Journalist and broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan has said she is "really nervous" about telling her life story as she announced the publication of her memoir later this year.
The 65-year-old Dubliner will publish Life, Work Everything with Penguin Books Ireland on 30 October.
In a post on her Instagram account, the Prime Time and Sunday with Miriam presenter said: "So this is happening. I can’t actually believe I have written my book. Let’s just say it’s taken a while, I first got a contract from @penguinbooksireland Sandycove twenty years ago.
"I was always so busy, I still am, but with a prompt from my ace Sandycove editor Patricia Deevy, I decided to do it. If not now, when I thought.
Initially planned as a look back at her journalism career, Miriam soon realised "it was impossible to separate the personal and professional parts of my life".
The memoir will explore key moments from her life and career - from covering elections, referendums and national tragedies on Prime Time, to her family life as a mother of eight.
O'Callaghan also revealed her nerves about sharing her story: "All I hope is that people will read it and find it interesting, authentic, entertaining and hopeful."
