..., since replaced by live show Sunday with Miriam. She is also the first woman to present a full episode of The Late Late Show.
O'Callaghan received her Bachelor of Civil Law in 1979 and a Diploma in European Law in 1981.
Her brother, politician Jim O'Callaghan is a Fianna Fáil TD and since 24 January 2025 has served as Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. Her sister, Anne, had cancer and died aged 33.
O'Callaghan worked for British national broadcaster the BBC before returning to Ireland after being headhunted by RTÉ in 1993 to present Marketplace, an economics and business programme. She worked on the first series of ITV's Tonight with Sir Trevor McDonald until 1999. Since 1996, RTÉ secured her services exclusively as the presenter of Prime Time.
In 2005, she began the first series of her own summer talk show, Saturday Night with Miriam. O'Callaghan made her debut as a radio presenter on 11 July 2009 on the programme, Miriam Meets, to run for eight weeks. It was confirmed in August 2009 that the programme would return permanently to RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday mornings. In 2013, she stood in as a long-term replacement on RTÉ Radio One in the daily morning slot from 9 am to 10 am when presenter John Murray was on extended sick leave. After this she was given a new live Sunday morning radio show on RTÉ Radio One from 10am until 11am.
In 2011, O'Callaghan fronted RTÉ's coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's state visit to Ireland in May 2011, and in October of that year hosted the Prime Time debate with the seven candidates standing in the 2011 Irish presidential election. Her treatment of Martin McGuinness resulted in more than 100 complaints to RTÉ.
She hosted RTÉ's 50th anniversary party on New Year's Eve 2011, attended by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and Jedward.
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Miriam O'Callaghan
Miriam O'Callaghan (born 1959 or 1960) is an Irish television current affairs presenter with RTÉ.
O'Callaghan has presented Prime Time since 1996, and her own summer talk show, Saturday Night with Miriam, from 2005 onwards. In the summer of 2009, she began a radio show, Miriam Meets..., since replaced by live show Sunday with Miriam. She is also the first woman to present a full episode of The Late Late Show.
O'Callaghan received her Bachelor of Civil Law in 1979 and a Diploma in European Law in 1981.
Her brother, politician Jim O'Callaghan is a Fianna Fáil TD and since 24 January 2025 has served as Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. Her sister, Anne, had cancer and died aged 33.
O'Callaghan worked for British national broadcaster the BBC before returning to Ireland after being headhunted by RTÉ in 1993 to present Marketplace, an economics and business programme. She worked on the first series of ITV's Tonight with Sir Trevor McDonald until 1999. Since 1996, RTÉ secured her services exclusively as the presenter of Prime Time.
In 2005, she began the first series of her own summer talk show, Saturday Night with Miriam. O'Callaghan made her debut as a radio presenter on 11 July 2009 on the programme, Miriam Meets, to run for eight weeks. It was confirmed in August 2009 that the programme would return permanently to RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday mornings. In 2013, she stood in as a long-term replacement on RTÉ Radio One in the daily morning slot from 9 am to 10 am when presenter John Murray was on extended sick leave. After this she was given a new live Sunday morning radio show on RTÉ Radio One from 10am until 11am.
In 2011, O'Callaghan fronted RTÉ's coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's state visit to Ireland in May 2011, and in October of that year hosted the Prime Time debate with the seven candidates standing in the 2011 Irish presidential election. Her treatment of Martin McGuinness resulted in more than 100 complaints to RTÉ.
She hosted RTÉ's 50th anniversary party on New Year's Eve 2011, attended by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and Jedward.