Valerie Cox has long experience in the newspaper business, with the Irish Independent group and with the Wicklow people. She covered the fall of the Berlin Wall during a period spent working in Germany.
John S. Doyle entered journalism when he and some friends founded In Dublin magazine in the late 70s. It attracted young writers and artists many of whom went on to become prominent figures in the arts and media.
Fiona Kelly's early career was in print journalism before she moved to RTÉ to work in radio. She is an award-winning radio producer and has presented several of her own documentary series for RTÉ.
Caroline Murphy's career has spanned sports, news, and TV and radio production. She presented the sports news on the very first Morning Ireland broadcast. Caroline now works as an Organisational Psychologist.
Deirdre Purcell has had many careers but is probably best known as a novelist and broadcaster. She divides her time between her on-air work for RTÉ and a 13th novel which she's writing in the tranquillity of the Beara Peninsula
Clodagh Walsh had an early introduction to broadcasting with a job at Waterford Local Radio while she was still at school. She was involved in theatre and lived in Italy for almost a decade before returning for a second stint at RTÉ.