Nuala McGovern is an
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
journalist and broadcaster working for
BBC News
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. McGovern was the main presenter of ''
Outside Source
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'' on the
BBC World Service from 2014 to 2022.
Early life and education
McGovern grew up in
Drumcondra in
Dublin
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. Her father was a publican. She is a graduate of
University College Dublin
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, where she studied English and Italian.
Early career
After graduating from university she taught English in Italy for a period before moving to the United States after her sister made an application for a
green card
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on her behalf. She got her start in broadcasting as a presenter and producer for
Adrian Flannelly's radio show in New York, before joining
WNYC.
There, McGovern was a producer on ''
The Brian Lehrer Show'' for nine years, where she was part of a
Peabody Award-winning team. During this time she was also the founding producer of a spin-off show, ''Brian Lehrer Live: Where Web Video Meets the Issues''.
BBC career
McGovern joined the
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. In 2012 she became one of the founding presenters of ''
'', the World Service's new breakfast programme. She started presenting ''OS'' in 2015.
McGovern announced on Twitter on 13 January 2022 that she would leave ''OS'' to become a news presenter on
.