Damien Kiberd is an Irish journalist and commentator. He is one of the four founders of, and was formerly editor of, ''

The Sunday Business Post The ''Business Post'' (formerly ''The Sunday Business Post'') is a Sunday newspaper distributed nationally in Ireland and an online publication. It is focused mainly on business and financial issues in Ireland. Founding to Irish financial crisi ...

''. He is also a former business editor of ''

The Irish Press ''The Irish Press'' (Irish: ''Scéala Éireann'') was an Irish national daily newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 5 September 1931 and 25 May 1995. Foundation The paper's first issue was published on the eve of the 1931 All-Ireland ...

'', and of the ''

Sunday Tribune The ''Sunday Tribune'' was an Irish Sunday broadsheet newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc. It was edited in its final years by Nóirín Hegarty, who changed both the tone and the physical format of the newspaper from broadsheet to tab ...

''. Kiberd has also worked more recently as a presenter of news-discussion programmes on

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and 4fm. Kiberd was a supporter of the

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lobby group, the

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in the 1990s. He is patron of ''The Ireland Institute'' at the ''Pearse Centre'' in the former home of Patrick and Willie Pearse in Pearse Street. From Dublin, he was educated at Belgrove School and St. Paul's College, Raheny, before studying economics at Trinity College, Dublin. Kilberd is married to Terri Griffin, whom he met at ''The Irish Press''. They have two children."Eating, sleeping, talking news -Emma Browne profiles Newstalk's newly appointed station editor, Damien Kiberd"
. Politico.ie, 10 June 2005. He is the brother of professor

Declan Kiberd Declan Kiberd (born 24 May 1951) is an Irish writer and scholar with an interest in modern Irish literature, both in the English and Irish languages, which he often approaches through the lens of postcolonial theory. He is also interested in the ...

. He was a member of the board of the short-lived

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run by former Business Post journalist Frank Connolly. His niece

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is an actress most well-known for her role as

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in the ''

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'' films.

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