Robert Shortt (born 1971) is an Irish journalist and former current affairs broadcaster. He is the

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Economics Correspondent since 2019. He previously was the Business Correspondent and

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Correspondent for RTÉ News, and worked as a reporter with RTÉ's flagship current affairs programme ''

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''. Shortt began his journalistic career with ''

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'' and

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before joining

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in 1998, working on radio as a reporter on ''

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'' before being appointed

Business Correspondent in 2001. In that role he created and co-presented '' The Business Programme'' on

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. From 2005 to 2008, Shortt was based in the

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as RTÉ's Washington correspondent. He covered stories such as

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and the

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. Since returning to Ireland, he worked as a reporter on ''

'', winning a Smurfit Business Journalist Award for his documentary on Ireland's economic collapse.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shortt, Robert 1971 births Living people RTÉ newsreaders and journalists Alumni of University College Dublin People educated at Presentation College, Bray People from Bray, County Wicklow Broadcasters from County Wicklow