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Irish journalist Shaunagh Connaire on her ‘off the charts’ job with the Clooney’s


by Lia Hynes
31st Mar 2023

The Emmy-nominated Longford journalist talks to Lia Hynes about her career path, being a mum in NYC, and a video call interview for a job with George and Amal, just ten days after the birth of her second son.

Award-winning journalist Shaunagh Connaire interviewed for her new job, as Director of Communications and Media at The Clooney Foundation for Justice, ten days after the birth of her second son. She laughingly describes the scene in her New York apartment as she prepared to speak to Amal and George Clooney. “The final interview with the Co-Presidents was ten days after giving birth, so it was quite hilarious; I was pretending that my boobs weren’t leaking....

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