Mark Brennock is an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 journalist and Public Relations director. He used to work for The Irish Times

The Irish Times

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He was educated in University College Dublin

University College Dublin

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 (B.A. Economics and Politics) and Dublin City University

Dublin City University

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 (Journalism). Until 2006, he served as Chief Political Correspondent

Correspondent

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 for The Irish Times, a daily broadsheet in Ireland. During 20 years career as a journalist he also as Chief Northern

Northern Ireland

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 Editor, Deputy News Editor and Foreign Affairs Correspondent at the paper. He won four National awards for journalism. Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins (journalist)

Stephen Collins, an Irish journalist and author, is a Political Correspondent with The Irish Times. An award-winning journalist, he previously served under the title of Political Editor at the Irish newspapers The Irish Press, and the Sunday Tribune.He has published books on the Cosgrave political...

 was appointed as his successor at the paper. It was suggested at the time that he was leaving the paper for being too 'soft' on the left, which didn't coincide with editor and former Progressive Democrat T.D.

Teachta Dála

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 Geraldine Kennedy

Geraldine Kennedy

Geraldine Kennedy is an Irish journalist, former politician, and former editor of The Irish Times newspaper.She became the first female editor of The Irish Times upon the departure of Conor Brady in 2002. Kennedy had held several senior positions at the paper; at the time of her appointment to the...

's viewpoints. He has also served on the Adoption Board of Ireland.

He became Director of Public Relations at Murray Consultants following his departure from the newspaper.