1. Shona Murray,
Rockville Lodge,
Newtownpark Avenue,
Co. Dublin.
Telephone: +353 87 226 3970
Email: shonamurray3@gmail.com
Irish and Foreign Affairs correspondent (full time): Newstalk.com – radio and
web
Ireland stringer for Radio France International (English speaking desk)
EU/Foreign Affairs reporter for The Irish Independent, The Sunday Business Post
and The Irish Examiner.
M. Phil, International Peace Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
LL.M, international law, Trinity College Dublin
US State Department, Edward R. Murrow Alum 2009
Nominated Irish news reporter of the year 2014
European Affairs reporter for Newstalk radio – present
Report from all European Summits (council meetings, Eco-fin & Parliament plenary
sessions in Brussels and Strasbourg)
Conduct interviews and report on European issues including European foreign policy and
economic and monetary affairs.
Reporter for Newstalk radio, Ireland; covering social and political issues. Most
recent: Ireland’s Mother and Baby homes, Direct Provision establishments for asylum
seekers, symphisiotomy survivors, EU and local elections.
Presenter, ‘World in Motion’ – international affairs weekly programme.
Newstalk.ie/worldinmotion
Recent international reportage:
• China: Irish President’s 10 day state visit (December 2014)
• Ethiopia/Malawi: Irish President’s 3 week state visit (November 2014)
• Gaza and Israel coverage of this years’ 8 week conflict (July/Aug 2014)
• Erbil, Iraq: documenting the political, military and humanitarian fallout from ISIS
advances in North and West Iraq. (June 2014)
Rwanda/The Democratic Republic of Congo (April 2014)
• Reporting on the 20th
anniversary since the genocide and the continuing legacy in
nearby DRC/remnants of interahamwe and Rwandan groups and the sexual
violence perpetrated by them.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, (April 2014)
• Reported on: conditions in the prison: force-feeding of hunger-striking detainees,
indefinite detention, mental health of detainees.
• The status of detainees as ‘unlawful enemy combatants’ or POW’s.
• Whether detainees get visits from the ICRC
• The use of torture or enhanced interrogation techniques.
• Washington DC (March)
• US/Russia politics re Crimea
• Speculation about Hilalry Clinton running for president
• Irish government visit to White House
• South Sudan (Dec 13/Jan 14) Documenting stories from survivors in
displacement camps as violence continued to spread throughout the country.
• Reporting the consistent attacks on civilians by soldiers of each tribe.
• Syrian conflict: Lebanon, November 2013 and Sep 2013.
• Covering a number of issues including the worsening experience of refugees in
Lebanon as they risk their lives though unofficial borders and tunnels to get to
safety.
• Documenting hunger, disease, trauma including violence and sexual assault
suffered by many whom I spoke with.
• Also, the role of Hezbollah and the proposal for US-led strikes on the Assad regime
(Sep 2013)
